.. _message_quantity: Message Quantity ================= High-Level Intuition ********************* This function by itself is trivial; by definition, each message counts as 1. However, at the conversation level, we use this function to count the total number of messages/utterance via aggregation. Citation ********* `Cao et al. (2021) `_ `Marlow et al. (2018 as objective communication frequency `_ Implementation Basics ********************** This function is trivial; by definition, each message counts as 1. However, at the conversation level, we use this function to count the total number of messages/utterance via aggregation. Implementation Notes/Caveats ***************************** This feature becomes relevant at the conversation level, but is trivial at the chat level. Interpreting the Feature ************************* This feature provides a measure of the conversation's length and activity. A higher count indicates a more extensive, while a lower count may suggest a brief interaction. It is important to check this feature while comparing different conversations as the number of utterances can be a confounder and affect the outcomes of the conversation Related Features ***************** NA