Publication summary
80%113 analyzed articles/videos68,564 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lifehacker results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Indoctrination, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 44,060 hits. Analysis detected 278,090 faulty-reasoning hits from 327,861 analyzed words across 113 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 55% (264 of 585 publications). This Lifehacker is worse (more manipulative) than 55.00% of the peer group.
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Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

55% percentile
025507510055.0% percentile
1.6% BS Score113 analyzed articles327.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 2.0%2.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Publication 13.4%13.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 2.5%2.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Publication 4.8%4.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 9.1%9.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 13.4%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Publication 4.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate