I wanted to try something different tonight. Over the years we have written many times about comment search meta, about finding comments, about the importance of submitted comments. It often happens that upwards of 20,000 comments may be posted on a given day on Daily Kos (if I recall there have been times when that number is closer to 50,000, but I cannot cite a date historically when that was so). No one can read them all.
We (TC hosts) try to find a few good comments every night. We like it better when people out and about on the site share quality comments they have found, because they can see what we may not, and they may see different things in the comments, too. We feature those submitted comments as prominently as any we may find, and we post them before and above Top Mojo and Top Pictures, as well.
More below, but first, a word from our sponsor ...
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Top Comments hosts LOVE it when we receive submitted comments! It enriches the experience for everyone who visits a given night’s diary. So, tonight I wanted to post an honor roll, of sorts, of those who submitted comments in November! In my book, YOU are the true Top Comments heroes, and it is time you were honored as such. Here, then, is the November list. If your name appears more than once, it is because you submitted more than one comment! TC diarists appear separately, at the end. Sometimes those comments were submitted on nights the given diarist did not host, but in a sense it is still our ‘job,’ so we are listed separately from non-TC diarists, lower on the page.
35 Kossacks submitted comments in November. That is an awesome job! We are in your debt! Look at those names! If you have the opportunity, please thank them, as we have tried to do tonight! HEROES!!! (If someone's name appears more than once, it's not a redundancy. It's because they submitted more than one comment nomination! Good for them!)
Honor roll:
A Siegel
A Siegel
a2nite
arizonablue
Avilyn
Avilyn
BlueEyed in NC
blugrlnrdst
blugrlnrdst
blugrlnrdst
blugrlnrdst
blugrlnrdst
Denise Oliver Velez
Denise Oliver Velez
Eileen B
elenacarlena
elenacarlena
elenacarlena
elenacarlena
elenacarlena
Ender
enhydra lutris
enhydra lutris
enhydra lutris
ericlewis0
ericlewis0
ERTBen
expatjourno
greenbird
greenbird
greenbird
greenbird
greenbird
greenbird
greenbird
greenbird
gulfgal98
gulfgal98
HeyMikey
indie17
indycam
indycam
JG in MD
JG in MD
JG in MD
JG in MD
merrywidow
Meteor Blades
NancyWH
NancyWH
Ninepatch
Ninepatch
Otteray Scribe
peregrine kate
raboof
rktect
smileycreek
SneakySnu
Wee Mama
Wee Mama
white blitz
wide eyed lib
Yasuragi
Yasuragi
Yasuragi
TC diarists with submitted comments in November:
bastrop
BeninSC (4)
brillig (8)
Chrislove
Ed Tracey (5)
lotac (4)
Puddytat (6)
Steven Payne
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker (8!)
And here is a list of all of the people whose comments were submitted and/or flagged for November. If your comment was selected and you did not realize or know it, a list below will include a link so you may see who and what. ::smile:: This is also a fine honor role! (Each name also appears as many times as it was selected for a TC diary!)
Commenter Honor Roll:
AnacharsisClootz
2thanks
a2nite
agnostic
AkaEnragedGoddess
annieli
Annieli
arizonablue
BeloitDem
bkamr
Blue Aardvark
Bob Johnson
BOHICA
boran2
boran2
Calvino Partigiani
campionrules
campionrules
CaptMalcolm
Catte Nappe
cborgia
chipmo
crystal eyes
Dallasdoc
devtob
edbb
elenacarlena
elfling
Ellid
Ender
EngineerScotty
exlrrp
ExpatGirl
FischFry
GenXangster
Gooserock
Gooserock
Gooserock
Gooserock
Greyhound
gulfgal98
HamptonRoadsProgressive
hannah
Heart of the Rockies
high unitas
Hillbilly Dem
ilta
ivorybill
J Edward
Jeff Y
Jeffersonian Democrat
JeffW
Jensequitur
jfromga
Jim Riggs
Jjc2006
Jjc2006
Joe Shikspack
Johnny the Conqueroo
joynow
joynow
jwinIL14
kenwards
kevinbr38
kevinbr38
kevinbr38
kos
kovie
Krotor
Laurel in CA
LeftHandedMan
Lefty Coaster
LeMoJoust
librarisingnsf
Lily O Lady
liz29
memofromturner
merrywidow
MichaelScott
mjbleo
Muskegon Critic
Navy Vet Terp
NCTim
Neon Vincent
New Minas
NonnyO
ontheleftcoast
PhilJD
Powered Grace
Proginoskes
quarkstomper
quill
Richard Lyon
sassafras75
se portland
Shotput8
side pocket
Sierrareal1
snoopydawg
SouthernLiberalinMD
StellaRay
Steven D
Superskepticalman
T Maysie
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
TarheelDem
Technowitch
terrypinder
The Lone Apple
The Marti
Theodore J Pickle
TLS66
tmservo433
Tommymac
TRPChicago
TsoDog
unclebucky
Wee Mama
widem
WineRev
WinSmith
wishingwell
wu ming
yg17
Here is a list of comment submitters together with the name of the commenter honored! The commenter’s name is a hyperlink to the comment submitted. Heroes!!!
