Bouncer

know what you're watching

Your personal bouncer against manipulation on the internet's biggest stage.

Clean

Honest content, no manipulation detected. Straightforward messaging, you're good to go.

Influence Detected

Persuasion techniques found: emotional manipulation, false urgency, authority exploitation. Stay aware.

Manipulation Alert

High-confidence deceptive influence: manufactured outrage, astroturfing, coordinated inauthentic behavior detected.

what bouncer watches for

emotional manipulation

false urgency

authority exploitation

manufactured outrage

scarcity pressure

astroturfing

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Chrome · Edge · Brave

Install the extension

Download for Chrome, Edge, or Brave and add it in under a minute.

Visit any YouTube video

Bouncer automatically requests analysis when you land on a video page.

See the analysis inline

A provenance badge and influence breakdown appear right next to the video title.

Is this content human-made, AI-generated, or AI-assisted? Bouncer examines metadata signals to estimate origin.

What persuasion techniques are being used, and how intensely? Scored across dimensions like emotional appeal, authority framing, and scarcity.

Critical thinking prompts grounded in rhetoric and social psychology research, tailored to each video's detected techniques.

Every analysis surfaces both positive elements worth noting and cautionary signals to be aware of.

v0.1.0 · 20 KB · Chrome / Edge / Brave

Click the download button above. Unzip the file — you'll get a bouncer-chrome folder.

Navigate to chrome://extensions in your browser. Enable Developer mode (toggle in the top-right corner).

Click Load unpacked and select the bouncer-chrome folder you unzipped.

Navigate to a YouTube video. Bouncer will analyze it and show a provenance badge next to the title.