Topic summary
⁠63%2 analyzed articles/videos950 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Indie Games results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Optimism Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 24.9% saturation with 946 hits. Analysis detected 3,851 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,800 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (7,002 of 16,562 topics). This Indie Games is worse (more manipulative) than 57.70% of the peer group.
Indie Games
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,800
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510057.7% percentile
3.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.8K 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 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 24.9%24.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.0%16.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 7.0%7.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 12.0%12.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 0.6%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 24.9%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 0.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 0.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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