High Impact Posts: August 31, 2015

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Tuesday September 01, 2015 · 6:28 AM PDT

2015/09/01 · 06:28

HIP

Yesterday 150 Kogs posted 185 posts of which 176 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2207 recommending readers; 125 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 61 by 30 or more, and 22 by 100 or more. Commenters (1983) visited 185 posts; 110 had 10 or more commenters, 43 had 30 or more, and 6 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 185 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.215, average = 0.50, max = 6.44, total = 93.2 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 1.31 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Tue Sep 1 05:01:30 2015 UTC.

2015-08-31 00:00:04 - 2015-08-31 23:54:06
DailyKos posts = 185; 185 per day; 7.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 3201 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1983	992	147	899	55
recommend	992	2207	55	1215	55
write	147	55	150	3	55

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	185	176	125	61	22
commenters	185	185	110	43	6
connections	185	176	146	88	28

Impact statistics from all 185 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.215, average = 0.50, max = 6.44, total = 93.2 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 1.31 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 10339
Maximum possible such pairs: 3201 x 150 = 480150
Network Density (observed/possible): 2.153%
Average degree (links/user) = 10339/3201 = 3.230

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	UTC
1	576	678	6.44	Consumer Reports calls latest Tesla best vehicle they've ever tested, right wing goes nuts	kos	13:57
2	384	180	4.10	Much of China Is Now An Unrepairable Ecological Disaster	TheOrchid	15:57
3	362	174	3.93	Police in San Antonio fatally shot man with hands up, unaware they were being filmed	Shaun King	14:12
4	328	126	3.48	The horrifying story of Jamycheal Mitchell, who starved to death in jail after stealing a Snickers	Shaun King	17:29
5	279	523	3.07	Bernie Not "Democrat" Enough, Let's See How He Stacks Up	s n a c k d o o d l e	08:04
6	248	90	2.61	BNR - 'Sanders Shows Strength On The Sunday Shows' & 'Bernie Is Changing Minds'	Liepar Destin	10:07
7	242	66	2.56	The busboy who cradled a dying RFK has finally stepped out of the past	u n a p o l o g e t i c l i b e r a l 7 7 7	03:01
8	225	76	2.42	Trevin Wax asks Hillary to apologize for insulting pro-lifers (and commenters hilariously disagree)	coigue	15:53
9	203	121	2.24	Republican Mainstream Freaking Out Over Trump's Tax Plans	Dartagnan	18:11
10	188	337	2.16	Bernie not Hillary will expand Dem party	K o c h b u s t e r s	00:23
11	184	240	2.07	The deeply disturbing lie that the death of a Texas officer is connected to Black Lives Matter	Shaun King	19:21
12	184	165	2.10	Kentucky clerk's no good, very bad week continues as federal judge orders her to comply	Jen Hayden	18:20
13	182	168	2.01	SCOTUS Denies KY Clerk's Request To Stop Marriage Equality Order	l i b r a r i s i n g n s f	23:48
14	172	127	1.94	Senator Tom Cotton: "I will stand with Prime Ministser Netanyahu."	David Harris Gershon	21:03
15	161	88	1.78	How one Ohio Republican kept Alaskans from correcting Denali's name for decades	Daniel Donner	18:59
16	118	191	1.49	'Like Trump. If I could be like Trump. (I wanna be I wanna be) Like Trump'	kos	12:31
17	113	81	1.27	HAHAHAHA! Forbes Feelin the Bern! UPDATEDX2 with LOLz!	b u b b a n o m i c s	14:36
18	113	53	1.23	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Goodbye, Dr. Sacks	Mark Sumner	11:00
19	110	110	1.26	So, President Trump, you want a Great Great Wall... let's look at the numbers	databob	10:23
20	106	215	1.31	Straight outta physics	DarkSyde	01:15
21	102	200	1.15	Hillary News & Views 8.31: Shaheen Endorsement, Delegate Counting, and Comparing GOP to Terrorists	Lysis	10:35
22	101	55	1.09	President Obama will talk the climate talk this week in Alaska, but we need more of the climate walk	Meteor Blades	12:46
23	98	205	1.39	Ohio Republicans extremely butt-hurt that Alaska's Mt. McKinley is getting its real name back	Joan McCarter	15:17
