Topic summary
⁠78%1 analyzed article/video805 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Media Virality results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20.3% saturation with 654 hits. Analysis detected 4,564 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,220 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (5,841 of 16,562 topics). This Social Media Virality is worse (more manipulative) than 64.70% of the peer group.
Social Media Virality
Topic details
Total words: 3,220
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510064.7% percentile
3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 4.9%4.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 20.3%20.3%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 12.2%12.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.6%10.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.9%7.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 8.2%8.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.5%6.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 15.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 8.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 0.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Bandwagon: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos