Table 7.
Average sentiment scores, number of posts published by patients, and number of posts published per user in different stages, for all posts and initial posts respectively.
| User post number (#users) | < 5 (8,247) | 5–50 (3,527) | 50–200 (757) | 200–1000 (255) | 1000+ (24) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All posts | Sentiment | 0.727 | 0.754 | 0.779 | 0.806 | 0.817 |
| # posts | 16,725 | 36,422 | 73,951 | 102,466 | 39,944 | |
| avg # post | 2.0 | 10.3 | 97.7 | 401.8 | 1664.3 | |
| Initial posts | Sentiment | 0.657 | 0.658 | 0.683 | 0.730 | 0.828 |
| # posts | 4,565 | 9,445 | 7,399 | 6,635 | 2,990 | |
| avg # post | 0.6 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 26.0 | 124.6 | |