24	96	25	1.00	Plenty of Bernie flyers and even a table and a PA at NoHo	Shockwave	02:08
25	88	51	1.00	Umm, Scott Walker. The U.S.-Canadian border runs through this lady's house.	Paul Hogarth	22:35
26	87	37	0.91	Rabbis march for civil rights on the Journey for Justice	Denise Oliver Velez	10:25
27	79	29	0.87	Cartoon: The routine	Tom Tomorrow	13:51
28	78	114	0.83	Moondai Furbutts: Furbutts At The End of August	The Marti	18:00
29	77	79	0.88	Iran deal gathers support from two more in Senate, seven more in House. Republicans focus on optics	Meteor Blades	17:34
30	74	110	0.97	Rep. Pete Sessions: America's rampant gun violence due to American promotion of 'diversity'	Hunter	17:50
31	67	29	0.72	Sometimes You Just Feel Like Puking	La Feminista	14:40
32	66	16	0.69	Homeless 7	sheddhead	18:02
33	61	110	0.85	Scott Walker's fall from grace	Kerry Eleveld	15:47
34	59	53	0.61	IGTNT: “First There” - Two Special Tactics Airmen	Joy of Fishes	23:30
35	57	208	0.70	Senator Tammy Baldwin Endorses Hillary Clinton	Toby Rocks So Hard	17:14
36	53	9	0.56	Group behind Planned Parenthood attacks has close ties to extremists	Joan McCarter	19:33
37	52	67	0.59	Open thread for night owls: 'Contrarian' climate studies are the product of identifiable errors	Hunter	03:00
38	49	25	0.52	Top Comments: RIP Jim	l i b r a r i s i n g n s f	02:00
39	48	22	0.53	75+ Former Democratic & Republican Congress Members Sign Iran Deal Endorsement - Support Swells	Leslie Salzillo	17:48
40	47	11	0.50	Tampa police have investigated themselves and find that body-slamming mom not a violation	Walter Einenkel	20:42
41	47	101	0.68	Trump thinks the police are not tough or powerful enough	Josie Duffy	19:30
42	46	39	0.51	Fukushima: Mutated Trees & Imposed Scientific Deception	Joieau	21:45
43	46	82	0.60	Trump gives Jeb! the 'Willie Horton' treatment on immigration	Kerry Eleveld	19:36
44	45	119	0.48	Connect! Unite! Act! Houston, Dallas Meet-ups + REGISTER for Asheville, N.C. — Which Superhero?	Chitown Kev	14:30
45	44	59	0.51	Palmyra, etc.	gshenaut	03:43
46	42	52	0.52	It's Trump's world, the rest of the Republicans just live in it	Joan McCarter	14:00
47	41	23	0.47	Texas figures out how to make being poor and sick even worse with new Medicaid cuts	Joan McCarter	17:58
48	38	73	0.40	Kitchen Table Kibitzing: August 30, 2015	side pocket	00:00
49	38	24	0.41	This week in Alaska: Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment	e l i j a h z a r l i n	15:41
50	38	48	0.48	Trump's mass deportation plan—a bad idea recycled from the 1930s	Kerry Eleveld	16:40
51	38	34	0.45	Can You Secede from the USA if No One Shows Up for Your Rally?	Sassine	03:14
52	36	11	0.39	Madeleine Albright: Those Who Oppose Iran Deal 'Haven't Read It'	Leslie Salzillo	19:41
53	35	39	0.36	Overnight News Digest: August 30, 2015	side pocket	03:59
54	35	41	0.40	A Horrifying Test drive of an ICE automobile	cdub24	18:27
55	34	9	0.36	Hi Grandpa, it's me and I'm in a neck brace.......	arodb	21:24
56	34	43	0.41	Conservative Nashville mayor candidate attacks opponent as anti-Christian	Jeff Singer	19:32
57	34	19	0.38	Florida teacher files lawsuit claiming she was fired after admins learned her boyfriend is black	Jen Hayden	15:19
58	31	54	0.35	Finally Proven: Ford paid more so he could sell more	P r o g r e s s i v e d o e s n o t m e a n k o o k	01:30
59	31	9	0.34	Minnesota police raid wrong home, frighten family with small children	Jen Hayden	16:41
60	30	45	0.35	Ohio anti-choice group use John Kasich's run to push new abortion restrictions	Joan McCarter	16:41
61	30	21	0.33	I Used To Be A Conservative Republican But I'm All Better Now, Thanks To Dick Cheney	Paul Bibeau	18:08
62	28	45	0.32	The ONLY petition I know of to put the heat on Debbie Wasserman Schultz	StellaRay	04:01
63	28	17	0.30	I found Mongolian Hip Hop made entirely with traditional instruments and it is awesome.	Ollie Garkey	13:59
64	28	6	0.29	August White House Photo Diary	bsegel	20:35
65	27	43	0.34	Walmart cuts worker hours to offset costs of raising wages	Kerry Eleveld	18:08
66	27	20	0.31	Rand Paul Says Something Right: Wall With Canada is "a Pretty Dumb Idea"	TomP	18:11
67	26	48	0.38	Walker Finally Jumps the Shark	Anontos	04:43
68	26	41	0.31	What did Subway know about Jared Fogle's debauchery, and when did it know it?	Christian Dem in NC	23:13
69	26	27	0.31	Walker Outtrumps Trump	gustynpip	03:00
70	26	17	0.28	"We" Will Not "Adapt"	Allen Insight	03:42
71	26	12	0.28	Fox Labels #BlackLivesMatter a "Murder, Movement"	Frank Vyan Walton	16:10
72	25	23	0.29	Stuck: or, All Climate Change is Local	SninkyPoo	20:25
73	24	120	0.34	Please Sign This Petition to the White House: Secret Service Protection for Senator Bernie Sanders!	Robert Paul Lamb	20:48
74	24	27	0.27	Paris officials imagine a car-free city, announce a one-day ban of all motor vehicles	Jen Hayden	20:49
75	24	5	0.25	The GOP Rape Advisory Chart now features full links	Brainwrap	01:53
76	23	26	0.27	Chris Hedges: The Great Unraveling	I l l i n i b e a t l e	05:52
77	23	113	0.31	This Needs to be Said	New Minas	21:30
78	23	46	0.26	Meditation-Stephen Colbert And Acceptance	Ooooh	23:01
79	22	23	0.26	The Next Great GMO Debate	raoul78	15:47
80	22	9	0.23	Globe Warms, Arctic Ice Thaw, Fires Burn, Politicians Deny, Pope & Green Partriarch Bartholomew Pray	e2247	01:09
81	22	5	0.23	Museums 101: Outdoor Displays (Photo Diary)	Ojibwa	15:33
82	22	4	0.23	Guess The $412/mo Hidden Govt Welfare LOVED by Old Teabaggers	Connect The Dots U S A	01:39
83	20	69	0.23	Morning Open Thread: Deadlines, Douglas Adams, Shakespeare, Ray Bradbury and Neptune at Opposition	officebss	10:30
84	20	29	0.22	August: One Photo Each Day	Eddie C	23:13
85	20	5	0.21	Photo Diary: Wat Lao Buddhist Temple	Lenny Flank	13:00
86	19	65	0.21	The Daily Bucket - State of (the) Grapes	enhydra lutris	13:36
87	19	47	0.21	Palestine/Israel: From the UN "vote" on partition to "Apartheid" today.	subir	19:29
88	19	41	0.26	Enough! Call the DNC Right Now and Demand Debates.	YeaYouRite	12:00
89	19	17	0.22	How about a real gun for your 5 year old?	Vet63	20:47
90	19	13	0.21	Crabby with Cancer	Riva	20:12
91	19	13	0.21	God Speaks to Another GOPer. This Time: Michigan	mdmslle	09:45
92	19	7	0.20	See No Privilege, Hear No Privilege, Speak No Privilege	micaela g	18:12
93	18	25	0.23	Morning Digest: Lacy Clay could face a tough primary over his role in the Ferguson protests	Daily Kos Elections	12:00
94	18	25	0.22	Midday open thread: Coal going bankrupt, but mountains not coming back; study says studies are wrong	Meteor Blades	19:00
95	18	12	0.20	Iran is developing giant radioactive walking sticks	Marty Essen	12:55
96	17	50	0.21	I drive a Nissan Leaf BEV every day, ask me anything	plan9pub	17:31
97	17	37	0.19	The Evening Blues Weekend Edition, Sunday 08-30-15, Nicky Hopkins	enhydra lutris	00:02
98	17	13	0.20	Dear Fellow Tech Nerds: Politics is a Complicated Legacy System; or Why Lessig is Nuts	angryea	10:06
99	17	13	0.18	Women Are Brave	Mayfly	21:09
100	17	10	0.19	Is this the next wave of the Great American Land Grab?	P r o g r e s s i v e d o e s n o t m e a n k o o k	05:45
101	16	40	0.21	Perspectives of a life-long Democrat who happens to support Secretary Clinton	wsumike	13:48
102	16	35	0.22	What if the US had a parliament with proportional representation?	Daniel Donner	14:00
103	15	3	0.16	HHS settles discrimination complaint with The Brooklyn Hospital Center	rserven	23:01
104	15	180	0.29	Quick Hit: Bernie Sanders would not stop using drones if elected President	Chitown Kev	04:56
105	15	2	0.16	The Immorality of Opposing Contraception	Karen Hedwig Backman	22:43
106	14	9	0.15	Halliburton by chance?	Vet63	04:59
107	13	25	0.20	Graphic representation why Trump will get Repub nod.	Geiiga	13:01
108	13	16	0.17	For the Children: Republican Congressman tells second-graders about child suicide bombers	Victor Ward	23:12
109	11	62	0.19	The Donald crossed the line.	Murfster35	21:52
110	10	25	0.16	Ben Carson Ties Trump In Iowa - Will Media Finally Notice?	Reinvented Daddy	18:45
111	8	89	0.24	Does Hillary Have a Million Fake Followers	patbahn	01:56
112	5	298	0.37	Breaking:150 more classified HRC emails.	joesig	20:27
113	4	167	0.47	The Case for a Formal Disclosure of Extraterrestrials Engaging the Human Race: Nuclear Tampering	Elizabeth Trutwin	05:49
114	4	79	0.20	Bill and Hillary Clinton: The Greatest Political Couple of a Lifetime	BlankBeat	20:21
115	2	165	0.27	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/31	Daily Kos Elections	13:00

