Table 6.
User types on Med.Over.Net (MON).
Cluster | n (%) | Description in terms of typical activities |
Active help-seekers | 311 (48.3) | Moderately frequent users, long-term members, occasionally post questions, and mostly for health professional moderators; less involved in support and social forums |
Lurkers | 205 (31.8) | Moderately frequent users, experienced, do not post any sort of messages, and visit all types of forums |
Core relational users | 109 (16.9) | Frequent users, very frequent posters, experienced members, ask and answer questions, and engaged in discussions in all types of forums |
Low-engaged users | 19 (3.0) | Infrequent users, rarely open new threads, and post questions only for health professional moderators |