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Toxicity Scores & Embeddings

Search and explore comments with their Perspective API toxicity/prosocial scores alongside AI sentiment labels.

Communalytic | Toxicity & prosocial scores, embeddings, and clusters generated via Communalytic (Social Media Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University) using Google's Perspective API.
Toxicity Scored
55,769
9.3% of 596,542 total
Prosocial Scored
54,229
Embeddings
55,418
403 clusters
Avg Tox / Con
0.245 / 0.328

Summary Charts

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All 13 Dimensions

Score Distribution

Scored: 55,769
Unscored: 596,542 remaining
9.3% complete
{# Expects: explorer_rows, explorer_total, explorer_pages, current_page, page_range, filter_opts, f_q, f_polarity, f_tox_min, f_tox_max, f_sort, f_cluster, f_scope, explorer_reset_url #}

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Clear all | Quick: Toxic (>0.5) Most constructive High toxicity (>0.7) Most liked
Active: "he is not a god …" 378 comments · Page 16 of 16
Thank God. We can’t afford them at all and should prioritize helping INDIGENOUS CANADIANS OVER NEW COMERS!
Thank God. We can’t afford them at all and should prioritize helping INDIGENOUS CANADIANS OVER NEW COMERS!
· 2: Cluster #1
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0004124779
Insult0.00015949133
Profanity0.000025302395
Threat0.000068962894
Severe Toxicity0.0000030446813
Low Tox 0.00074133277 Moral_Argument
Jun 6, 2025 1 likes
Thank God.
Thank God.
· 1: Outliers
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.00009039582
Insult0.00016547501
Profanity0.000037820228
Threat0.000050381463
Severe Toxicity0.000005339953
Low Tox 0.0004883477
Apr 14, 2025 13 likes
GOD I hope so!!! Too many who offer nothing but a burden on the tax payer. GO HOME!!!!
GOD I hope so!!! Too many who offer nothing but a burden on the tax payer. GO HOME!!!!
· 3: Cluster #2
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.000058958827
Insult0.00016060325
Profanity0.00003311271
Threat0.00004497905
Severe Toxicity0.0000037955624
Low Tox 0.0004072539
Apr 14, 2025 107 likes

Perspective API Dimensions Reference

13 dimensions explained

Toxic (6)

Toxicity
— Rude, disrespectful, or unreasonable
Severe Toxicity
— Very hateful or aggressive
Identity Attack
— Targeting race, religion, gender, etc.
Insult
— Inflammatory or provocative language
Profanity
— Swear words or obscene language
Threat
— Intention to inflict pain or violence

Prosocial (7)

Affinity
— Agreement or shared understanding
Compassion
— Concern for others' wellbeing
Curiosity
— Desire to learn or understand more
Nuance
— Acknowledges complexity or multiple perspectives
Personal Story
— Shares personal experience
Reasoning
— Evidence-based or logical argumentation
Respect
— Politeness and consideration for others
Data sources: comment_perspective_scores, comment_embeddings, and view_comment_sentiment · Scores are probability values (0–1) from Google's Perspective API via Communalytic.