Topic summary
⁠57%4 analyzed articles/videos1,322 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Online Security results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Indoctrination, and Negativity Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 1,160 hits. Analysis detected 9,865 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,260 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (7,631 of 16,223 topics). This Online Security is worse (more manipulative) than 53.00% of the peer group.
Online Security
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

53% percentile
025507510053.0% percentile
3.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.3K 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 5.6%5.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 14.0%14.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 10.3%10.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.4%9.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.2%5.2%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos