Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of comment threads (N=17,715) in the eating disorder community on the social media website Reddit.
| Variable | Prepandemic threads | Midpandemic threads | Total |
| Threads, n (%) | 8772 (49.5) | 8943 (50.5) | 17,715 (100) |
| Threads per day, mean (SD) | 66.45 (16.70) | 129.61 (43.91) | 88.13 (41.74) |
| Users per threada, mean (SD) | 3.43 (3.58) | 4.6 (6.33) | 4.02 (5.19) |
| Comments per thread, mean (SD) | 3.24 (5.20) | 4.74 (9.24) | 4.00 (7.55) |
| LIWCb word count per thread, mean (SD) | 204.03 (247.54) | 311.76 (485.53) | 258.41 (390.18) |
| LIWC dictionary words per thread, mean (SD) | 89.83 (5.06) | 90.51 (4.62) | 90.17 (4.85) |
aUsers per thread includes the post author and all users that commented on the thread.
bLIWC: Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count.