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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: "STOP SUBSIDIZING BUSINESS TO HIRE …" 1 comment
STOP SUBSIDIZING BUSINESS TO HIRE IMMIGRANTS....ITS SIMPLE AND LET SEE IF THESE IMMIGRANT COME TO CANADA IF WE STOP HANDING THEM MONEY, WHICH THEY DO NOT DESERVE.
STOP SUBSIDIZING BUSINESS TO HIRE IMMIGRANTS....ITS SIMPLE AND LET SEE IF THESE IMMIGRANT COME TO CANADA IF WE STOP HANDING THEM MONEY, WHICH THEY DO NOT DESERVE.
How Canada broke its immigration system · 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.26155844
Insult0.077136256
Profanity0.015249812
Threat0.010550622
Severe Toxicity0.0074768066
Low Tox 0.24924077 Low Con 0.215 Call_To_Action
Jun 20, 2025 How Canada broke its immigration …

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.