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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: "The woman crying about her …" 3 comments
That woman crying is pathetic she needs to get angry not depressed.
That woman crying is pathetic she needs to get angry not depressed.
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 41: Cluster #40
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.18002926
Insult0.64537907
Profanity0.26641908
Threat0.019573374
Severe Toxicity0.023076924
Moderate 0.62702215 Low Con 0.236 Insult
Aug 25, 2025 1 likes Why Canadians Are Turning Against …
The woman crying about her pity party maybe should get rid of the car...try living on a fixed income before you bitch about how sad your life is
The woman crying about her pity party maybe should get rid of the car...try living on a fixed income before you bitch about how sad your life is
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.2331515
Insult0.5130944
Profanity0.50818664
Threat0.05430072
Severe Toxicity0.059217658
Moderate 0.60152835 Moderate Con 0.348 Insult Moral_Argument
Aug 26, 2025 Why Canadians Are Turning Against …
If your country is so good stay ther it’s all students it’s a scam they get in to go to school and they stay you get a big cheaque a car a job and a …
If your country is so good stay ther it’s all students it’s a scam they get in to go to school and they stay you get a big cheaque a car a job and a home what about Canadians that are homeless they can’t get nothing because Thers no address and Thers no phone so how can you get money not all are drug addicts that are homeless wen you see a woman get out of her car with two kids take them to day care and go to work if you got a job and no shower no nothing this is wrong this poor lady it made me want to cry two kids mom and a car living like a vagrant because others from other country’s have the apts a nice home and we got shit
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.10221587
Insult0.25998658
Profanity0.045419596
Threat0.008362788
Severe Toxicity0.008621216
Low Tox 0.295883 Constructive 0.51 Economic_Argument
Aug 25, 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.