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. 2021 Apr 30;5(4):e22983. doi: 10.2196/22983

Table 6.

Comparison of the characteristics of the top 100 posts by group type.

Types of posts Groups

P valuea

Layperson Medical Technical
Categories, n

Education and information sharing 55 60 1 .48


News 31 10 0 <.001


Academic 4 21 0 <.001


Question 11 14 1 .52


Personal experience 5 7 0 .55


Resource 1 8 0 .02


Movement-based advocacy 3 0 0 .08

Supply and equipment 3 17 99b <.001


Idea sharing 1 11 72 .003


Request for resources (demand) 2 2 9 .99


Offer to provide resources (supply) 0 1 7 .32


Networking 0 2 11 .16

Opinion 13 20 0 .18


Professional 0 18 0 <.001


Layperson 12 1 0 .002


Conspiracy theory 1 1 0 .99

Humor and motivation 29 3 0 <.001


Humor 21 0 0 <.001


Support for health care workers 4 2 0 .41


Inspiration 4 0 0 .04


Mental health visibility 0 1 0 .32
Evidence-based, n .10

Yes 28 39 42

No 72 61 58
Crowdsourced, n .003

Yes 19 38 42

No 81 62 58
Poster self-identified, n <.001

Yes 1 91 12

No 99 9 88

aP values for differences between layperson and medical groups.

bP<.001 on comparing between layperson and medical groups.