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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: "4.9 million visas expired in …" 2 comments
There’s no housing crisis, only an over immigration crisis disguised as other crises. There are over 500,000 illegal immigrants in Canada and 4.9 million immigrant visas expiring by the end of 2025. If all these …
There’s no housing crisis, only an over immigration crisis disguised as other crises. There are over 500,000 illegal immigrants in Canada and 4.9 million immigrant visas expiring by the end of 2025. If all these people were removed from Canada there would be no housing crisis, no shortage of doctors, no shortage of anything. Immigration crisis solved. You’re welcome.
How Canada broke its immigration system · 33: Cluster #32
Close reading → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.033527173
Insult0.017356457
Profanity0.010228404
Threat0.0097738765
Severe Toxicity0.0020694733
Low Tox 0.059727192 Moderate Con 0.404
Jul 23, 2025 1 likes How Canada broke its immigration …
4.9 million visas expired in Canada over the year. Imagine that? Meanwhile, our healthcare system and infrastructure bares the worst of it. Merit based immigration must be prioritized, not the other.
4.9 million visas expired in Canada over the year. Imagine that? Meanwhile, our healthcare system and infrastructure bares the worst of it. Merit based immigration must be prioritized, not the other.
Migrants cross into Canada near Hemmingford · 2: Cluster #1
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.013646871
Insult0.017292
Profanity0.010518758
Threat0.006265574
Severe Toxicity0.0010061264
Low Tox 0.04216247 Constructive 0.557 Policy_Critique
Jan 6, 2026 7 likes Migrants cross into Canada near …

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.