I figured that, after I posted, that I'd have to explain myself. You've got an aggregate number of posters in the four forums. But, not every forum has the same number of posters--some stay out of the GLBT and just stay in GD-P, to throw out two forums. I would expect that there would be more posters in GD-P. So, the LIWC score for that fourm would weigh heavier than GD-P, would it not?
Am I making any sense here, or do I have to rethink this?
GD is the "grand daddy" of their forums, accounting for about 70% of all posts at the DUmp.
The numbers, as presented, are only representative of a forum, the DUmmy crossover into other scanned forums is unavoidable.
The LIWC score is calculated on a per forum per date basis. The analysis is unbiased as to the number of posters, but, as I said, a low number of posters, such as in the fag forum, can show "wilder" swings based on the posts of a couple of DUmmies.
In a forum the size of GD, GDP or the lounge, those "swings" are smoothed out by the number of posters.