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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: "Where are the like Canadians …" 603 comments · Page 25 of 25
Why is Pierre bringing Immigration law that’s why I’m not voting for him are no goverment Canada always follow the American he’s bringing tuf immigrating laws Canada is going to become like America like what …
Why is Pierre bringing Immigration law that’s why I’m not voting for him are no goverment Canada always follow the American he’s bringing tuf immigrating laws Canada is going to become like America like what trump is doing that’s why America treated Canadian the way they does Canadian always follow the American I have seen trump in Pierre look what trum put Canada through and he brieng in that immigration law it’s Just going to make Canada like america
· 2: Cluster #1
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.00010044
Insult0.00032364624
Profanity0.000028711169
Threat0.00003159364
Severe Toxicity0.0000019860133
Low Tox 0.0007863873
Apr 14, 2025 1 likes
I'm Canadian living in Australia; it sounds like if I were to go to the USA, I might have a problem. I haven't been in the USA for 17 years, and I won't be anytime …
I'm Canadian living in Australia; it sounds like if I were to go to the USA, I might have a problem. I haven't been in the USA for 17 years, and I won't be anytime soon.
· 37: Cluster #36
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.00019757403
Insult0.00017536576
Profanity0.000024422467
Threat0.00003103803
Severe Toxicity0.0000024012336
Low Tox 0.00057744194
Dec 13, 2025
This is because the Canadian government fails to attract business migrations like they did in the old days some 40 plus years ago when I migrated to Canada from abroad as a entreprenuer.
This is because the Canadian government fails to attract business migrations like they did in the old days some 40 plus years ago when I migrated to Canada from abroad as a entreprenuer.
· 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.00009930971
Insult0.0001853153
Profanity0.000019003983
Threat0.000021120719
Severe Toxicity0.0000021212109
Low Tox 0.00048013427 Personal_Narrative
Apr 15, 2025 8 likes

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.