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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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Comment Explorer

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Clear all | Quick: Toxic (>0.5) Most constructive High toxicity (>0.7) Most liked
Active: "Time for some major deportations." 2 comments
Liberals got us here...If they were pleasant immigrants we wouldn't care....but they're not...they shit all over my country, bathing in our lakes...and telling Canadians to get out of our own country...appalling...this is our country....no respect …
Liberals got us here...If they were pleasant immigrants we wouldn't care....but they're not...they shit all over my country, bathing in our lakes...and telling Canadians to get out of our own country...appalling...this is our country....no respect for Canada or Canadians...time for major deportation...Carney's WEF...plan...
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.48915586
Insult0.48627716
Profanity0.40929472
Threat0.051067904
Severe Toxicity0.07805709
Moderate 0.52139956 Moderate Con 0.346 Policy_Critique
Sep 7, 2025 Why Canadians Are Turning Against …
Time for some major deportations.
Time for some major deportations.
Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds identified by extortion … · 73: Cluster #72
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.10221587
Insult0.029493837
Profanity0.01805087
Threat0.05203775
Severe Toxicity0.0061798096
Low Tox 0.20032968 Low Con 0.243 Call_To_Action
Feb 18, 2026 2 likes Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds …

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.