TAN Chunhui, ZOU Yating, WANG Yiwen, WANG Xuedong
LIBRARY TRIBUNE. 2025, 45(3): 130-140.
Based on the personal information management (PIM) process of preservation,management,and utilization,this paper introduces 4 UGC digital hoarding behaviors according to the 3 negative effects of excessive preservation,disorganized management,and ineffective utilization,namely overacquisition,difficulty in organizing,difficulty in deleting,and difficulty in reproducing. By collecting data on the 21 subjects through semi-structured interviews,it conducts a grounded theory study and develops a formation mechanism model for social media users’ UGC digital hoarding behaviors through logical reasoning and primary data coding. The study suggests that there are 3 types of UGC digital hoarding behaviors:platform hoarding,local hoarding,and third-party hoarding,which are influenced by factors of UGC information characteristics,UGC platform,UGC platform users,and social contexts. Digital UGC hoarding usually goes through 3 development stages:formation,maturity,and improvement. In addition to generating multidimensional,complex,and contradictory emotions,UGC digital hoarding may lead to negative platform usage or even dropout behavior;however,under the influence of positive emotions,users will spontaneously engage in“anti-digital hoarding behavior”.