Table 1.

Attributes of a user profile in the MedHelp dataset

Attribute	Description
About	A brief description about the user
Status	Collection of status updates over time
Best Answers	Number of posts that have been voted as the best answer
Interests	Topics that the user is interested in
Posts	Contains the actual text of posts by the user
Journals and notes	The user is able to jot down important notes that might be of interest to others
Communities	List of communities that the user is a member of
Friends	List of user’s friends