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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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Active: "We don’t owe you." 27 comments · Page 2 of 2
Dude saying he’s not a number. He’s a literally a number to the ministry. Everyone is a number. No one owes anyone anything. The majority of Canadians are asking for a cut to immigration. I …
Dude saying he’s not a number. He’s a literally a number to the ministry. Everyone is a number. No one owes anyone anything. The majority of Canadians are asking for a cut to immigration. I for one celebrate that governments are doing what the majority wants instead of catering to the few. If it didn’t work out, that’s too bad.
Quebec Ends Economic Immigration Program | Your Morning · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0076585566
Insult0.017872108
Profanity0.011355659
Threat0.0062979385
Severe Toxicity0.0008249283
Low Tox 0.034984488 Constructive 0.661 Policy_Critique
Nov 20, 2025 82 likes Quebec Ends Economic Immigration Program …
It's funny that when I owe the CRA money, they seem to find me very easily......
It's funny that when I owe the CRA money, they seem to find me very easily......
IRCC Names India in Study Permit Fraud | … · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.002293867
Insult0.010362893
Profanity0.010194245
Threat0.006051969
Severe Toxicity0.0005722046
Low Tox 0.015833238 Moderate Con 0.396
Sep 28, 2025 IRCC Names India in Study …

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.