Topic summary
⁠19%2 analyzed articles/videos1,051 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Viral Trends results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Anecdotal, and Overconfidence Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 433 hits. Analysis detected 3,443 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,614 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,722 of 16,562 topics). This Viral Trends is better (less manipulative) than 58.70% of the peer group.
Viral Trends
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,614
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.3% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.6K 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 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 4.8%4.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos