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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: "That white woman talking about …" 2 comments
We are changed with all the new immigrants at 60 I was called a white woman rudely by a white immigrant. I lived upstairs and she rented basement suite At 2 am in the morning …
We are changed with all the new immigrants at 60 I was called a white woman rudely by a white immigrant. I lived upstairs and she rented basement suite At 2 am in the morning she would get on the phone talk loud for two hours below my bedroom and then tell me I was the one noisy and white woman. If you live here follow our laws our culture of kindness and peaceful living or get the f out!
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.5051593
Insult0.40189892
Profanity0.39026237
Threat0.020091362
Severe Toxicity0.02604016
Moderate 0.46982017 Constructive 0.672 Identity Attack Personal_Narrative
Sep 13, 2025 2 likes Why Canadians Are Turning Against …
That white woman talking about people not being alive when history happened, she’s alive watching history happen right now so she can’t complain about it
That white woman talking about people not being alive when history happened, she’s alive watching history happen right now so she can’t complain about it
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.2783691
Insult0.06582214
Profanity0.062454045
Threat0.01254427
Severe Toxicity0.00957489
Low Tox 0.26293078 Low Con 0.285 Meta_Commentary
Sep 10, 2025 Why Canadians Are Turning Against …

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.