Table 3.

Characteristics of reposters

Characteristics	Categories	Reposters sample (N = 3,696) Frequency (%)	Random samples (N = 1,000) Frequency (%)
Sex	Male	54.4	55.0
	Female	42.8	44.9
	Not mentioned	2.8	0.1
Location	Guangdong	26.7	15.1
	Peking	16.4	4.3
	Shanghai	9.7	3.7
	Zhejiang	3.3	4.2
	Jiangsu	3.6	5.8
	International	3.3	1.1
	Others	3.4	7.3
	Sichuan	3.3	4.4
	Fujian	2.3	4.5
	Hubei	1.2	2.8
	Other provinces	26.8	46.8
No. of followers	0–999	90.3	100.0
	1,000–1,999	5.0	0
	2,000–2,999	1.7	0
	3,000–3,999	0.6	0
	4,000–4,999	0.4	0
	≥ 5,000	2.0	0
No. of friends	0–199	52.7	99.0
	200–399	24.6	0.8
	400–599	8.7	0.2
	600–799	4.5	0
	800–999	2.8	0