This is the past week's "High Impact Posts", with your guest host, smileycreek.
Jotter is currently away, and we did our best not to trash the place and search through all the hidey-holes for the hidden stashes.
He will return on September 9.
This week 639 Kogs posted 1196 posts of which 1141 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3939 recommending readers; 748 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 366 by 30 or more, and 115 by 100 or more. Commenters (4473) visited 1195 posts; 714 had 10 or more commenters, 296 had 30 or more, and 37 had 100 or more.
Impact statistics from all 1196 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.194, average = 0.42, max = 5.56, total = 502.8 bharns
r50 = 126 (at 1.03 bharns)
The post also includes tables of readers awarding and authors receiving the most recommendations.
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LOOKING UP DATA FOR 40 READERS
goodl: 1196
showlist: 40
tophiturls: 130
2013-08-31 00:00:37 - 2013-09-06 23:58:15
DailyKos posts = 1196; 170 per day; 7.1 per hour
Active Kogs: 5831 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)
Kogs who |
comment |
recommend |
write a post |
only |
all |
comment |
4473 |
2584 |
636 |
1637 |
384 |
recommend |
2584 |
3939 |
384 |
1355 |
384 |
write |
636 |
384 |
639 |
3 |
384 |
posts with > |
0 |
1 |
10 |
30 |
100 |
recommendations |
1196 |
1141 |
748 |
366 |
115 |
commentators |
1196 |
1195 |
714 |
296 |
37 |
connections |
1196 |
1141 |
941 |
531 |
154 |
Impact statistics from all 1196 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.194, average = 0.42, max = 5.56, total = 502.8 bharns
r50 = 126 (at 1.03 bharns)
Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 49854
Maximum possible such pairs: 5831 x 639 = 3726009
Network Density (observed/possible): 1.338%
Average degree (links/user) = 49854/5831 = 8.550
tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 335637
Number of tag size classes: 1272
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (80920 posts)
Singleton tags: 225357 (attached to only one post)
n50: 632 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 823 (number of posts tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)
- Up to 150 posts, those with impact > 1.00, are shown below.
- The posts are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
- The TableTools2 extension for the Firefox browser allows you to sort, copy and visualize tables.
- For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this post.
rank |
nrec |
ncom |
impact |
post |
Author |
date |
1 |
520 |
225 |
5.56 |
The unmentioned option in Syria |
daddybunny |
09/04 |
2 |
416 |
139 |
4.39 |
TX State Sen. Wendy Davis Wins Lawsuit Against Racist GOP Redistricting Plan |
ericlewis0 |
09/05 |
3 |
382 |
149 |
4.06 |
TTFN |
aravir |
09/04 |
4 |
366 |
198 |
3.98 |
Clueless U.S. Senator gives advice on how to avoid poverty |
Mark E Andersen |
09/03 |
5 |
366 |
162 |
3.92 |
Oceans are Acidifying at the Fastest rate in 300,000,000 years. What Me Worry? |
Fish Outof Water |
09/01 |
6 |
355 |
125 |
3.76 |
New Approach to Voter Suppression in Virginia? |
r o d e n t r a n c h e r |
08/31 |
7 |
344 |
1146 |
4.34 |
I've Had Just About Enough Crap From You Guys on Syria (minor update) |
Reaper0 Bot0 |
09/06 |
8 |
322 |
255 |
3.46 |
Krugman: “Years of Tragic Waste.” (U.S. economic policy since '08: "...horrifying failure.") |
bobswern |
09/06 |
9 |
320 |
79 |
3.43 |