Comment Submitter Commenter Honored (name is ALSO a hyperlink to the nominated comment! These are in chronological order of submission.)
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker BOHICA
BeninSC sassafras75
BeninSC CaptMalcolm
Steven Payne ivorybill
Yasuragi mjbleo
blugrlnrdst StellaRay
Ed Tracey Theodore J Pickle
Puddytat cborgia
greenbird kos
greenbird Lefty Coaster
blugrlnrdst tmservo433
expatjourno New Minas
Ender yg17
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker edbb
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker NonnyO
greenbird Johnny the Conqueroo
wide eyed lib LeftHandedMan
merrywidow JeffW
gulfgal98 Richard Lyon
gulfgal98 gulfgal98
peregrine kate Calvino Partigiani
greenbird annieli
JG in MD Heart of the Rockies
Chrislove Catte Nappe
arizonablue se portland
indie17 EngineerScotty
BlueEyed in NC AkaEnragedGoddess
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker Ender
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker quarkstomper
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker Ellid
JG in MD Jjc2006
JG in MD Jjc2006
BeninSC kovie
enhydra lutris Joe Shikspack
Ninepatch Navy Vet Terp
Ninepatch wishingwell
brillig Krotor
JG in MD Tommymac
smileycreek TsoDog
greenbird PhilJD
lotac librarisingnsf
greenbird Jeff Y
SneakySnu GenXangster
Ed Tracey snoopydawg
Ed Tracey Hillbilly Dem
Wee Mama Muskegon Critic
Puddytat HamptonRoadsProgressive
greenbird Gooserock
ericlewis0 Blue Aardvark
elenacarlena AnacharsisClootz
elenacarlena joynow
greenbird joynow
Yasuragi TarheelDem
Denise Oliver Velez bkamr
brillig Superskepticalman
rktect Jensequitur
Eileen B Dallasdoc
raboof quill
lotac boran2
Avilyn merrywidow
Avilyn The Lone Apple
brillig Greyhound
brillig TLS66
brillig Gooserock
white blitz ExpatGirl
lotac J Edward
Wee Mama T Maysie
A Siegel crystal eyes
A Siegel Proginoskes
ericlewis0 kenwards
Meteor Blades Jim Riggs
HeyMikey MichaelScott
Ed Tracey wu ming
Ed Tracey terrypinder
elenacarlena campionrules
NancyWH Shotput8
BeninSC ilta
Puddytat Gooserock
Puddytat high unitas
blugrlnrdst elenacarlena
elenacarlena memofromturner
a2nite Gooserock
brillig unclebucky
brillig Jeffersonian Democrat
indycam elfling
bastrop Powered Grace
brillig Bob Johnson
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker Annieli
blugrlnrdst a2nite
blugrlnrdst ontheleftcoast
enhydra lutris 2thanks
NancyWH Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
lotac widem
indycam Steven D
enhydra lutris Wee Mama
Puddytat boran2
Puddytat jwinIL14
ERTBen WinSmith
Yasuragi kevinbr38
Denise Oliver Velez kevinbr38
Otteray Scribe exlrrp
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker devtob
Finally, here is a list of commenters whose comments were flagged (The first name listed is the person whose comment was found using the flag. The comment flagged may be found by clicking on the name. The second name is of the person who ‘flagged’ the comment.):
Comment Flags in November:
BeloitDem DCCyclone
NCTim tarkangi
LeMoJoust indie17
arizonablue bill dog
WineRev Ga6thDem
hannah melo
Laurel in CA anastasia p
Lily O Lady KimmieInIN
side pocket FoundingFatherDAR
Neon Vincent BeninSC
kevinbr38 Yasuragi
chipmo Words in Action
jfromga meinoregon
liz29 belinda ridgewood
SouthernLiberalinMD meinoregon
TRPChicago Gentle Giant
The Marti BeninSC
FischFry Greyhawk
agnostic oddmike
Technowitch JekyllnHyde & IndieGuy
We were able to include comments from the comments listed because, in one way or another, the credited comment flagger said something in their response comment title to indicate that the comment was noteworthy in some way. A search for terms the flagger used found the comment. So, a comment was found because it was flagged.
So, what's the problem? The ‘issue’ is, it is not a reliable method of seeing that worthy comments are included. Over the years, I have searched on perhaps a hundred different terms to try to find flagged comments, and I know other TC diarists use different searches from mine. What I cannot do is search every night (nor even the nights I host) on 100 unique search strings. It may be possible to automate those searches, so they could be run every night, and those comments found. I am no macro wizard, however, to construct such an automated search. So, while we occasionally do find comments using searches like these, there is never a guarantee that a 'flag' will pull any given comment. The only way to be sure a comment is included in a given night's TC diary is to submit it directly. And that is what we are asking you to do.
And those who are already submitting comments directly, please continue to do so! We LOVE you!
Now for tonight's comments! (Formatted by brillig! One of the finest commentarians anyone has ever met! And my special friend!)
Brillig's ObDisclaimer: The decision to publish each nomination lies with the evening's Diarist and/or Comment Formatter. My evenings at the helm, I try reeeeallllyy hard to publish everything
without regard to content. I really do, even when I disagree personally with any given nomination. "TopCommentness" lies in the eyes of the nominator and of you, the reader - I leave the decision to you. I do
not publish self-nominations (ie your own comments) and if I ruled the world, we'd all build community, supporting and uplifting instead of tearing our fellow Kossacks down.
From BeninSC:
This comment submission (comment by vzfk3s) began as what I thought was a comment flag, but it turns out the comment by Gooserock was not linked. The comment is a paraphrase, and well worth reading in its own right! (The comment was subsequently flagged by JoanMar, Glen The Plumber and The Marti, the whole thread illuminated perfectly by Glen The Plumber's fine picture comment! (Only posted 23 min. ago! That's very fresh for a Top Comment!) )
Top Mojo for yesterday, November 30th, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary FAQing Top Mojo.
1) The angry fans can root for the Redskins. by psychodrew — 245
2) I love the Palins by sideboth — 166
3) Why can't they be more like those nice palins ? by indycam — 154
4) I took a quick look at the FB comments by VetGrl — 120
5) Many Americans think we aren't by a2nite — 111
6) Free Speech Isn't a Right to a Job. by Gooserock — 101
7) thanks for posting this at the top... by Glen The Plumber — 90
8) I found a longer story that said the expressions by teresahill — 88
9) Not funny: The STL police condemning the players - by flitedocnm — 83
10) This is her "apology": by Mopshell — 83
11) They were dressed conservatively by Pencils — 80
12) You might have thought you were joking, but... by Hayate Yagami — 79
13) I like the Rams NOW! :-) n/t by blue in NC — 78
14) One of your best by side pocket — 77
15) Shaun King has been incredible throughout. by flitedocnm — 77
16) I can't tell you how much this truly annoys me. by sideboth — 76
17) Omg by ZappoDave — 74
18) Good for them, powerful statement by davidkc — 74
19) I swear to FSM by BoiseBlue — 75
20) Saw a short article somewhere by Ginny in CO — 74
21) "Hours of prayer..." my ass. If she were a decent by The Marti — 73
22) I don't see it, either by oruacat2 — 71
23) There already is... by ExpatGirl — 71
24) Your crazy family is not a hindrance... by MJB — 70
25) A surprise that isn't a surprise by Hammerhand — 69
26) The War on Drugs has been a stupendous by blue jersey mom — 69
27) She also shows that high IQ on paper is not a r... by anastasia p — 69
28) Roorda talks as if by psnyder — 69
29) Here's one: by One Pissed Off Liberal — 68
30) I had the same experience going to college. by fou — 68
Top Pictures for yesterday, November 30th. Click any picture to be taken to the full comment and/or larger picture. Thank you
jotter for the image magic!