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Aspects – What TellDear Tells Us

When analyzing content, TellDear checks for a ton of well known and less established issues it may have and presents them to you. It will detect manipulation attempts, issues with facts (not only fake stuff but – more importantly – also cherry picking), style, originality, biases, and so on.

We are adding more each day. Here is the list – find detailed descriptions below:

Style

  • Readability
  • Coherence
  • Grammar
  • Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
  • Flesch Reading Ease
  • Lexical Diversity Score
  • Punctuation Usage
  • Vocabulary Usage
  • Tone
  • Flow
  • Persuasiveness

Knowledge

  • Subject Knowledge
  • Unsubstantiated opinion
  • Fact-checking
  • Sources Quality
  • Depth of Knowledge
  • Field Relevance

Biases

  • Confirmation Bias
  • Availability Heuristic
  • Anchoring Bias
  • Hindsight Bias
  • Bias Blind Spot
  • Overconfidence Bias
  • Halo Effect
  • Self-Serving Bias
  • Groupthink

Reasoning

  • Complexity of Argument
  • Steelmanning
  • Evidence-Based Reasoning
  • Cherry Picking
  • Hasty generalization
  • Logical Consistency
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Fallacy Identification
  • Counterargument Effectiveness

Tricks

  • Rhetorical tricks
  • Strawmanning
  • Title-text match
  • Positive sentiment words
  • Negative sentiment words
  • Emotive Language
  • Loaded Questions
  • Misdirection
  • Use of Statistics
  • Hyperbole
  • Understatement

General

  • Originality
  • Creativity
  • Credibility
  • Audience Engagement
  • Impact
  • Relevance

Detailed descriptions

Certainly, here’s each of the aspects listed alphabetically, with their respective categories in brackets:

  • Anchoring Bias (Biases): The tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information encountered when making decisions.
  • Audience Engagement (General): The extent to which the text holds the audience’s attention.
  • Availability Heuristic (Biases): The tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that come to mind easily.
  • Bias Blind Spot (Biases): The tendency to see oneself as less biased than others.
  • Cherry Picking (Reasoning): Selectively presenting facts and quotes that support one’s position.
  • Coherence (Style): The logical and consistent interconnection of ideas in a text.
  • Complexity of Argument (Reasoning): The intricacy and sophistication of the reasoning presented in an argument.
  • Confirmation Bias (Biases): The tendency to favor information that confirms pre-existing beliefs or values.
  • Counterargument Effectiveness (Reasoning): How effectively a counterargument addresses and refutes the points of the original argument.
  • Creativity (General): The ability to create original and imaginative ideas or content.
  • Credibility (General): The quality of being trusted and believed in.
  • Deductive Reasoning (Reasoning): Drawing a specific conclusion from a general principle or premises.
  • Depth of Knowledge (Knowledge): The extent of understanding that goes beyond the surface level of a topic.
  • Emotive Language (Tricks): Words used to evoke emotions in the reader.
  • Evidence-Based Reasoning (Reasoning): Using empirical evidence to support an argument or conclusion.
  • Fact-checking (Knowledge): The process of verifying the factual accuracy of information.
  • Fallacy Identification (Reasoning): Recognizing and identifying logical fallacies in an argument.
  • Flesch Reading Ease (Style): Another readability test; higher scores indicate material that is easier to read.
  • Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (Style): A readability test designed to indicate how difficult a reading passage is to understand.
  • Field Relevance (Knowledge): The extent to which the content is applicable or pertinent to the specific field of study or interest.
  • Flow (Style): The smooth progression of ideas and transitions from one point to another in a text.
  • Grammar (Style): The set of structural rules that dictate the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in a language.
  • Groupthink (Biases): The practice of making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.
  • Halo Effect (Biases): The tendency to allow positive impressions in one area to influence opinion in another area.
  • Hasty Generalization (Reasoning): Drawing a general conclusion based on a small sample.
  • Hindsight Bias (Biases): The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected it.
  • Hyperbole (Tricks): Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
  • Impact (General): The powerful effect or influence that the text has.
  • Inductive Reasoning (Reasoning): Drawing a general conclusion from a set of specific observations.
  • Lexical Diversity Score (Style): A measure of the range of different words used in a text, indicative of the writer’s vocabulary breadth.
  • Loaded Questions (Tricks): Questions that contain an unfair or unjustified presupposition.
  • Logical Consistency (Reasoning): The degree to which various parts of an argument hold together without contradiction.
  • Misdirection (Tricks): Leading the audience to focus on one thing to distract its attention from another.
  • Negative Sentiment Words (Tricks): Words that convey a negative emotion.
  • Originality (General): The novelty or uniqueness of the text.
  • Overconfidence Bias (Biases): The tendency to be overly confident in one’s own answers or capabilities.
  • Persuasiveness (Style): The ability of a text to convince or influence the reader.
  • Positive Sentiment Words (Tricks): Words that convey a positive emotion.
  • Punctuation Usage (Style): How effectively punctuation is used to clarify meaning in a text.
  • Readability (Style): The ease with which a reader can understand written text.
  • Relevance (General): The extent to which the text relates to the topic at hand.
  • Rhetorical tricks (Tricks): Manipulative tactics used to persuade or deceive audiences.
  • Self-Serving Bias (Biases): The tendency to attribute positive outcomes to one’s own actions and negative outcomes to external factors.
  • Sources Quality (Knowledge): The credibility and reliability of the sources used in a text.
  • Steelmanning (Reasoning): The practice of addressing the strongest possible version of an opponent’s argument.
  • Strawmanning (Tricks): Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack.
  • Subject Knowledge (Knowledge): How well the writer understands the topic they are writing about.
  • Title-text match (Tricks): Evaluates whether the title accurately represents the content of the text.
  • Tone (Style): The writer’s attitude or feelings towards the reader or the subject matter.
  • Understatement (Tricks): Presenting something as less important than it actually is.
  • Unsubstantiated opinion (Knowledge): Statements presented as facts without evidence to support them.
  • Use of Statistics (Tricks): The use of numerical data to support an argument.
  • Vocabulary Usage (Style): How effectively different words are used to express ideas and engage the reader.