Topic summary
⁠69%2 analyzed articles/videos1,146 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Startup Competition results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Halo Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 586 hits. Analysis detected 3,795 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,584 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (10,156 of 22,261 topics). This Startup Competition is worse (more manipulative) than 54.40% of the peer group.
Startup Competition
Topic details
Total words: 4,584
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510054.4% percentile
2.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K 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 5.3%5.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.1%0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 12.8%12.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.6%10.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos