Topic summary
⁠37%1 analyzed article/video622 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Web Browser Updates results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 167 hits. Analysis detected 1,337 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,866 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠59% (6,913 of 16,562 topics). This Web Browser Updates is worse (more manipulative) than 58.30% of the peer group.
Web Browser Updates
Topic details
Total words: 1,866
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510058.3% percentile
3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.9%8.9%

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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 8.4%, sitewide 0.8%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Personal Incredulity: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.2%Composition/Division: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.2%Indoctrination: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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