How did the Suicide Act and Speak Differently Online? Behavioral and Linguistic Features of China's Suicide Microblog Users

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Background: Suicide issue is of great concern in China.

• Social media provides an active approach to understanding suicide individuals in terms of their behavior and language use.
• Aims: This study investigates how suicide Microblog users in China act and speak differently on social media from others.
• Methods: Hypothesis testing in behavioral and linguistic features was performed between a target group of 33 Chinese Microblog users who have committed suicide and a control group of 30 active users without suicidal ideation.