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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: "I am a conservative and …" 179 comments · Page 8 of 8
Imagine if some conservative PM came to power and brought an agency similar to I.C.E. to ...., Canada.
Imagine if some conservative PM came to power and brought an agency similar to I.C.E. to ...., Canada.
Inside Canada's Indian Metropolis (Brampton) · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0034038029
Insult0.009868891
Profanity0.010228404
Threat0.0061425893
Severe Toxicity0.00061035156
Low Tox 0.014639461 Low Con 0.197
Sep 22, 2025 32 likes Inside Canada's Indian Metropolis (Brampton)
Sounds like it was sponsored by the Conservative Party of Canada
Sounds like it was sponsored by the Conservative Party of Canada
How Canada broke its immigration system · 4: Cluster #3
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0048837173
Insult0.008500882
Profanity0.010160086
Threat0.0061814263
Severe Toxicity0.0006580353
Low Tox 0.013508516 Low Con 0.222
Jul 6, 2025 1 likes How Canada broke its immigration …
Did you know conservatives won the popular vote last two elections but the House of Commons said “nah”
Did you know conservatives won the popular vote last two elections but the House of Commons said “nah”
Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds identified by extortion … · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0026453468
Insult0.007892879
Profanity0.010587076
Threat0.006194372
Severe Toxicity0.0004887581
Low Tox 0.011686437 Low Con 0.274 Policy_Critique
Feb 18, 2026 1 likes Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds …
We were in lockdown with Covid yet the liberals opened the doors wide open for immigrants. This made no sense. Time for change, vote conservative.
We were in lockdown with Covid yet the liberals opened the doors wide open for immigrants. This made no sense. Time for change, vote conservative.
· 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.000103082166
Insult0.00030697417
Profanity0.000016917704
Threat0.00002318027
Severe Toxicity0.000001654218
Low Tox 0.0007597665 Policy_Critique
Apr 15, 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.