Bad Boss Gets Bad News: "Jaime, We Quit". |
hotdamn |
09/04 |
10 |
310 |
391 |
3.38 |
On Being Smeared by My Fellow Jews |
David Harris Gershon |
09/01 |
11 |
310 |
169 |
3.35 |
Justin Amash (R) gets Town Hall question: "Why would we want to trust insurance companies...?" |
Lefty Coaster |
08/31 |
12 |
306 |
315 |
3.27 |
William Polk offers a primer on Syria. You can read all of it here |
Meteor Blades |
09/03 |
13 |
294 |
206 |
3.14 |
We are winning the race to the bottom! |
gjohnsit |
09/03 |
14 |
293 |
118 |
3.11 |
Flash Mob at Raleigh Walmart (video) w/ update |
TriangleNC |
09/06 |
15 |
292 |
536 |
3.36 |
Obama does right in going to Congress; Congress must do right by telling him NO |
Laurence Lewis |
08/31 |
16 |
285 |
241 |
3.18 |
Why Can't We Drug Test Welfare Recipients? I Got Tested For My Job |
cadfile |
09/02 |
17 |
284 |
80 |
2.97 |
An ovenbird and me |
Old Jack Pine |
09/03 |
18 |
283 |
364 |
3.06 |
New NSA Revelation: Encryption Unlocked |
Richard Lyon |
09/05 |
19 |
282 |
325 |
3.20 |
There is no military solution, folks. |
b r o o k l y n b a d b o y |
09/02 |
20 |
267 |
256 |
2.98 |
Some In Congress Start To Whine About Being Put On The Spot |
Dartagnan |
09/01 |
21 |
266 |
904 |
3.12 |
Will John Kerry Please STFU |
La Feminista |
09/01 |
22 |
259 |
136 |
2.77 |
NBC News: Fracking Conclusively to Blame for Ohio Earthquakes |
ericlewis0 |
09/04 |
23 |
259 |
73 |
2.74 |
Scott Walker/GOP Crony Payola Scheme Exposed (Update: zero coverage on local news, of course) |
Puddytat |
09/06 |
24 |
255 |
90 |
2.74 |
Now THIS is how you quit your job |
Jen Hayden |
09/05 |
25 |
253 |
316 |
2.82 |
Uh oh. Now boots on the neighboring ground |
b r o o k l y n b a d b o y |
09/05 |
26 |
253 |
139 |
2.70 |
NY Times: “Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.’s” |
bobswern |
09/02 |
27 |
247 |
1050 |
3.11 |
The Daily Kos "Rec" Police |
Ray Pensador |
09/05 |
28 |
244 |
225 |
2.80 |
Well y'all can go to hell, also |
kbroers |
08/31 |
29 |
244 |
146 |
2.72 |
Texas fire marshals turned away by five facilities with big ammonium nitrate stockpiles |
Laura Clawson |
09/04 |
30 |
238 |
128 |
2.55 |
No Summers for the Fed? Sen. Warren, Brown and Merkley Are No Votes |
TomP |
09/06 |
31 |
236 |
89 |
2.57 |
We Love This Note To An Abusive Boss That's Going Viral. But There's One Thing Wrong With It. |
Working America |
09/05 |
32 |
226 |
532 |
2.65 |
Kerry Calls Syria Vote "Munich Moment" |
Armando |
09/02 |
33 |
223 |
86 |
2.41 |
Good News: Gilberton Police Chief Suspended Indefinitely |
Celtic Merlin |
09/01 |
34 |
218 |
515 |
2.57 |
John Kerry Has No Shame, Claims He Opposed the Iraq War |
Liberty Equality Fraternity and Trees |
09/05 |
35 |
218 |
84 |
2.31 |
Ancient Ireland: The Druids |
Ojibwa |
09/01 |
36 |
216 |
60 |
2.28 |
NC voter suppression law loses |
willard landreth |
09/03 |
37 |
214 |
622 |
2.54 |
Hook, Line, And Sinker - Selling The Bogus War on Syria |
Ray Pensador |
09/02 |
38 |
206 |
322 |
2.45 |
Rogue PA Police Chief Calls for Military Coup to Begin Next Week in DC |
Michael Morrill |
09/04 |
39 |
206 |
67 |
2.18 |
Leaves on the Current - looks to be terrific news |
teacherken |
09/03 |
40 |
204 |
76 |
2.14 |
And Here's The One Where Our Beloved Bernie Sanders Exposes The Koch Bros (Petitions) |
Leslie Salzillo |
09/01 |
41 |
202 |
52 |
2.16 |
Tennessee Republicans nervous workers may gain new power at Volkswagen plant |
Laura Clawson |
09/04 |
42 |
200 |
126 |
2.17 |
NSA plans Mega Malware distribution |
CharlesII |
08/31 |
43 |
193 |
94 |
2.05 |
I'm an introvert, and while I don't want to, I have to say goodby for a little while. |
LoreleiHI |
08/31 |
44 |
184 |
320 |
2.08 |
The renewed war on the veteran teacher |
Steve Singiser |
09/01 |
45 |
182 |
321 |
2.08 |
Obama seeks to violate UN charter with congressional blessing |
Armando |
09/05 |
46 |
182 |
93 |
1.94 |
Animal Nuz #164 |
ericlewis0 |
08/31 |
47 |
181 |
324 |
2.24 |
Child shoots SWAT officer at reading event |
Jen Hayden |
09/03 |
48 |
181 |
303 |
2.05 |
Mission creep. Already. |
b r o o k l y n b a d b o y |
09/05 |
49 |
172 |
152 |
1.91 |
Scientists discover a "water rich - SuperEarth" planet "only" 40 light years away from Earth |
Lefty Coaster |
09/05 |
50 |
169 |
231 |
1.85 |
EmptyWheel's Extremely Disconcerting, Factual Chronology On U.S. Involvement In Syria |
bobswern |
09/04 |
51 |
167 |
206 |
1.85 |
Whip count for House of Representatives vote on resolution regarding use of military force in Syria |
Meteor Blades |
09/03 |
52 |
166 |
185 |
1.83 |
UN chief scientist urges action on climate: 'We have five minutes before midnight' |
VL Baker |
09/03 |
53 |
165 |
429 |
2.00 |
A list of how a few in Congress stand on striking Syria. Please add names from your state |
Meteor Blades |
09/02 |
54 |
164 |
72 |
1.78 |
Georgia Republican Caught Bragging About Sabotaging Obamacare (VIDEO) |
Egberto Willies |
09/01 |
55 |
163 |
56 |
1.72 |
White House Bows to Chemical Companies: US consumers beware |
cosmic debris |
09/06 |
56 |
162 |
39 |
1.71 |
Judge to Appoint Monitor for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. At Long Last. |
jpmassar |
08/31 |
57 |
160 |
79 |
1.73 |
Pat Robertson reportedly diverted Operation Blessing donations to mining project |
Christian Dem in NC |
09/06 |
58 |
159 |
103 |
1.73 |
Breaking News: Police in riot gear called out on the #WalmartStrikers and protesters in Renton, WA |
JayRaye |
09/05 |
59 |
157 |
156 |
1.70 |
Better Know a Fallacy: Argument by (false) Analogy |
The Geogre |
09/02 |
60 |
157 |
103 |
1.69 |
This Could Be A Good Christian Sign Of Things To Come... |
Leslie Salzillo |
09/02 |
61 |
154 |
271 |
1.70 |
We Only Kill For Good |
La Feminista |
09/04 |
62 |
153 |
58 |
1.63 |
Pam Martens: "What We Don’t Know About the Biggest Wall St. Banks Could Kill the Economy–Again" |
bobswern |
09/04 |
63 |
152 |
217 |
1.72 |
Senators Heitkamp and Manchin float diplomatic alternative to military strikes on Syria |
Armando |
09/06 |
64 |
152 |
195 |
1.65 |
White supremacist felon busted for arsenal of illegal guns |
tytalus |
08/31 |
65 |
147 |
96 |
1.58 |
Big BLM Coal lease sale draws ZERO bids! "The BLM can't give this stuff away," |
Lefty Coaster |
09/04 |
66 |
147 |
67 |
1.60 |
Suck it, Goposaurs: Baltimore Ravens (NFL Champs) to Promote ObamaCare |
ericlewis0 |
09/04 |
67 |
146 |
409 |
1.83 |
German intelligence presents evidence that Assad is behind nerve gas attack |
Downeast Dem |
09/02 |
68 |
144 |
273 |
1.75 |
Is this really about 'punishing' Assad, or is it about feeling good about ourselves? |
Laurence Lewis |
09/06 |
69 |
144 |
66 |
1.52 |
Goofy Cat Pic o' the Day |
Pragmatus |
09/03 |
70 |
143 |
182 |
1.54 |
Fukushima Update: 9/3/13 |
Joieau |
09/03 |
71 |
140 |
123 |
1.55 |
Ten percent of the Syrian population now are refugees, and more than half of them are children |
Meteor Blades |
09/04 |
72 |
140 |
83 |
1.51 |
Chemical weapon attacks Washington doesn't want you to talk about |
Paleo |