Impact total: 88.4

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

2013-08-30 00:00:09 - 2013-08-30 23:53:00
DailyKos posts = 183; 183 per day; 7.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 2938 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who comment recommend write a post only all

comment 2016 1094 151 840 69

recommend 1094 2016 70 921 69

write 151 70 152 69

Posts

posts with > 0 1 10 30 100

recommendations 183 175 109 61 15

commenters 183 182 114 51 10

connections 183 175 139 85 24

Impact statistics from all 183 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.177, average = 0.43, max = 4.06, total = 79.1 bharns
r50 = 19 (at 1.00 bharns)
Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 9426
Maximum possible such pairs: 2938 x 152 = 446576
Network Density (observed/possible): 2.111%
Average degree (links/user) = 9426/2938 = 3.208

rank nrec ncom impact post Author UTC

1 372 250 4.06 This Is What Is Wrong With The ACA webranding 16:43

2 340 295 3.78 Tammy Duckworth on Syria Tammy Duckworth 17:39

3 271 284 2.93 Say no to war with Syria - demand debate before any military action Barbara Lee 23:28

4 230 98 2.48 So Every Single Republican Was Afraid to Attend The King March Anniversary? Frank Vyan Walton 17:02

5 220 83 2.33 Federal Judge Rules Citizens Placed on No-Fly List Have Constitutional Right to Due Process David Harris Gershon 18:21

6 214 279 2.45 It keeps happening: Faceless Bank's Repo Contractor hauls all of W Va. Woman's possessions to dump Lefty Coaster 06:29

7 199 318 2.20 To my fellow Obamab*ts - Snowden/Greenwald bashing is Missing the Point Brit 20:26

8 193 209 2.17 (Updated) Winston Smith's Telescreen Has Arrived: DHS To Scan Americans in Public Places Dartagnan 14:57

9 178 121 1.91 Tango has passed on BFSkinner 01:48

10 176 126 1.99 The Onion absolutely nails Syria. Brainwrap 02:22

One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2011-08-29 00:00:42 - 2011-08-29 23:56:47
DailyKos posts = 189; 189 per day; 7.9 per hour
Active Kogs: 4688 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who comment recommend write a post only all

comment 2528 1479 149 988 88

recommend 1479 3637 88 2158 88

write 149 88 151 2 88

Posts

posts with >= 0 1 10 30 100

recommendations 189 185 127 63 16

commenters 189 187 128 54 9

connections 189 185 162 103 25

Impact statistics from all 189 posts.
min = 0.00, median = 0.272, average = 0.60, max = 18.05, total = 113.9 bharns
r50 = 11 (at 2.05 bharns)
Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 12832
Maximum possible such pairs: 4688 x 151 = 707888
Network Density (observed/possible): 1.813%
Average degree (links/user) = 12832/4688 = 2.737

rank nrec ncom impact post Author UTC

1 1686 1030 18.05 Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did HamdenRice 15:24

2 825 806 8.81 Barack, can we talk? Pericles 14:53

3 470 117 4.96 Yes Virginia, you can film police officers & Repubs at TownHalls anninla 20:53

4 434 243 4.63 Military Widow confronts Donald Rumsfeld at Tacoma book signing Lefty Coaster 05:27

5 340 338 3.71 Creationist leader: Evolutionists have no place in society Christian Dem in NC 13:04

6 326 208 3.49 Shining light on Obama’s tar sands pipeline decision Phil Radford II Greenpeace 18:36

7 293 160 3.16 Eric Cantor is SO RIGHT about American families Muskegon Critic 23:06

8 249 96 2.60 Deferred Maintenance Land of Enchantment 23:26

9 202 397 2.34 This video from Libya will ruin your day Seneca Doane 19:58

10 183 383 2.32 Hurricane Katia set to form in Atlantic. Katia? KATIA? Are you freakin' serious? w e a t h e r d u d e 17:36

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