Table 6.
Log likelihood ratios (LLR) of n-grams more frequent in posts after celebrity suicides (left); those of n-grams more frequent in posts before celebrity suicides (center); and those equally frequent in both sets (right).
| n-gram (post>pre) | LLR | n-gram (pre>post) | LLR | n-gram (pre=post) | LLR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| few weeks ago | 0.717 | i feel, | −0.780 | thinking of | 0 |
| leave me | 0.712 | be happy. i | −0.675 | they would n’t | 0 |
| days i | 0.693 | hope | −0.571 | a therapist, | 0 |
| of suicide, | 0.693 | my life with | −0.511 | phone | 0 |
| without me. i | 0.673 | a cry for | −0.375 | badly | 0 |
| anxiety and depression | 0.634 | even worse | −0.375 | that point | 0 |
| hate myself so | 0.631 | a good person | −0.346 | any kind of | 0 |
| tired of living | 0.623 | i feel bad | −0.288 | we ’re all | 0 |
| really just want | 0.623 | tired of the | −0.288 | i ’ve just | 0 |
| i ended up | 0.620 | if anyone has | −0.323 | i ’ve struggled | 0 |
| alone, i | 0.619 | thought it would | −0.465 | i ’ll have | 0 |
| i ’m extremely | 0.619 | friends, no | −0.464 | cope with | 0 |
| i ’m probably | 0.609 | tell my parents | −0.452 | call me | 0 |
| to let me | 0.609 | family, i | −0.448 | i believe i | 0 |
| i gave up | 0.606 | she says she | −0.442 | at times | 0 |
| to hang myself | 0.598 | my father is | −0.421 | miss me, | 0 |
| i ’ve lived | 0.598 | people, but | −0.419 | i feel really | 0 |
| give a shit | 0.575 | a friend of | −0.386 | reason to live. | 0 |
| wanting to kill | 0.574 | my dad and | −0.533 | dont even know | 0 |
| help me, | 0.573 | no one would | −0.357 | feel bad for | 0 |
| i ended | 0.569 | be happy. | −0.357 | unhappy | 0 |
| but right now | 0.566 | to her. i | −0.357 | put up | 0 |
| piece of shit. | 0.565 | want people to | −0.343 | helped me | 0 |
| year and a | 0.563 | feel free to | −0.343 | love me and | 0 |
| i hate it | 0.556 | so hard for | −0.323 | going through with | 0 |