Author summary
36% 25 analyzed articles/videos 18,505 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Hacker News results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Indoctrination , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 6,818 hits . Analysis detected 64,981 faulty-reasoning hits from 102,249 analyzed words across 25 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 6% (6,255 of 6,628 authors). This The Hacker News is better (less manipulative) than 94.40% of the peer group. The Hacker News
Author details
Total words: 102,249
Article count: 25
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.6% percentile 1.3% BS Score25 analyzed articles102.2K 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 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.3% 1.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.7% 3.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 6.7% 6.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.5% 3.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 5.0% 5.0% 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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 6.7%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Author 5.0%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst