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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: "Smoke and mirrors! This is …" 3 comments
Smoke and mirrors! This is a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of thousands that should never have been let in the door..... Retired LEO.
Smoke and mirrors! This is a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of thousands that should never have been let in the door..... Retired LEO.
Deportations From Canada at Their Highest Level in … · 1: Cluster #1
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0035702933
Insult0.022512967
Profanity0.010723713
Threat0.00933372
Severe Toxicity0.0015163422
Low Tox 0.051810697 Low Con 0.295 Policy_Critique
Dec 27, 2025 Deportations From Canada at Their …
What about the other 5 million..smoke & mirrors
What about the other 5 million..smoke & mirrors
Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds identified by extortion … · 37: Cluster #36
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.006289636
Insult0.013782915
Profanity0.012414595
Threat0.009126588
Severe Toxicity0.0016593933
Low Tox 0.03545588 Low Con 0.212 Policy_Critique
Feb 19, 2026 1 likes Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds …
Smoke and mirrors from CBC
Smoke and mirrors from CBC
How much do refugees and immigrants get in … · 1: Cluster #1
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.004180758
Insult0.013288911
Profanity0.012243799
Threat0.0072235605
Severe Toxicity0.0012302399
Low Tox 0.023906821 Low Con 0.193
Oct 25, 2017 153 likes How much do refugees and …

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.