Extended Data Table 4 Conversations are more toxic at the peak of activity

From: Persistent interaction patterns across social media platforms and over time

  1. Burst analysis of activity in conversations. For each dataset, the number of threads considered in the analysis based on all the criteria listed in Burst Analysis in the Methods, along with the p-values for the hypothesis (H1) that the distributions in toxicity are more skewed towards higher toxicity content at the peak of activity w.r.t. previous and subsequent activity levels (Peak > Pre and Peak > Post, respectively), and after the peak compared to before the peak (Post > Pre). H1 is considered accepted if p < 0.01.
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