Table 1. Open in new tab Five types of...

Table 1.

Five types of “poster-replier” relationships

Relationship	Definition	Example
Stakeholder–intruder	Topic stakeholder speaking to topic intruders.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, a Shanghai user talks to a Beijing user.
Intruder–stakeholder	Topic intruders speaking to topic stakeholders.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, a Beijing user talks to a Shanghai user.
Stakeholder–stakeholder	Topic stakeholders speaking to topic stakeholders.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, two Shanghai users talk to each other.
Intruder–intruder–same	Topic intruders speaking to topic intruders, and they are members of the same groups.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, two Beijing users talk to each other.
Intruder–intruder–different	Topic intruders speaking to topic intruders, and they are members of different groups.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, a Beijing user talks to a Wuhan user.

Relationship	Definition	Example
Stakeholder–intruder	Topic stakeholder speaking to topic intruders.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, a Shanghai user talks to a Beijing user.
Intruder–stakeholder	Topic intruders speaking to topic stakeholders.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, a Beijing user talks to a Shanghai user.
Stakeholder–stakeholder	Topic stakeholders speaking to topic stakeholders.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, two Shanghai users talk to each other.
Intruder–intruder–same	Topic intruders speaking to topic intruders, and they are members of the same groups.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, two Beijing users talk to each other.
Intruder–intruder–different	Topic intruders speaking to topic intruders, and they are members of different groups.	Under a topic of COVID in Shanghai, a Beijing user talks to a Wuhan user.