Author summary
97% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,142 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mercury Promotions results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Emotion , and Halo Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 42.4% saturation with 1,936 hits . Analysis detected 4,639 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,568 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of 88% (1,113 of 9,089 authors). This Mercury Promotions is worse (more manipulative) than 87.80% of the peer group. Mercury Promotions
Author details
Total words: 4,568
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
88% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 87.8% percentile 5.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 42.4% 42.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 18.1% 18.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 9.3% 9.3% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.6% 4.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 42.4%, sitewide 0.5% Framing Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 18.1%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.7%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Author 7.4%, sitewide 6.7% In-Group Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Author 4.6%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 1.9% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.3% Burden of Proof: Author 0.1%, sitewide 0.4% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst