Topic summary
⁠36%2 analyzed articles/videos900 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Friends results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 953 hits. Analysis detected 4,040 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,657 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (16,033 of 16,356 topics). This Friends is better (less manipulative) than 98.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 11,657
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751002.0% percentile
1.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles11.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 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%Framing Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos