Publication summary
63%71 analyzed articles/videos42,953 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lifehacker results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Indoctrination, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 27,926 hits. Analysis detected 190,928 faulty-reasoning hits from 210,379 analyzed words across 71 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 45% (228 of 410 publications). This Lifehacker is better (less manipulative) than 55.50% of the peer group.
Lifehacker
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%Capital B News1%
1%Spotlight Delaware1%
1%The Banner1%
45%Lifehacker (selected)2%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%
Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

45% percentile
025507510044.5% percentile
1.7% BS Score71 analyzed articles210.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 2.3%2.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Publication 13.3%13.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.6%0.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Publication 6.2%6.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 2.4%2.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 9.2%9.2%

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%Framing Effect: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 4.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 13.3%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.2%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 4.0%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Publication 6.2%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Publication 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Publication 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate