Speaker summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video180 analyzed words
BS Summary: These io9 results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Availability Heuristic, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 90% saturation with 162 hits. Analysis detected 469 faulty-reasoning hits from 180 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 32.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (14,017 of 28,364 speakers). This io9 is worse (more manipulative) than 50.60% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 180
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

51% percentile
025507510050.6% percentile
32.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos180 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 90.0%90.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 55.6%55.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 36.7%36.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 20.0%20.0%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 16.7%16.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 16.7%16.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 20.0%20.0%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 5.0%5.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 90.0%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 55.6%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 36.7%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos