Table 5. Open in new tab The general...

	Posts	Replies
After the policy	−0.012***	−0.008***	−0.005***	−0.008***	−0.007***	−0.006***	−0.005***	−0.005***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.0005)	(0.0003)	(0.0004)
Number of comments (log) on the post	−0.014***	−0.013***	−0.005***	−0.009***	−0.010***	−0.009***	−0.002***	−0.005***
(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0004)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)
Number of likes (log) on the post	0.012***	0.012***	0.003***	0.007***	0.010***	0.009***	0.002***	0.006***
(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0002)
Number of followers (log) of the poster	−0.005***	−0.003***	−0.0001	−0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0002***	0.0005***
(0.0003)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.00005)	(0.0001)
Constant	0.170***	0.091***	0.031***	0.054***	0.086***	0.042***	0.020***	0.014***
	(0.004)	(0.003)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Observations	9,047	9,047	9,047	9,047	112,278	112,278	112,278	112,278
R²	0.025	0.020	0.007	0.014	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Adjusted R²	0.025	0.019	0.006	0.013	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Residual Std. Error	0.116 (df = 9042)	0.094 (df = 9042)	0.050 (df = 9042)	0.075 (df = 9042)	0.109 (df = 112273)	0.083 (df = 112273)	0.053 (df = 112273)	0.058 (df = 112273)
F Statistic	58.843*** (df = 4; 9042)	45.915*** (df = 4; 9042)	15.702*** (df = 4; 9042)	31.046*** (df = 4; 9042)	536.950*** (df = 4; 112273)	660.504*** (df = 4; 112273)	154.727*** (df = 4; 112273)	802.788*** (df = 4; 112273)

Posts

Replies

(1) Toxicity

(2) Insult

(3) Threat

(4) Identity attack

(5) Toxicity

(6) Insult

(7) Threat

(8) Identity attack

After the policy

−0.012***

−0.008***

−0.005***

−0.008***

−0.007***

−0.006***

−0.005***

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.0005)

(0.0003)

(0.0004)

Number of comments (log) on the post

−0.014***

−0.013***

−0.005***

−0.009***

−0.010***

−0.009***

−0.002***

−0.005***

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.0004)

(0.0003)

(0.0002)

Number of likes (log) on the post

0.012***

0.003***

0.007***

0.010***

0.009***

0.002***

0.006***

(0.001)

(0.0003)

(0.0002)

(0.0001)

(0.0002)

Number of followers (log) of the poster

−0.005***

−0.003***

−0.0001

0.0001

0.0002***

0.0005***

(0.0003)

(0.0002)

(0.0001)

(0.00005)

(0.0001)

Constant

0.170***

0.091***

0.031***

0.054***

0.086***

0.042***

0.020***

0.014***

(0.004)

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.001)

Observations

9,047

112,278

R²

0.025

0.020

0.007

0.014

0.019

0.023

0.005

0.028

Adjusted R²

0.025

0.019

0.006

0.013

0.019

0.023

0.005

0.028

Residual Std. Error

0.116 (df = 9042)

0.094 (df = 9042)

0.050 (df = 9042)

0.075 (df = 9042)

0.109 (df = 112273)

0.083 (df = 112273)

0.053 (df = 112273)

0.058 (df = 112273)

F Statistic

58.843*** (df = 4; 9042)

45.915*** (df = 4; 9042)

15.702*** (df = 4; 9042)

31.046*** (df = 4; 9042)

536.950*** (df = 4; 112273)

660.504*** (df = 4; 112273)

154.727*** (df = 4; 112273)

802.788*** (df = 4; 112273)

	Posts	Replies
After the policy	−0.012***	−0.008***	−0.005***	−0.008***	−0.007***	−0.006***	−0.005***	−0.005***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.0005)	(0.0003)	(0.0004)
Number of comments (log) on the post	−0.014***	−0.013***	−0.005***	−0.009***	−0.010***	−0.009***	−0.002***	−0.005***
(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0004)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)
Number of likes (log) on the post	0.012***	0.012***	0.003***	0.007***	0.010***	0.009***	0.002***	0.006***
(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0002)
Number of followers (log) of the poster	−0.005***	−0.003***	−0.0001	−0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0002***	0.0005***
(0.0003)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.00005)	(0.0001)
Constant	0.170***	0.091***	0.031***	0.054***	0.086***	0.042***	0.020***	0.014***
	(0.004)	(0.003)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Observations	9,047	9,047	9,047	9,047	112,278	112,278	112,278	112,278
R²	0.025	0.020	0.007	0.014	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Adjusted R²	0.025	0.019	0.006	0.013	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Residual Std. Error	0.116 (df = 9042)	0.094 (df = 9042)	0.050 (df = 9042)	0.075 (df = 9042)	0.109 (df = 112273)	0.083 (df = 112273)	0.053 (df = 112273)	0.058 (df = 112273)
F Statistic	58.843*** (df = 4; 9042)	45.915*** (df = 4; 9042)	15.702*** (df = 4; 9042)	31.046*** (df = 4; 9042)	536.950*** (df = 4; 112273)	660.504*** (df = 4; 112273)	154.727*** (df = 4; 112273)	802.788*** (df = 4; 112273)

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The general effects of the policy on language attributes in posts and replies

	Posts				Replies
	(1) Toxicity	(2) Insult	(3) Threat	(4) Identity attack	(5) Toxicity	(6) Insult	(7) Threat	(8) Identity attack
After the policy	−0.012***	−0.008***	−0.005***	−0.008***	−0.007***	−0.006***	−0.005***	−0.005***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.0005)	(0.0003)	(0.0004)
Number of comments (log) on the post	−0.014***	−0.013***	−0.005***	−0.009***	−0.010***	−0.009***	−0.002***	−0.005***
Number of comments (log) on the post	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0004)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)
Number of likes (log) on the post	0.012***	0.012***	0.003***	0.007***	0.010***	0.009***	0.002***	0.006***
Number of likes (log) on the post	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0002)
Number of followers (log) of the poster	−0.005***	−0.003***	−0.0001	−0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0002***	0.0005***
Number of followers (log) of the poster	(0.0003)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.00005)	(0.0001)
Constant	0.170***	0.091***	0.031***	0.054***	0.086***	0.042***	0.020***	0.014***
	(0.004)	(0.003)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Observations	9,047	9,047	9,047	9,047	112,278	112,278	112,278	112,278
R²	0.025	0.020	0.007	0.014	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Adjusted R²	0.025	0.019	0.006	0.013	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Residual Std. Error	0.116 (df = 9042)	0.094 (df = 9042)	0.050 (df = 9042)	0.075 (df = 9042)	0.109 (df = 112273)	0.083 (df = 112273)	0.053 (df = 112273)	0.058 (df = 112273)
F Statistic	58.843*** (df = 4; 9042)	45.915*** (df = 4; 9042)	15.702*** (df = 4; 9042)	31.046*** (df = 4; 9042)	536.950*** (df = 4; 112273)	660.504*** (df = 4; 112273)	154.727*** (df = 4; 112273)	802.788*** (df = 4; 112273)

	Posts				Replies
	(1) Toxicity	(2) Insult	(3) Threat	(4) Identity attack	(5) Toxicity	(6) Insult	(7) Threat	(8) Identity attack
After the policy	−0.012***	−0.008***	−0.005***	−0.008***	−0.007***	−0.006***	−0.005***	−0.005***
	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.0005)	(0.0003)	(0.0004)
Number of comments (log) on the post	−0.014***	−0.013***	−0.005***	−0.009***	−0.010***	−0.009***	−0.002***	−0.005***
Number of comments (log) on the post	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0004)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)
Number of likes (log) on the post	0.012***	0.012***	0.003***	0.007***	0.010***	0.009***	0.002***	0.006***
Number of likes (log) on the post	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0002)
Number of followers (log) of the poster	−0.005***	−0.003***	−0.0001	−0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0002***	0.0005***
Number of followers (log) of the poster	(0.0003)	(0.0003)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.00005)	(0.0001)
Constant	0.170***	0.091***	0.031***	0.054***	0.086***	0.042***	0.020***	0.014***
	(0.004)	(0.003)	(0.002)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Observations	9,047	9,047	9,047	9,047	112,278	112,278	112,278	112,278
R²	0.025	0.020	0.007	0.014	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Adjusted R²	0.025	0.019	0.006	0.013	0.019	0.023	0.005	0.028
Residual Std. Error	0.116 (df = 9042)	0.094 (df = 9042)	0.050 (df = 9042)	0.075 (df = 9042)	0.109 (df = 112273)	0.083 (df = 112273)	0.053 (df = 112273)	0.058 (df = 112273)
F Statistic	58.843*** (df = 4; 9042)	45.915*** (df = 4; 9042)	15.702*** (df = 4; 9042)	31.046*** (df = 4; 9042)	536.950*** (df = 4; 112273)	660.504*** (df = 4; 112273)	154.727*** (df = 4; 112273)	802.788*** (df = 4; 112273)

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