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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: "Omg Bravo to that first …" 1 comment
Omg Bravo to that first woman!! We have to do something Canada!! The young lady that spoke brought me tears. How can the young people have families??? They can't afford to look after themselves let …
Omg Bravo to that first woman!! We have to do something Canada!! The young lady that spoke brought me tears. How can the young people have families??? They can't afford to look after themselves let alone a family. So so sad and scary. Omg, so many good points!! Canadians we have to stand up and say something!!! Trudeau ruined this country and now Carney is going to make it much worse!!!
Why Canadians Are Turning Against Immigrants. · 21: Cluster #20
Close reading → Discourse → Video sentiment →
Identity Attack0.033784978
Insult0.10440776
Profanity0.0127561875
Threat0.0103175985
Severe Toxicity0.0033569336
Low Tox 0.20195828 Constructive 0.723 Economic_Argument
Aug 27, 2025 Why Canadians Are Turning Against …

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.