Update [2004-10-29 21:21:47 by katerina]: Good job everyone! Even with the OBL story, we've maintained a good presence with important stories on the most popular list. Please continue sending e-mails with the following link, as it helps to move it up. It is now #9.
Kerry Says Will Stop at Nothing to Catch Bin Laden
Also, please keep e-mailing the following graphic showing different types of voter intimidation
With basically 4 news cycles left, it becomes more important than ever to keep focus on other stories besides the OBL tape so they don't get totally lost. Please help.
PLEASE RECOMMEND! Success depends on getting enough Kossacks to participate, and that only happens when this list makes it to the recommended diaries. Thank you.
Friday's list and more explanation below the fold....
Rating Things Up
We've found that linking directly to the e-mail links for stories and photos that we want to rate up is very effective. It's hard to keep stories and photos popular over time with ratings alone, because eventually negative votes from the Freepers can bring even the best things down. However, a story or photo can stay on top if it is e-mailed in sufficient quantities.
IMPORTANT: after you've sent an e-mail (and you can send it to yourself if you don't want to fill your friends mailboxes), please click on the link to go back to the story or photo and rate it as well. This is important, because things are judged popular at Yahoo based on 1) how many times they're e-mailed, 2) how many times they're viewed, and 3) how high their rating is.
Rating Things Down
We link directly to the "1" rating for things we want to rate down. There is a link on the page if you want to go back and see the article or story, however, if you view it, that's another bump to its popularity under the page view criteria, so be warned. <g> The reasons for linking directly to the rating rather than the story is 1) fewer page views which keeps our viewing the pages from actually bumping the story or photo back up the food chain, 2) these links can't be hijacked by real Freepers, and 3) hopefully it saves you time.
VERY IMPORTANT: Again, please recommend this diary. We want lots of Kossacks rating, so please help keep the list where they can find it. Thanks!
All links open in a separate window for your convenience.
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Stories to Rate Up: [links directly to e-mail form]
Update [2004-10-29 18:7:56 by katerina]:
Statistics, 2000 and Now
Update [2004-10-29 15:44:18 by katerina]:
Kerry: 'Wake Up America' and Choose Fresh Start
Pentagon Seeks to Account for Explosives
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Report: Video Shows Explosives Went Missing After War
News Video Is at Center of Storm Over Iraq Explosives
Video May Show Explosives at Al-Qaqaa
Change needed when headed 'over waterfall'
IRS Investigating NAACP for Criticism of President
FBI Investigating Halliburton Contracts
Halliburton Contracts Bypassed Objections
Kerry Campaign Seizes on Halliburton Probe
Bad News Dogs Bush As Election Nears
Bush and Kerry Locked in Dead Heat - Reuters Poll
Homeland Security Agents Visit Toy Store
Stories to Rate Down: [links directly to rating of "1" once clicked]
Update [2004-10-29 15:44:18 by katerina]:
[story from yesterday, but still worth rating down as it's still on popular story lists]
Purported Al-Qaeda tape threatens to attack US 'at any moment'
Photos to Rate Up: [links directly to e-mail form]
Update [2004-10-29 15:44:18 by katerina]:
Bush Scares Me
Photo taken by aid worker in Oct 2003 of unsecured munitions in Iraq
Smiling Kerry close-up
Kerry greeting crowd in Orlando
Another of Kerry in Orlando smiling
Iowa Kerry supporter
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Graphic of Bush's doctored ad
Still from explosives video
Kerry and Springsteen in Madison
Bush peering out of window at White House looking besieged
Close-up of Kerry and Bruce in Ohio
Kerry in confetti
Photos to Rate Down: [links directly to rating of "1" once clicked]
Update [2004-10-29 15:44:18 by katerina]:
Angry Bush at podium
Bush and Laura in NH
Red Sox fans for Bush
Lady supporting Bush
Bush and Laura
Bush shakes hands w/supporter
Bush and Laura redux--do they every let him be photographed without her by his side?
*And here are the links for previous days:
[Stories, except for Thursday's are too old, but check out photos]
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Sunday
Saturday
Friday