Check Signals
High score = more slop. Paste text or fetch a URL.
Score
Signals
Details & Export
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This isn’t vibes; it’s a blood test. Fix the weak spots, re-run, and watch the number drop. If you publish without checking, that’s a choice—just don’t ask why your readers bounce like rubber balls.
What the score means (copy for results page):
0–29 (Clean): Human on the keys. Keep the receipts, not the swagger.
30–49 (Meh): Some slop in the joints. Tighten nouns, kill filler, vary the beat.
50–69 (Canned): Template fingerprints everywhere. Replace claims with specifics or cut it.
70–100 (Oatmeal): Corporate slurry. Start over or amputate whole sections.
Empty state (above the box):
Paste text or fetch a URL. If it winces, it’s working.
Post-run nudge (below the score):
Rewrite until the number earns your name.
VAX Slop Index — Patch Notes (v1.1.3)
TL;DR: Faster, clearer
New
Signal tooltips: tiny “?” next to each signal with plain-English defs. Hover or tap to pin on mobile.
Lazy Details render: JSON block only fills when opened (no more heavy stringify on every run).
Changes
Bigger, readable tooltips: larger font, wider box, tap-to-toggle on phones.
Copy Summary copies exactly what’s shown (“Slop Index N/100 — …”).
Performance
- Precompiled regex for hedges/buzzwords (1 pass each, not per word).
- Less DOM thrash: signals render in a single HTML string; details deferred.
- Perceived speed-up from smaller UI work per run.
Fixes
Tooltip content escaped to avoid markup breaking.
Uniformity logic unchanged but kept inside analyzer (no layout jitter).
VAX Slop Index — Patch Notes (v1.1.4)
TL;DR: Catches padded listicles + “vibes, no receipts.” Bands tuned.
New
Template Echo signal: detects listicle/boilerplate scaffolds and numbered-heading shapes.
Receipts Gate: adds a penalty when a page has no proper nouns, no numbers, and no external citations.
Uncited Science: “studies show / research says” triggers a bump without a real citation (DOI, PubMed, etc.).
Why chips: highlights now include short reasons (e.g., “Template echo +12”, “No receipts +10”).
Changes
Guidance bands rebalanced for clarity:
0–39 Low slop
40–59 Mixed: add specifics
60–79 Template fingerprints + thin specifics
80–100 High slop / bail
Summary line wording tightened; no UI layout changes.
Performance
No new DOM churn; penalties computed in the same pass as other signals.
Details block still renders lazily (unchanged from 1.1.3).
Fixes
Edge cases where “For example” appeared inside code/quotes now ignored for Faux Examples checks.
Proper-noun detector less sensitive to sentence-initial capitalization.
Upgrade note: No DB/options changes. Just bump the header to Version: 1.1.4.