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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 am fully prepared for …" 2 comments
I am fully prepared for my children to be living at home for a long time before they’re ready to go out on their own. It’s rough out there. They can help out with some …
I am fully prepared for my children to be living at home for a long time before they’re ready to go out on their own. It’s rough out there. They can help out with some groceries and around the house and then put their money aside and keep saving. I would hate for them to struggle and penny pinch. They’re still very young but who knows what things will look like in years from now, probably much worse.
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 8: Cluster #7
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.004180758
Insult0.021803947
Profanity0.022696527
Threat0.0103175985
Severe Toxicity0.0018882751
Low Tox 0.06579731 Constructive 0.674 Personal_Narrative
Aug 27, 2025 1 likes Why Canadians Are Turning Against …
I'm fully prepared to travel to a non-USA destination
I'm fully prepared to travel to a non-USA destination
· 1: Outliers
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.000055972334
Insult0.00012668001
Profanity0.000017764909
Threat0.000023637538
Severe Toxicity0.0000026657283
Low Tox 0.00029859119 Personal_Narrative
Dec 9, 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.