Research
Chirp is a semi-private, anonymity-centered, sandbox platform built to investigate the effects of online
communication and self-disclosure of mood or emotional state on users. Chirp is available on both the
Apple and
Google
app stores. The code is also
open source on Github.
We ran a 90-person user study in 2022 investigating how emotional self-disclosure over Chirp impacts
feelings of social support. Qualitative results show a promising relationship between even the limited
communication on Chirp and ability to connect and give/receive social support. A paper on this study is
to appear in CSCW 2024.