09/05 |
73 |
138 |
115 |
1.58 |
Why Ken Cuccinelli is creepy |
Hunter |
09/02 |
74 |
137 |
58 |
1.46 |
William R. Polk: Climate Change and the Syrian Civil War |
Liberty Equality Fraternity and Trees |
09/03 |
75 |
136 |
202 |
1.58 |
A list of intellectuals who support the war with Syria |
Blue Wind |
08/31 |
76 |
136 |
48 |
1.47 |
Scott Walker Unironically Tweets About Labor Day. We Respond. |
Working America |
09/04 |
77 |
134 |
428 |
1.68 |
Ratcheting up the Syria hysteria |
kos |
09/03 |
78 |
133 |
62 |
1.42 |
Bain's Black Helicopters |
cbgbz |
09/01 |
79 |
129 |
262 |
1.46 |
The Daily Kos Rec Community |
erratic |
09/05 |
80 |
129 |
81 |
1.38 |
Frederik Pohl, a short appreciation |
rlegro |
09/03 |
81 |
128 |
120 |
1.45 |
Another reason for war crimes trials: this one's personal. Rumsfeld calls Obama "so called C-in-C" |
blue aardvark |
09/04 |
82 |
127 |
119 |
1.37 |
If you open Internet Explorer and listen carefully, you can hear the computer whisper “Kill me.” |
jbou |
09/02 |
83 |
127 |
73 |
1.34 |
Caught on Tape: Scott Walker Taking Back 250,000 Jobs Promise |
Puddytat |
09/05 |
84 |
127 |
70 |
1.35 |
Seven Years. |
Aji |
09/05 |
85 |
127 |
39 |
1.34 |
Krugman has a very good column for Labor Day |
teacherken |
09/02 |
86 |
126 |
159 |
1.48 |
House GOP Leaders say their 5 week vacations are more important than the Crisis in Syria |
Lefty Coaster |
08/31 |
87 |
126 |
158 |
1.47 |
No, white people won't save the GOP |
kos |
09/06 |
88 |
124 |
298 |
1.45 |
Obama's "Real" Plan For Syria |
Richard Lyon |
09/03 |
89 |
121 |
227 |
1.41 |
There are Many Things to Criticize Obama for Regarding Syria - This is NOT One of Them |
m a r k t h s h a r k |
09/05 |
90 |
121 |
49 |
1.28 |
Your Mama has your back. |
JaciCee |
09/01 |
91 |
119 |
119 |
1.27 |
Challenging racial inequities |
Denise Oliver Velez |
09/01 |
92 |
117 |
519 |
1.58 |
Obama makes the right choice and will present his case on Syria to the whole Congress for a vote |
Meteor Blades |
08/31 |
93 |
115 |
76 |
1.25 |
WaPo: NSA Docs Reveal How “U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011” |
bobswern |
08/31 |
94 |
115 |
40 |
1.24 |
iPhone Apps and the Kindness of Strangers |
Brainwrap |
09/02 |
95 |
113 |
241 |
1.18 |
Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile |
Black Kos |
09/03 |
96 |
111 |
73 |
1.21 |
Yes, the wrong, wrong, wrong Larry Summers is still a bad choice for chairman of the Federal Reserve |
Meteor Blades |
09/06 |
97 |
111 |
95 |
1.25 |
America's form of capitalism kills free enterprise and democracy |
Egberto Willies |
09/01 |
98 |
110 |
100 |
1.17 |
#sekritarmy self reflection (pooties, woozles, and critters) |
whoknu |
09/01 |
99 |
110 |
54 |
1.21 |
State Medicaid expansion refusal causes North Carolina hospital to close |
Joan McCarter |
09/06 |
100 |
109 |
358 |
1.38 |
The Real Story Behind US Threats To Attack Syria: It's About OIL And Geopolitics |
Ray Pensador |
08/31 |
101 |
109 |
180 |
1.20 |
Regarding the Syrian Rebels |
InAntalya |
09/04 |
102 |
109 |
150 |
1.23 |
On Being Broken |
bluebird of happiness |
09/04 |
103 |
108 |
74 |
1.13 |
RaceGender DiscrimiNATION: Indigenous Women at the Crossroads of a "Male-Dominated Dystopia" |
Aji |
09/01 |
104 |
108 |
90 |
1.19 |
And away we go |
Tom Tomorrow |
09/02 |
105 |
107 |
155 |
1.19 |
Can a US strike destroy Syria's chemical arsenal? |
Lenny Flank |
09/02 |
106 |
107 |
84 |
1.15 |
The House Already Voted on Syria (including regime change) but they won't breathe a word of it now. |
Mark Lippman |
09/01 |
107 |
106 |
55 |
1.15 |
an astonishing, horrifying failure |
teacherken |
09/06 |
108 |
104 |
188 |
1.33 |
House Republican, and by that I mean a different one, says House has votes to impeach Obama |
Hunter |
09/06 |
109 |
103 |
218 |
1.44 |
Lindsey Graham says not bombing Syria will cause Iran-Israel war 'within six months' |
Hunter |
09/05 |
110 |
103 |
184 |
1.19 |
N-word |
keefknight |
09/03 |
111 |
102 |
160 |
1.11 |
The Foodstamp Gourmet: Prequel |
Alexandra Lynch |
09/06 |
112 |
101 |
150 |
1.13 |
Grayson "confident" House will defeat Syria war authorization |
Magnifico |
09/05 |
113 |
101 |
107 |
1.14 |
My Son May Kill You |
Vet63 |
09/04 |
114 |
101 |
78 |
1.08 |
The Return of "Big Boy" |
xaxnar |
09/04 |
115 |
101 |
224 |
1.21 |
Obamacare 101: Overview |
DarkSyde |
09/01 |
116 |
99 |
188 |
1.07 |
Sunday Train: The Proposed Chicago - Fort Wayne - Columbus Rapid Rail Service |
BruceMcF |
09/01 |
117 |
98 |
159 |
1.04 |
The Daily Bucket - a cooper's hawk comes calling |
Polly Syllabic |
08/31 |
118 |
97 |
73 |
1.07 |
By the numbers: why Walker is easier to beat than many seem to think |
GeoffT |
09/03 |
119 |
96 |
73 |
1.02 |
Anticipating Apocalypse on the Road to Damascus: Dominionists in US Military United With Islamists? |
Mikey Weinstein |
09/06 |
120 |
94 |
125 |
1.10 |
Latest whip count on Syria shows nays gaining |
Meteor Blades |
09/06 |
121 |
94 |
70 |
1.02 |
Happee Caturdai Pootie Diaree |
triciawyse |
08/31 |
122 |
94 |
51 |
1.04 |
Here's why if you don't like inequality, you should support unions |
Laura Clawson |
09/01 |
123 |
92 |
176 |
1.07 |
How the NSA has secretly made the internet less secure |
Joan McCarter |
09/05 |
124 |
92 |
79 |
1.06 |
Elizabeth Warren: 'Now, more than ever, the U.S. needs a strong labor movement' |
Laura Clawson |
09/02 |
125 |
89 |
601 |
1.22 |
Syria does not = Iraq |
seanwright |
09/02 |
126 |
87 |
153 |
1.03 |
Cultures don't have rights. People do. |
Ian Reifowitz |
09/01 |
127 |
81 |
135 |
1.06 |
Liz Cheney compares self to Winston Churchill standing up to Hitler |
Hunter |
09/04 |
128 |
78 |
373 |
1.10 |
We can't be spectators to slaughter, except for all those other slaughters |
kos |
09/04 |
129 |
75 |
242 |
1.02 |
The war supporter's weak case for war |
kos |
09/05 |
130 |
56 |
494 |
1.27 |
Taking the pulse of the Daily Kos community on Syria |
kos |
09/04 |
Impact total: 254.7
nrec - Number of recommendations
ncom - Number of comments
tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
Author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.
The analysis of authors includes total impact, number of posts, and the average impact per post.
Impact total: 360.9
The analysis of readers includes the
number of recommendations awarded, the number of authors recommended,
the number and percent of their recommendations on the most recommended list (conversion)
and a ratio reflecting how much better the recommendations they made matched
the top hit list than would the same number of random picks.
rec number of posts recommended
authors = number of authors recommended
TopHits = number of recommended posts in top hit list
conversion = 100 * TopHits/rec; percent of recommended posts on top hit list
ratio = TopHits/predicted, where
predicted = ntop * rec/nposts, where
ntop = number of posts in top hit list = 130
nposts = total number of posts = 1196
Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter