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. 2022 Aug 17;24(8):e34705. doi: 10.2196/34705

Table 1.

Annotation scheme of content categories organized along two dimensions: message type and underlying perspective about suicide.

Message type Underlying perspective

Problem and suffering Solution and coping
Personal experiences first or third person Suicidal ideation and attemptsa Coping (Papageno)a
News about experiences and behavior News suicidal ideation and attempts News coping
Experience of bereaved Bereaved negative Bereaved coping
Case reports Suicide cases (Werther)a Lives saved
Calls for action Awarenessa Preventiona
Irrelevanta

Suicide other Murder-suicides, history, fiction, not being suicidal, and opinions

Off-topicb Bombings, euthanasia, jokes, metaphors, and band or song names

aThe 6 main categories classified in machine learning task 1.

bTask 2 distinguished the off-topic category from all other categories (see Classification Tasks).