Topic summary
55%6 analyzed articles/videos4,069 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Community Issues results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 1,538 hits. Analysis detected 12,689 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,656 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 20% (17,781 of 21,972 topics). This Community Issues is better (less manipulative) than 80.90% of the peer group.
Community Issues

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.1% percentile
1.5% BS Score6 analyzed articles17.7K 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 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate