Topic summary
⁠12%3 analyzed articles/videos2,867 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Community Aid results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.8% saturation with 538 hits. Analysis detected 1,932 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,304 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (23,500 of 24,545 topics). This Community Aid is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751004.3% percentile
1.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.5%Personal Incredulity: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos