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Toxicity Scores & Embeddings

Search and explore comments with their Perspective API toxicity/prosocial scores alongside AI sentiment labels.

Communalytic | Toxicity & prosocial scores, embeddings, and clusters generated via Communalytic (Social Media Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University) using Google's Perspective API.
Toxicity Scored
55,769
9.3% of 596,542 total
Prosocial Scored
54,229
Embeddings
55,418
403 clusters
Avg Tox / Con
0.245 / 0.328

Summary Charts

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All 13 Dimensions

Score Distribution

Scored: 55,769
Unscored: 596,542 remaining
9.3% complete
{# Expects: explorer_rows, explorer_total, explorer_pages, current_page, page_range, filter_opts, f_q, f_polarity, f_tox_min, f_tox_max, f_sort, f_cluster, f_scope, explorer_reset_url #}

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Active: "I’m sure it’s not Canadian …" 27 comments · Page 2 of 2
This video raises another big question. How much is the CBC costing tax payers? I'm sure most Canadian's would have no problem with defunding them and sending that money back to the Canadian tax payers.
This video raises another big question. How much is the CBC costing tax payers? I'm sure most Canadian's would have no problem with defunding them and sending that money back to the Canadian tax payers.
How much do refugees and immigrants get in … · 1: Cluster #1
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.006511623
Insult0.010818896
Profanity0.010194245
Threat0.0062849927
Severe Toxicity0.00078201294
Low Tox 0.020607091 Constructive 0.616
Oct 15, 2018 6 likes How much do refugees and …
The 'invasion' bit refers to latin americans. Moderately inconvenienced Canadians will get over it, i'm sure.
The 'invasion' bit refers to latin americans. Moderately inconvenienced Canadians will get over it, i'm sure.
· 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.0056056306
Insult0.00064455974
Profanity0.000054766195
Threat0.000080370926
Severe Toxicity0.000003561965
Low Tox 0.0044986554 Identity_Assertion
Dec 8, 2025

Perspective API Dimensions Reference

13 dimensions explained

Toxic (6)

Toxicity
— Rude, disrespectful, or unreasonable
Severe Toxicity
— Very hateful or aggressive
Identity Attack
— Targeting race, religion, gender, etc.
Insult
— Inflammatory or provocative language
Profanity
— Swear words or obscene language
Threat
— Intention to inflict pain or violence

Prosocial (7)

Affinity
— Agreement or shared understanding
Compassion
— Concern for others' wellbeing
Curiosity
— Desire to learn or understand more
Nuance
— Acknowledges complexity or multiple perspectives
Personal Story
— Shares personal experience
Reasoning
— Evidence-based or logical argumentation
Respect
— Politeness and consideration for others
Data sources: comment_perspective_scores, comment_embeddings, and view_comment_sentiment · Scores are probability values (0–1) from Google's Perspective API via Communalytic.