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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: "15:30 minutes in, THIS kind …" 1 comment
15:30 minutes in, THIS kind of immigrant need to be kick out of here FAST, WE DO NOT NEED YOUR KIND HERE, if you like it that much go back to your home country AND …
15:30 minutes in, THIS kind of immigrant need to be kick out of here FAST, WE DO NOT NEED YOUR KIND HERE, if you like it that much go back to your home country AND LEAVE US ALONE WE DO NOT NEEEEEEEEEEEED YOU
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 18: Cluster #17
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.6007182
Insult0.48627716
Profanity0.25275812
Threat0.44942492
Severe Toxicity0.35368225
Moderate 0.68408644 Moderate Con 0.328 Identity Attack Fear_Threat
Aug 26, 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.