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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
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Active: "I think the world of …" 79 comments · Page 4 of 4
I have to say the video at 25:00 really looks like AI generated. While not inaccurate of experiences i think more weight would be given for real world examples.
I have to say the video at 25:00 really looks like AI generated. While not inaccurate of experiences i think more weight would be given for real world examples.
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 13: Cluster #12
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.008028535
Insult0.014314918
Profanity0.020920247
Threat0.009100696
Severe Toxicity0.0021266937
Low Tox 0.036870047 Constructive 0.635 Meta_Commentary
Aug 26, 2025 Why Canadians Are Turning Against …
I think immigration would result in assimilation if you had small numbers of people from all countries. But many countries around the world have millions of immigrants from only a few countries like India etc.
I think immigration would result in assimilation if you had small numbers of people from all countries. But many countries around the world have millions of immigrants from only a few countries like India etc.
Inside Canada's Indian Metropolis (Brampton) · 97: Cluster #96
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.025806036
Insult0.010476895
Profanity0.014600786
Threat0.0070164283
Severe Toxicity0.0014591217
Low Tox 0.034748793 Moderate Con 0.495 Policy_Critique
Oct 2, 2025 Inside Canada's Indian Metropolis (Brampton)
Which “Immigrants have historically been a crucial driver of economic expansion in Canada? Where is your empirical evidence, Monsieur? Or, you just said it thinking that we will not pay attention to the fallacy. What …
Which “Immigrants have historically been a crucial driver of economic expansion in Canada? Where is your empirical evidence, Monsieur? Or, you just said it thinking that we will not pay attention to the fallacy. What a poor social-economic-political analysis. Sorry, Canada cannot take care of the whole world while some Canadians are in dare situation and the influx of immigrants are stifling off the resources and billions are given to foreign country to aid war.
· 2: Cluster #1
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.00050741405
Insult0.00034904556
Profanity0.00002245363
Threat0.000031806645
Severe Toxicity0.0000024682852
Low Tox 0.0010979186 Policy_Critique
Apr 14, 2025
We had absolutely no problem crossing the border earlier this fall, very professional but polite, I think some Canadians have felt entitled in a very uncertain world. No problem, stay home but we have have …
We had absolutely no problem crossing the border earlier this fall, very professional but polite, I think some Canadians have felt entitled in a very uncertain world. No problem, stay home but we have have certainly been enjoying the warmth and sunshine in Arizona this winter
· 1: Outliers
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.00007182752
Insult0.00012571958
Profanity0.00001991213
Threat0.000021373244
Severe Toxicity0.0000028812753
Low Tox 0.0003070725
Dec 10, 2025

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.