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by rubbsdecvik 2948 days ago
This is an interesting project for sure, and I see some great potential. I tried out a few phrases, including the one below that include commonly used words in "toxic" comments, but are not actually insulting anyone. This still had a high score (0.74).

> Unfortunately, most Americans are ignorant of the science about climate change. This is not because they are stupid but rather because they do not have all the data, or the data they have is unreliable.

I'm in no way saying this is the best way to communicate that message, and this could prompt a writer to re-phrase, but I don't know if I'd claim that this is toxic. I think that this could be a good tool, but it's clearly highly dependent on "common" understandings of words rather than actual definitions. Maybe that's the correct trade off though.

Edit: Forgot the score.