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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
{# Expects: explorer_rows, explorer_total, explorer_pages, current_page, page_range, filter_opts, f_q, f_polarity, f_tox_min, f_tox_max, f_sort, f_cluster, f_scope, explorer_reset_url #}

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Active: "Soon we will come to …" 53 comments · Page 3 of 3
OOH.....We must be coming up to a federal election soon
OOH.....We must be coming up to a federal election soon
New rules, regulations take effect across Canada · 5: Cluster #4
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.004347248
Insult0.00971689
Profanity0.012892825
Threat0.008556974
Severe Toxicity0.001335144
Low Tox 0.024967449 Low Con 0.265 Meta_Commentary
Jan 30, 2026 New rules, regulations take effect …
Oh gee, AI is coming soon. We sure need more workers eh?
Oh gee, AI is coming soon. We sure need more workers eh?
Thousands of refugees allowed into Canada through online … · 1: Cluster #1
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0039587705
Insult0.011274899
Profanity0.012995303
Threat0.0070034824
Severe Toxicity0.0012588501
Low Tox 0.023788974 Low Con 0.207
Nov 21, 2025 1 likes Thousands of refugees allowed into …
Just wait until the Canadian government does that to its own citizens with digital id you wont be going anywhere...coming to you real soon
Just wait until the Canadian government does that to its own citizens with digital id you wont be going anywhere...coming to you real soon
· 15: Cluster #14
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.00040218167
Insult0.004375003
Profanity0.00004523413
Threat0.000088473935
Severe Toxicity0.0000022009067
Low Tox 0.0079260245 Fear_Threat
Dec 11, 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.