Author summary
0% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,066 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mashable Team results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon , Loss Aversion , and Hasty Generalization , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 480 hits . Analysis detected 1,624 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,264 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 18% (5,432 of 6,628 authors). This Mashable Team is better (less manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group. Mashable Team
Author details
Total words: 4,264
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
18% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 18.0% percentile 1.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.4% 2.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.5% 0.5% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 11.3% 11.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.1% 0.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.2% 0.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.8% 1.8% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Author 2.4%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 15.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 11.3%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Bandwagon: Author 4.4%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Loss Aversion: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.5% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.4% Indoctrination: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst