Weekend High Impact diaries - June 3-4 , 2006

This weekend 400 Kosmopolitan authors posted 444 diaries of which 419 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2545 recommending readers; 176 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 58 by 30 or more, and 24 by 100 or more. Commenters (2450) visited 437 diaries; 208 had 10 or more visiting commenters, 58 had 30 or more, and 8 had 100 or more.

The first 150 or fewer diaries with impact > 0.2 are shown below, sorted by number of recommendations.

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon Jun 5 11:37:07 2006; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time.

Links to on site search for yesterday, a year ago, and the last 6 hours are also included. sdaigneault (uid 89941) registered at 2006-06-05 11:23:50, the most recent of 82 in the preceding 24 hours.

2006-06-03 00:00:45 - 2006-06-04 23:50:11
DailyKos diaries = 444; 222 per day; 9.2 per hour
Active (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary) Kosmopolitans: 3581
write:400; recommend:2545; comment:2450
write:55; recommend:1074; comment:847 (exclusively)
write & recommend:211; write & comment:343; recommend & comment:1469
write & recommend & comment: 209
maximum possible pairs: 1432400
writer-reader or writer-commenter pairs: 13756
Network Density: 1.0%

Diaries: posted 444,recommendations {1: 419, 10: 176, 100: 24, 30: 58}, commentators {1: 437, 10: 208, 100: 8, 30: 58}.

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	impact	Diary	Author	Date
1	391	249	157	3.49 3.66	Married 19 years this August. Activist judges to blame.	Renee in Ohio	2006-06-03
2	322	172	97	2.87 2.96	ABA to investigate Bush signing statements [UPDATED]	litho	2006-06-04
3	283	413	138	2.61 2.71	A Stretch No More: Crossing the Godwin Divide (Part I)	occams hatchet	2006-06-03
4	277	293	115	2.51 2.60	UPDATE: Bush Hate Speech Plugs anti-Same Sex Marriage Amendment	Troutfishing	2006-06-04
5	252	144	85	2.25 2.33	VERIZON: I Cut them Off and Here's What they said	philinmaine	2006-06-03
6	241	422	109	2.26 2.29	A Semi-Comprehensive Quizzing of Manjoo's Rebuttal of RFK Jr.	malcolm	2006-06-03
7	201	129	69	1.80 1.86	'My husband does not give me food'	Jerome a Paris	2006-06-04
8	188	216	98	1.71 1.81	Robert Fisk: Haditha may be just Tip of Iceberg	LodinLepp	2006-06-03
9	186	105	37	1.66 1.68	Dean 50 State Strategy - People Powered Polling (Let's Do This!)	Yoss	2006-06-04
10	184	128	79	1.65 1.74	It can't happen here? It did. The year was 1917.	nailmaker	2006-06-04
11	179	199	78	1.62 1.69	A Few Thin Threads: Crossing the Godwin Divide (Part II)	occams hatchet	2006-06-04
12	157	194	84	1.43 1.52	Calif. Ins. Commissioner: "Health insurance only benefits Wall Street!"	nyceve	2006-06-03
13	154	194	67	1.41 1.45	Manic Attorney Demands Psychiatric Treatment	manic lawyer	2006-06-04
14	154	99	45	1.38 1.41	A little help needed quickly from kossacks	teacherken	2006-06-04
15	147	66	35	1.31 1.34	All the doors are closing -- Part II.	Kagro X	2006-06-03
16	145	189	81	1.33 1.41	Bush's Economy Still Terrible; Here's Why	bonddad	2006-06-04
17	139	135	54	1.25 1.30	Maine Democrats pass impeachment resolution! [UPDATED with photos]	Alna Dem	2006-06-04
18	134	423	123	1.39 1.47	DailyKos: The New Counterculture?	cosmic debris	2006-06-03
19	122	129	61	1.10 1.17	We Were Soldiers Once.........And Murderers	Militarytracy	2006-06-04
20	112	89	37	1.01 1.03	YearlyKos Media Team - what we're doing and how you can help	siun	2006-06-04
21	109	654	139	1.48 1.37	What's Your Fucking Problem? (WYFP!)	Elizabeth D	2006-06-03
22	108	278	112	1.07 1.24	Kos & Jerome on Russert, cnbc repeats at 10pm	Gorette	2006-06-03
23	107	254	123	1.04 1.28	Happy Freaking Birthday, Pastordan	Mrs Pastor	2006-06-03
24	98	67	35	0.88 0.91	Purple Finger Rant	CD in TX	2006-06-04
25	95	165	75	0.89 1.00	Bush NOT Caught Lying About Haditha [updated with correction]	flo58	2006-06-04
26	94	311	72	0.99 0.98	Saturday Morning (Home And) Garden Blogging Vol. 2.15	Frankenoid	2006-06-03
27	91	69	49	0.82 0.88	Who could do such evil things to being save a being?	exmearden	2006-06-03
28	84	67	44	0.75 0.81	Antiabortion Oopsies in Texas	Frederick Clarkson	2006-06-03
29	80	145	53	0.75 0.81	Brothers and Sisters (with poll),	pastordan	2006-06-04
30	75	301	87	0.84 0.90	Salon.com rebuts RFK's Rolling Stone "Fraud" Story	tunesmith	2006-06-03
31	72	232	63	0.75 0.78	"Can the Democrats Handle a Heretic" Named Jim Webb?	lowkell	2006-06-04
32	66	78	36	0.60 0.64	John Kerry on Iraq: Stop the madness!	Eternal Hope	2006-06-03
33	62	105	32	0.58 0.60	Kerry Praises Webb; Miller Disses Kerry!	lowkell	2006-06-03
34	51	32	19	0.46 0.47	Why the WaPo Endorsed Jim Webb's Opponent -- Iraq	GregP	2006-06-03
35	50	31	23	0.45 0.47	My Family's Struggle	dakota kid	2006-06-04
36	45	95	27	0.43 0.44	Native American Roll Call for YearlyKos	navajo	2006-06-03
37	41	23	11	0.37 0.37	Sunday Afternoon Action Diary	Elise	2006-06-04
38	41	18	15	0.37 0.38	Soldier says anti-Muslim racism encouraged/tolerated in Army	Sherlock Google	2006-06-03
39	39	30	21	0.35 0.38	Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photos) Day 468	RubDMC	2006-06-04
40	37	14	9	0.33 0.34	The Rise of the Netroots: Liveblogging the 2006 Convention	nwprogressive	2006-06-04
41	36	48	22	0.33 0.36	Women as Voters	my foot itches	2006-06-03
42	35	61	29	0.33 0.37	How I Became A Progressive	cskendrick	2006-06-04
43	34	57	33	0.32 0.38	The Day Bobby Died...Before and After	BigDog04	2006-06-03
44	34	42	14	0.31 0.32	Eric Massa's Weekly Diary: Eric at YearlyKos and the Value of the Netroots	Eric Massa	2006-06-04
45	34	30	19	0.31 0.33	Keep Your Filthy Hands Off My Darwin! YEARLY KOS MEGA AUCTION UPDATE!	AndyT	2006-06-04
46	34	26	23	0.30 0.34	I Said the F-Word and People Laughed.	Senior citizen	2006-06-03
47	33	22	17	0.30 0.32	Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photos) Day 467	RubDMC	2006-06-03
48	32	277	50	0.55 0.45	How To Not Get Recommended On Kos	thoreau247365	2006-06-03
49	32	53	22	0.30 0.32	{UPDATE}My Review Of An Inconvenient Truth	Patriot for Al Gore	2006-06-03
50	32	46	16	0.29 0.31	Haditha And The Menendez Defense	Mash	2006-06-04
51	32	41	13	0.29 0.30	The Final Stretch: Linda Milazzo's "Conversation With Marcy Winograd"	Linda Milazzo	2006-06-04
52	32	29	13	0.29 0.30	"You could kill anyone you wanted"	theyrereal	2006-06-04
53	31	39	14	0.28 0.29	Yearly Kos Registration Up for Grabs	mindoca	2006-06-03
54	31	23	11	0.28 0.29	History for Kossacks: Frederick II's Crusade	Unitary Moonbat	2006-06-04
55	30	508	53	0.91 0.46	Ask A Kossak, W/Free Answers!...now w/oxidation inhibitors!	buhdydharma	2006-06-04
56	30	136	67	0.35 0.54	Sunday Talk	Newsie8200	2006-06-04
57	30	87	28	0.31 0.33	Vegetables of Mass Destruction: Are You Pro-Choice?	OrangeClouds115	2006-06-04
58	30	20	16	0.27 0.29	HOLY CRAP! U.S. Paid Haditha Families $2500	John Campanelli	2006-06-03
59	29	60	42	0.28 0.39	Fear and Loathing of Las Vegas	Welshman	2006-06-03
60	29	26	16	0.26 0.28	Frameshop: 3 Easy Steps To Beat the 'Marriage Amendment'	Jeffrey Feldman	2006-06-03
61	29	14	11	0.26 0.27	A 10-year-old to Bush: Write Back With Answers!	noweasels	2006-06-04
62	28	40	13	0.26 0.27	Point that matters MOST re the 2004 Election	Real History Lisa	2006-06-03
63	27	117	39	0.31 0.36	On This Week, Gore refuses to rule out '08 run: UPDATED!!	PLS	2006-06-04
64	27	37	13	0.25 0.26	The lady vanishes...again.	GreyHawk	2006-06-03
65	27	18	8	0.24 0.25	Crashing the Debates or Guys on the Prize	Miss Devore	2006-06-04
66	26	24	14	0.23 0.25	Howl turns 50 - Thoughts on the True Nature of Obscenity	Wayneman	2006-06-04
67	26	19	14	0.23 0.25	Frank Rich: Supporting The Troops Over A Cliff	Maccabee	2006-06-03
68	26	18	7	0.23 0.24	We're Not Worthy: DKos Community Rocks	BostonJoe	2006-06-03
69	25	60	26	0.24 0.29	Mr. Movie Phone Smacks Down Daryn Kagan-CNN Bush Tool on "An Inconvenient Truth"	Chamonix	2006-06-04
70	25	15	7	0.22 0.23	Haditha Marine Arrested: Tells of Involvement, PTSD	ilona	2006-06-03
71	24	82	36	0.26 0.33	Being Gay in Suburban America	Hkingsley	2006-06-03
72	24	76	29	0.25 0.29	So Healthy, that it's killing us	Devilstower	2006-06-03
73	24	25	16	0.22 0.24	How is this man qualified to be Inspector General of DoD?	smintheus	2006-06-03
74	24	13	5	0.21 0.22	Update: Urgent: Poll Workers Still Needed in Alameda County, Ca.	sailmaker	2006-06-04
75	23	59	15	0.23 0.23	Marcy Winograd and Francine Busby	Ozzie	2006-06-03
76	23	34	16	0.21 0.23	Bill O'Reilly and Malmedy	jpol	2006-06-03
77	23	13	11	0.21 0.22	There Was No Investigation	LithiumCola	2006-06-03
78	23	8	4	0.20 0.21	Weeks High Impact Diaries - May 27 to June 2, 2006	jotter	2006-06-04
79	22	184	35	0.37 0.31	Practical Survival Guide to Las Vegas	spoon or no spoon	2006-06-03
80	22	183	55	0.37 0.43	Do You Enjoy Your Children?	dmac	2006-06-04
81	22	112	51	0.27 0.41	Baseball's Rockies Come Out as "Christian Organization"	AZnomad	2006-06-04
82	22	35	15	0.20 0.22	Haditha: An explanation is not necessarily an excuse.	Marc in KS	2006-06-03
83	22	28	12	0.20 0.21	America's Military Force, A Prozac unit?	testvet6778	2006-06-03
84	21	158	62	0.33 0.47	So what are you reading this week? (with poll)	DawnG	2006-06-03
85	21	99	19	0.25 0.23	U.S. military: killing civilians is "normal procedure"	elishastephens	2006-06-03
86	21	76	26	0.23 0.26	CA Primary: My $.02	alysheba	2006-06-04
87	18	85	21	0.22 0.22	Free Trade and the exploitation of workers.	Eternal Hope	2006-06-04
88	16	95	28	0.22 0.24	An Elegant Solution to Estate Tax Objections	elfling	2006-06-04
89	14	102	39	0.21 0.30	Definitions for Newbies and Others	Sassy	2006-06-03
90	12	167	60	0.31 0.43	Off the Mark-os, Again	Blue Democrat	2006-06-04
91	12	135	32	0.25 0.25	I'm tired of this discussion.	CanYouBeAngryAndStillDream	2006-06-03
92	11	102	36	0.20 0.27	DailyKos Recipe Round-up	TheBlaz	2006-06-04
93	7	248	27	0.43 0.20	Saturday Night Loser's Club: Vol. VIII, "You Called for a Cleaner?" Edition	spoon or no spoon	2006-06-04
94	6	147	34	0.26 0.24	Total road cell-phone ban in Kansas	skralyx	2006-06-03
95	4	125	39	0.22 0.27	Roll call for former TUs	2liberal	2006-06-03
96	4	120	42	0.21 0.29	CA-50: Busby mis-spoke, election may turn on this	Explorer8939	2006-06-03

Impact total: 66.1

NB: Some diaries on this list were still open for recommendation at the time it was compiled.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter