Topic summary
57% 7 analyzed articles/videos 1,348 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Optimism Bias , and Pessimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 963 hits . Analysis detected 5,243 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,584 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 37% (10,164 of 15,963 topics). This Traffic is better (less manipulative) than 63.70% of the peer group. Traffic
Topic details
Total words: 6,584
Article count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
36% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 36.3% percentile 2.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles6.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 14.6% 14.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Topic 5.4% 5.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 3.3% 3.3% 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 3.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst