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This interactive symposium explores how self-expression on social media shapes identity development, personal growth, and information practices. Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and students, the session invites participants to examine how people create, curate, resist, or simply consume online content across platforms and formats. Through optional pre-symposium media creation, lightning demos, short papers, and small‑group discussions, attendees will reflect on their own experiences of online self-making and engage with diverse perspectives on platform design, feedback, algorithms, and evolving norms of expression. No technical expertise or prior research experience is required. Whether you actively post, quietly observe, or critically study digital media, this symposium offers a collaborative space to experiment, reflect, and discuss what self-expression online means today—and what it might become in the future.