Abstract

In this study, the community of practice assembling under the Twitter/X hashtag #depression is examined for its practices of inclusion by applying computer-based methods and focusing on digital resources. For this purpose, a Twitter/X corpus was generated on the hashtag #depression, which was then annotated with regard to the social support of the users among each other. The users' narratives, which contain expressions of self, and which elicit reactions from the community, such as the expression of sympathy or the exchange of information, play a special role. Additionally, the fact that users mutually address the closeness and social support of the community among each other points to a highly inclusive behaviour. Thus, the evidence of cultural evolution in relation to people with depression and their inclusive behaviour in social networks is made visible.