High Impact Posts: February 15, 2015

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Monday February 16, 2015 · 11:40 AM PST

2015/02/16 · 11:40

Explosive Asteroid 259 x 100

Yesterday 102 Kogs posted 110 posts of which 109 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1518 recommending readers; 83 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 44 by 30 or more, and 8 by 100 or more. Commenters (1185) visited 110 posts; 70 had 10 or more commenters, 18 had 30 or more, and 4 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 110 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.229, average = 0.47, max = 3.93, total = 51.9 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 0.86 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon Feb 16 05:00:02 2015 EST.

2015-02-15 00:00:07 - 2015-02-15 23:58:03
DailyKos posts = 110; 110 per day; 4.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 2061 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1185	645	99	492	51
recommend	645	1518	51	873	51
write	99	51	102	3	51

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	110	109	83	44	8
commenters	110	110	70	18	4
connections	110	109	97	53	15

Impact statistics from all 110 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.229, average = 0.47, max = 3.93, total = 51.9 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 0.86 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 5845
Maximum possible such pairs: 2061 x 102 = 210222
Network Density (observed/possible): 2.780%
Average degree (links/user) = 5845/2061 = 2.836

Up to 150 posts, those with impact > 0.15, 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	EST
1	361	197	3.93	Boehner: I Hid Netanyahu Invitation from White House to Avoid Obama "Getting in the Way"	David Harris Gershon	12:38
2	320	667	3.47	Thomas Jefferson, hypocrite. Robert 'Councillor' Carter, emancipator.	Denise Oliver Velez	09:00
3	302	362	3.42	If You Want Well-Adjusted Children, Bring Them Up Without Religion	Th0rn	01:32
4	216	97	2.36	Fox Station That Used Pic of Obama as Rape Suspect IS REFUSING to Apologize or Acknowledge Error!	SemDem	12:02
5	194	38	2.03	Black Federal Judge delivers EPIC smackdown on white murderers of James Craig Anderson	xxdr zombiexx	12:44
6	122	129	1.41	Eureka! My earthshaking new study reveals the root cause of the profoundly stupid	Susan Grigsby	19:30
7	110	60	1.16	#sekritarmy trolls (with pooties, woozles and internet things)	whoknu	15:00
8	101	183	1.36	With Mitt Romney gone, the knives come out for Jeb Bush	Hunter	12:30
9	93	419	1.14	Jews are NOT at war with Islam. But jihadi terrorists have declared war on Jews.	Ian Reifowitz	10:54
10	90	39	0.98	Bush intervenes with Sunni sheiks as Iraqi government faces crisis	Jon Perr	15:33
11	88	94	0.99	Happy belated Darwin Day!	DarkSyde	10:45
12	82	26	0.87	Update on the Little Boy	escapee	20:17
13	81	45	0.89	The goal is to get cops to change. That's why Comey spoke about racism and policing the way he did.	Ian Reifowitz	16:00
14	80	23	0.84	"Love and Justice" at Moral March in Raleigh NC, on Valentine's Day	Denise Oliver Velez	08:17
15	80	79	0.93	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Outrage, resist, repeat edition	Mark Sumner	07:59
16	76	72	0.88	BREAKING: Obama Is NOT The Antichrist	zenbassoon	19:51
17	75	34	0.82	The U.S. Army is changing ... for the better	Mark E Andersen	14:15
18	71	116	0.86	Roy Moore won't budge on gay marriage; claims SCOTUS can't change "God's law" on marriage	gf120581	15:02
19	69	19	0.74	Family of Mexican National gunned down by police in Pasco, WA files massive lawsuit.	xxdr zombiexx	23:11
20	66	112	0.74	Sunday Talk	Silly Rabbit	00:00
21	62	33	0.66	Sunnis boycott Iraqi government after Shia militia attack	gjohnsit	15:27
22	62	26	0.65	It's Cold, But Not As Cold-Hearted As Gov. Walker'?s Budget	noise of rain	18:35
23	60	73	0.65	New York Times blows the lid off plot at US Treasury to kill New Deal program Fannie Mae	K u n t a w p w n s y o u	09:00
24	54	52	0.59	Correlation, causation, and religion	DiesIrae	17:29
25	54	107	0.63	The thing about endless war is that it never ends	Laurence Lewis	21:15
26	53	73	0.60	BREAKING: Hundreds of Jewish graves desecrated in Eastern France	Radiowalla	23:03
27	53	39	0.60	Myth Busting the Right-Wing’s "Schools Have to Make Teachers Wear Underwear" Meme	Jud Lounsbury	10:37
28	53	25	0.56	? upon still waters ?	b l u e y e d a c e 2	19:09
29	51	17	0.54	Ancient America: Early Oregon Sites	Ojibwa	11:15
30	49	64	0.51	Dawn Chorus - In Pursuit of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet	jersyblue	09:51
31	49	58	0.57	Michael Cannon, CATO hack behind King v. Burwell, lying again about Ben Nelson	Dante Atkins	17:45
32	48	201	0.51	Connect! Unite! Act! Denver, Maine, Durango, DC & Texas Meet-up Info — You Got Something?	navajo	10:30
33	46	67	0.52	Students Learn When They Are Having Fun, or, How Not to Give a Standardized Test	pdxteacher	11:15
34	46	29	0.48	Cleo, Chronic Feline Kidney Disease, and No More Pepperoni Pizza	j o e d e m o c r a t	19:08
35	45	75	0.51	Simple guide to embedding YouTube videos	Susan Grigsby	17:36
36	45	59	0.53	Open thread of night owls: Thousands turn out for N.C.'s inspiring Moral Monday on Saturday	Meteor Blades	23:00
37	43	169	0.47	Kitchen Table Kibitzing: February 15	side pocket	20:00
38	43	17	0.46	FBI Director James Comey talks about Race	jamess	14:19
39	42	31	0.49	A first-hand example of how deep the Obama hate runs among the 25-percenters	Christian Dem in NC	22:24
40	36	15	0.39	Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)	Ed Tracey	11:35
41	32	24	0.36	Faceless Monsters - What Can We Do to Stem the Tide of Online Hate?	Steven D	15:08
42	30	32	0.32	Certainty is the Enemy	The Geogre	08:42
43	30	23	0.32	Overnight News Digest: February 15	side pocket	23:58
44	30	16	0.32	The Inoculation Project 2/15/2015: STEM Lunch Club & Chem Lab	belinda ridgewood	10:00
45	29	31	0.32	Crazy Canuck Cant	Gwennedd	10:02
46	27	7	0.28	rig count still falling, oil production and oil glut still rising...	rjsigmund	22:30
47	26	29	0.29	Top Comments: Saturday (strike that) Sunday Night Live Edition	lotac	22:00
48	24	7	0.25	No frigate like a book	a n n e t t e b o a r d m a n	12:53
49	23	39	0.26	Why do people who don't know me treat me like a criminal ?	funtony47	08:13
50	23	21	0.26	On Adam Smith's 'Invisible Hand'	Blood	20:46
51	23	15	0.25	"Desperado" A Scott Walker Warning	PvtJarHead	21:46
52	22	20	0.24	Sunday Train: Future of Rail Technical Symposium, Washington DC. 3 Feb, 2015	BruceMcF	20:40
53	21	14	0.22	Fusion Power: Throngs march on North Carolina's capitol for justice, equality and sustainability	DocDawg	13:40
54	21	2	0.22	ACA SIGNUPS: "BIG FINISH...oh, wait, not quite yet..." Edition	Brainwrap	22:34
55	21	23	0.22	DK Quilt Guild: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend~Photos	Pam from Calif	19:47
56	20	21	0.22	IAN: February 15, 2015 - My granddaughter is nine now	l o g g e r s b r a t	00:55
57	20	16	0.23	Boehner: didn't want Obama's "interference" with Netanyahu speech	Jay C	12:18
58	20	13	0.24	John Fugelsang explains dilemma of Liberals	Egberto Willies	19:44
59	19	39	0.22	2015 Backyard Science Yardbird Race Tally #2	bwren	09:00
60	18	12	0.20	Liberty Counsel Petitions AL Supreme Court To Stop Issuance Of Marriage Licenses To Same-Sex Couples	l i b r a r i s i n g n s f	17:11
61	18	44	0.19	The Evening Blues Weekend Edition 02-15-15 Jesse Ed Davis	Johnny the Conqueroo	20:00
62	18	10	0.19	Scott Walker's Act 10 has only helped Walker donations and donators	Jake formerly of the LP	12:15
63	17	44	0.19	The Clean Energy Economy and the Innovator's Dilemma	James Wells	19:31
64	17	31	0.24	Know what might suck worse than having McConnell for a Senator?	s a n d y k n a u e r	11:23
65	17	21	0.19	The Ones You Didn't Hear: A Hot Time in Babylon	q u a r k s t o m p e r	17:02
66	17	15	0.21	Why Al Franken Is Worried About Smart TVs	h a r r y r e a r d o n	22:49
67	16	120	0.27	Lars Vilks' 3 cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad	BvueDem	03:30
68	16	25	0.21	on a weekend of record audiences for "50 Shades", ISIS kills gays to "clamp down on sexual deviance"	annieli	19:21
69	15	57	0.18	Morning Open Thread - Bruce Springsteen - "Hunter Of Invisible Game"	Joy of Fishes	06:30
70	15	24	0.16	KosAbility: Gender in Pharmacokinetics; Puberty Ed for Girls Globally; & other Women's Health Topics	mettle fatigue	19:00
71	15	20	0.19	30 arrested for food stamp fraud in NY	Starbucks Girl51	22:01
72	15	5	0.16	Powerful CBC Mini-series: The Book of Negroes	jbalazs	10:38
73	14	20	0.15	If you can't beat them, Fly them!	jamess	12:29
74	13	20	0.17	GMOs are not the answer to world hunger	agitated american	17:00
75	11	87	0.19	The latest brilliant backdoor gun control measure	T X Conservative	16:54
76	11	97	0.20	Don't feel sorry for Ukrainian Russian speakers	r o b e r t w e l l e r	14:42
77	11	43	0.17	Israel kills more anti-Islamists in Syria. Boehner: "Thanks, Bibi. Come by for drinks."	w a t e r s t r e e t 2 0 0 8	13:57

Impact total: 49.3

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.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Two Years Ago In Daily Kos

2013-02-14 00:15:46 - 2013-02-14 23:58:22
DailyKos posts = 197; 197 per day; 8.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3284 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who comment recommend write a post only all

comment 2120 1050 165 979 74

recommend 1050 2213 74 1163 74

write 165 74 166 1 74

Posts

posts with > 0 1 10 30 100

recommendations 197 190 125 62 14

commenters 197 197 123 45 6

connections 197 190 159 92 21

Impact statistics from all 197 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.195, average = 0.42, max = 4.60, total = 83.6 bharns
r50 = 20 (at 0.82 bharns)
Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 9784
Maximum possible such pairs: 3284 x 166 = 545144
Network Density (observed/possible): 1.795%
Average degree (links/user) = 9784/3284 = 2.979

rank nrec ncom impact post Author EST

1 412 567 4.60 Anti-electric car NYT reviewer LIES about Tesla Model S performance. (Update x2) KenInCO 16:03

2 412 198 4.52 Fox News ridicules Desiline Victor, the 102 year old who stood in line to vote Steven Payne 10:25

3 338 104 3.59 There's Something Extraordinary Happening With Drug Offenders in Houston Grizzard 00:23

4 314 157 3.38 The Republican Party Hates America. w e a t h e r d u d e 13:09

5 264 104 2.83 Elderly diabetic Latino held in Arpaio's jail 6 months for using fake SSN. He was innocent. Mother Mags 22:45

6 231 128 2.45 My Personal Funeral Hymn as GMBo2's final hymn tomorrow: commonmass 15:29

7 230 199 2.56 GOP fears party split in 2016 blue aardvark 11:50

8 225 145 2.39 Taibbi: "How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists. And got away with it.” bobswern 13:46

9 164 423 2.10 Should Reid resign if Hagel Nomination is held up? wilbur 12:10

10 155 112 1.68 Boomers Die Hard, if Long-Term Unemployed Bud Meyers 03:53

One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2011-02-13 00:04:05 - 2011-02-13 23:59:51
DailyKos posts = 278; 278 per day; 11.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 3461 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who comment recommend write a post only all

comment 2429 1500 230 850 151

recommend 1500 2532 151 1032 151

write 230 151 230 151

Posts

posts with >= 0 1 10 30 100

recommendations 278 257 156 63 14

commenters 278 278 159 49 6

connections 278 257 203 98 27

Impact statistics from all 278 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.150, average = 0.35, max = 6.50, total = 97.0 bharns
r50 = 25 (at 0.85 bharns)
Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 11568
Maximum possible such pairs: 3461 x 230 = 796030
Network Density (observed/possible): 1.453%
Average degree (links/user) = 11568/3461 = 3.342

rank nrec ncom impact post Author EST

1 621 258 6.50 HBGary: Don't let this story die, it's big. f u r i o u s x x g e o r g e 04:34

2 444 259 4.80 Shirley Sherrod Sues Andrew Breitbart! Unstable Isotope 10:59

3 337 189 3.59 Glenn Greenwald Blasts government help in B of A's war on WikiLeaks & Anonymous Lefty Coaster 22:15

4 269 1091 4.73 DK4 ROLL CALL!!! Seneca Doane 06:12

5 243 669 2.86 Cranky Users are CRANKY! A Rant about groups KelleyRN2 13:44

6 183 292 1.99 #sekritarmy testdrive (with pooties, woozles and bugs) whoknu 15:14

7 169 143 1.83 DEMOCRAT makes marijuana reform proposal xxdr zombiexx 15:38

8 163 99 1.82 ACTION: Stop CNN From Turning Into Fox News KingOneEye 21:29

9 160 58 1.67 Fireworks In Hubble's Eye palantir 19:11

10 155 71 1.67 Cops Beat Crap Out of Rutgers Students Steven D 13:00

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