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Table 5

Data collection and filtering audit trail

Platform	Primary search keywords	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria	Number of posts included
Quora	“hot-desking” “flexible seating” “pros and cons of hot desking”	Detailed answers based on stated personal or observed experience Relevant to organizational or social outcomes	Hypothetical or purely speculative answers Spam or advertisements Duplicative or unoriginal content	54
Reddit	“hot desking” “shared desk” “office hoteling”	Substantive discussion of personal experience with hot-desking Focus on workplace dynamics, conflicts, or adaptations Post length greater than 50 words	Simple questions without experiential detail News articles without user discussion Posts solely about technology or furniture without social context	25
Zhihu	固定工位开放式办公室	Detailed answers based on stated personal or observed experience Relevant to organizational or social outcomes	Hypothetical or purely speculative answers Spam or advertisements Duplicative or unoriginal content	7
LIHKG	“熱門辦公桌” “共享工作空間” “豬肉枱”	Focus on workplace experiences in a Hong Kong context Discussion of power dynamics, privacy or resource competition	Off-topic political discussions Posts with only images or memes Irrelevant replies within a thread	12

Platform	Primary search keywords	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria	Number of posts included
Quora	“hot-desking” “flexible seating” “pros and cons of hot desking”	Detailed answers based on stated personal or observed experience Relevant to organizational or social outcomes	Hypothetical or purely speculative answers Spam or advertisements Duplicative or unoriginal content	54
Reddit	“hot desking” “shared desk” “office hoteling”	Substantive discussion of personal experience with hot-desking Focus on workplace dynamics, conflicts, or adaptations Post length greater than 50 words	Simple questions without experiential detail News articles without user discussion Posts solely about technology or furniture without social context	25
Zhihu	固定工位开放式办公室	Detailed answers based on stated personal or observed experience Relevant to organizational or social outcomes	Hypothetical or purely speculative answers Spam or advertisements Duplicative or unoriginal content	7
LIHKG	“熱門辦公桌” “共享工作空間” “豬肉枱”	Focus on workplace experiences in a Hong Kong context Discussion of power dynamics, privacy or resource competition	Off-topic political discussions Posts with only images or memes Irrelevant replies within a thread	12