Help & Guide
Everything Dissekt can do, how to use each feature, and tips to get the most out of it.
What is Dissekt
Dissekt is an information transparency tool. Its purpose is to help you see how information is constructed — the rhetorical techniques, framing, sourcing, and tone behind a piece of content — so you can read more critically.
Dissekt does not decide what is true or false. It surfaces how something is built and argued, cross-references existing fact-checks, and scores the credibility of sources. The judgment stays with you.
The Clarity Score
Every analysis produces a Clarity Score from 0.00 to 1.00 — a measure of how transparently the content is constructed. Higher is clearer and more straightforward; lower means more manipulation, weaker sourcing, or persuasive intent.
The bands: 0.65–1.00 High (transparent), 0.35–0.64 Moderate, 0.00–0.34 Low (heavily constructed).
The score combines three dimensions, multiplied together so a serious weakness in any one pulls the whole score down:
• Construction — how it is built: rhetorical techniques, argument quality, completeness.
• Verification — how supported it is: fact-checker consensus, source credibility, named sources.
• Intent — what it wants: manipulation cues, tone, narrative framing.
Coverage. The score also reflects how much real evidence was available. When there are no fact-checks, no known source rating, or very little text, the result leans on text-pattern heuristics and is flagged as limited signal — treat those scores as rougher. Missing signals are excluded and the rest reweighted, rather than quietly pulling the score to neutral.
Single scan
The core feature. Paste text, a URL, or upload an image, and Dissekt analyzes that one item.
- Go to Analyze → Single scan.
- Paste text or a URL, or attach an image.
- Choose Brief (fast) or Detailed (deeper).
- Read the Clarity Score, detected techniques, cross-references, and source credibility.
For a URL, Dissekt fetches and extracts the article automatically. Some sites block automated access (paywalls) — if extraction fails, paste the text directly.
Keyword topic
Instead of one article, analyze how a whole topic is being covered right now. Dissekt fetches recent articles on your keywords, analyzes each, and aggregates a coverage report.
- Go to Analyze → Keyword topic.
- Type a topic (e.g. "5G health risks") and press Suggest.
- Dissekt proposes related keywords — tap to add the ones that sharpen your search.
- Pick Brief (more articles) or Detailed (deeper, fewer), then Analyze topic.
- Read the aggregate report: average clarity, dominant techniques, and a per-source breakdown sorted least-to-most clear.
Searches are limited to recent coverage (about the past month) and span general web sources — news, analysis, and blogs. Sources that block automated access are noted and excluded.
Chrome extension
Analyze anything as you browse. Right-click selected text, a link, or a page and choose "Analyze with Dissekt" to get an instant read in the extension popup. It activates only when you explicitly use it — no background tracking.
Telegram bot
Dissekt also runs as a Telegram bot, so you can send content for analysis directly from chat. Handy for checking forwarded messages and links on the go.
Access & limits
Daily scan limits reset at 00:00 GMT.
Free (no account): 3 brief + 1 detailed scan per day.
Free member account: 25 brief + 10 detailed per day, plus your Dashboard and API access.
Brief and detailed scans are counted separately. Keyword topic analyses count as one scan of the chosen depth.
Tips for good results
• Give Dissekt enough to work with — a full article or a substantial passage reads better than a one-line snippet.
• For URLs that fail to load, paste the text directly.
• Read the dimensions, not just the headline score — a low score driven by Intent (manipulation) tells a different story than one driven by Verification (weak sourcing).
• Use Keyword topic to see patterns across sources, not just single items.
• Treat the score as a starting point for your own judgment, never the final word.
FAQ
Representation & language signals
Alongside the score, Dissekt tags language patterns it notices. These are descriptive observations, not verdicts — each tag shows the exact words that triggered it, and you decide whether it matters. They do not affect the Clarity Score.
Framing & credibility language
• Doubt-casting language — words that quietly question credibility (“so-called”, “alleged”, “purported”).
• Asserted certainty — verbs presenting contested points as settled (“revealed”, “exposed”, “confirmed”).
• Heavily hedged — frequent softeners that distance claims (“may”, “possibly”, “arguably”).
• One-sided framing — subjective intensifiers that assume agreement (“clearly”, “obviously”, “of course”).
• Sweeping generalization — broad claims about an entire group.
• Dehumanizing metaphor — threat/disaster language applied to people (“flood”, “swarm”, “infestation”).
Toxicity sub-types (shown when detected): Severe toxicity, Obscene language, Threat, Insult, Identity attack, Sexually explicit.
Tap any tag in a report to see the specific words that triggered it.
References
Dissekt's scoring draws on peer-reviewed research. Key sources:
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