Topic summary
⁠88%4 analyzed articles/videos2,498 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Online Security results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Indoctrination, and Negativity Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 1,436 hits. Analysis detected 10,141 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,992 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (10,710 of 24,545 topics). This Online Security is worse (more manipulative) than 56.40% of the peer group.
Online Security

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.4% percentile
2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles10K 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 4.6%4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 14.4%14.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 8.6%8.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos