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17.
OOH! OOH! I GOT ONE!!!
posted by
wozzle
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:04:58 PDT
attached to
Got a happy story XVII?
12. (tie)
I was gonna say
posted by jamfan
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 19:37:28 PDT
attached to Frist Picks wrong neighborhood for shoe shopping
12. (tie)
I'm approved for my Green Card!
posted by confusedintexas
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 14:16:16 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
12. (tie)
Good day
posted by DavidNYC
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:16:37 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
12. (tie)
I love this take on it ...
posted by Bexley Lane
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 12:26:59 PDT
attached to My Pet President?: Even More to the Story than you think
12. (tie)
Yes, the fourth aircraft was shot down...
posted by Alumbrados
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:14:03 PDT
attached to My Pet President?: Even More to the Story than you think
11.
my BIG happy story
posted by catnip
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:44:14 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
10.
A Solution
posted by smartone
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 06:15:27 PDT
attached to The Good Bad and Ugly of Downing Street Coverage
9.
Scoreboard
posted by its simple IF you ignore the complexity
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:13:01 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
8.
My happy story
posted by Mary Julia
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:19:00 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
7.
My three-month old daughter
posted by MasonLee
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 12:52:40 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
5. (tie)
you might say
posted by mr nj
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 19:20:59 PDT
attached to Frist Picks wrong neighborhood for shoe shopping
5. (tie)
My Tool Set
posted by PhillyGal
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:21:00 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
4.
My happy story is about my father
posted by RenaRF
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:29:41 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
3.
Posted this on the Open Thread too...
posted by Wes F
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:12:26 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
2.
My happy story...
posted by the holy handgrenade
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:21:03 PDT
attached to Got a happy story XVII?
And the Best-Rated Comment is...
1.
Looks Great Georgia
posted by Mikecan1978
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:20:49 PDT
attached to ACTION: DowningStreetMemo.com
If...
..I had added the qualification that only three comments on the list could come from any single diary,
the following comments would have made the list, with the following ranks.
10.
Best line I've read all day:
posted by DaveOinSF
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 19:41:50 PDT
attached to Frist Picks wrong neighborhood for shoe shopping
11. (tie)
Feelin' Fine.
posted by BenGoshi
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 07:49:28 PDT
attached to I Want to Explain Something to Our Welshman
11. (tie)
wait a sec -
posted by Torta
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 07:43:19 PDT
attached to On Writing on Economics
11. (tie)
What does that matter?
posted by highacidity
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 13:47:50 PDT
attached to ACTION: DowningStreetMemo.com
14. (tie)
This frosts me!
posted by Phoenix Woman
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 05:46:52 PDT
attached to The Good Bad and Ugly of Downing Street Coverage
14. (tie)
Stirling and Welshman sittin' in a tree...
posted by MrHinkyDink
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 08:49:08 PDT
attached to On Writing on Economics
14. (tie)
Maybe this is
posted by Show Me Dem
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 10:54:10 PDT
attached to The Pet Goat, The Sequel
14. (tie)
Great diaries
posted by Mary Julia
on Fri May 13th, 2005 at 20:26:33 PDT
attached to How to Escape a Burning Airplane, Part II
To make the calculation, I assigned point values for each comment's ratings -- 2 for Excellent, 1 for Good, 0 for Marginal, -2 for Troll, and -3 for Super Troll. Then I added the values and ranked the comments.
"Tip jar" comments were excluded, since well-received diaries are recognized through the Recommended Diaries mechanism.
I excluded "tip jar" comments by excluding all comments people made to their own diaries. This may have excluded other well-rated comments people made to their own diaries. But in such cases, diarists can edit their diaries to include the content of their well-received comments, and hope for recognition in the Recommended Diaries.
Also, I excluded Cheers and Jeers, because that thing is just an insane mojo rave.
Comments also had to have a least 7 ratings to qualify, and be attached to a diary or main page story posted on May 13, Pacific time.