High Impact Posts: February 10, 2018

2018-02-10 00:00:34 - 2018-02-10 23:55:09 UTC
DailyKos stories = 123;  123 per day;  5.1 per hour
Yesterday 104 Kogs posted 123 stories of which 120 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1660 recommending readers; 89 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 46 by 30 or more, and 22 by 100 or more. Commenters (1462) visited 123 stories; 74 had 10 or more commenters, 30 had 30 or more, and 8 had 100 or more.
Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Feb 11 08:00:03 2018 UTC .

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 123 POSTS

MINIMUM	0.02
MEDIAN	0.22
AVERAGE	0.57
MAX	4.84
TOTAL	69.85 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 15 diaries, the lowest receiving 1.42 bharns

Story Impact Distribution

Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	123	120	89	46	22
commenters	123	123	74	30	8
connections	123	120	102	57	28

KOG ACTIVITY*

KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	1462	700	102	704	44
RECOMMEND	700	1660	45	959	44
WRITE	102	45	104	1	44

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)

OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	7764
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	2423 x 104 = 251992
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	3.1 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	7764 / 2423 = 3.2

Graph Summary Data

• Up to 200 stories, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The stories 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.

HIGH IMPACT POSTS

RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	452	171	4.84	On Her Final Trip To Hospice, Dying Woman Talked Of The Ocean. The Paramedics Make A Detour Twice.	Tevye	00:55
2	330	159	3.59	White House Facing Biggest Crises Yet; In-House, National, Global.	4CasandChlo	12:15
3	261	191	2.79	"Don?t ram him, shoot him!" Sheriff orders the killing of 33-yr-old unarmed man #StDD	JoanMar	06:03
4	255	184	2.83	tRUmp twhines* at the #MeToo movement, demanding "due process." Twitter savages him.	Karen Wehrstein	22:48
5	234	166	2.75	Politico: Susan Collins "explodes" at broken promise to hold vote on guaranteeing health insurer pay	Gideon	02:46
6	234	85	2.56	Sen. Wyden: ?Follow The Money?. Donald Trump Sold $41M Estate To Russian Oligarch For $95M	First Amendment	00:55
7	205	327	2.29	Warning Menfolk, We're Going To Talk About Periods. 12 pads a month, no tampons: Is that enough	Vita Brevis	21:44
8	175	426	2.07	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: White House is in yet another Chaos crisis	Greg Dworkin	17:18
9	163	112	1.79	Open thread for night owls: Loss of a wild descendant of the 23 survivors of 19th century slaughter	Meteor Blades	09:00
10	155	77	1.63	62% of applications for FEMA assistance in Puerto Rico rejected or 'in process'	Denise Oliver Velez	21:31
11	152	159	1.80	Trump blocks release of Democratic memo, citing 'significant concerns'	Kerry Eleveld	06:13
12	147	227	1.68	WTF Wal Mart?- not even a damn chair for your [mostly elderly] cashiers? You SUCK!	macknacat58	07:04
13	147	117	1.65	Wake Up Angry, Go To Bed Seething, Wake Up Furious. Rinse, Repeat.	Dartagnan	23:32
14	146	85	1.63	Trump promised to fix the 'disaster' of the trade deficit: Surprise! Now it's worse!	Hunter	20:00
15	138	103	1.51	Trump Can't Manage Own Staff While Pelosi Dances Backwards in High Heels: Saturday's Good News	GoodNewsRoundup	17:00
16	136	17	1.42	Lemons into Lemonade: Has Patty Murray cracked the CSR code?	Brainwrap	21:42
17	128	60	1.34	About those 'temporary blue roofs' in Puerto Rico	Denise Oliver Velez	03:21
18	116	24	1.23	Trump has been a tool for Russian organized crime for decades-Part 2/ The Kremlin connection.	ian douglas rushlau	04:17
19	115	315	1.25	Caturdai with the Peeps: Jennyanydots	strawbale	23:45
20	111	321	1.37	And now, for something different: The Oxford comma	Youffraita	00:37
21	110	112	1.26	A censored version of the Democratic memo on FBI surveillance could be released next week	Meteor Blades	21:30
22	102	98	1.17	Second White House aide resigns due to domestic abuse allegations	Jen Hayden	06:35
23	91	119	1.11	White House Speechwriter David Sorenson Abruptly Resigns After Allegations of Spousal Abuse	durrati	05:54
24	78	60	0.89	Trump keeps screwing with FBI as he won't #ReleaseTheDemMemo	annieli	19:24
25	77	82	0.88	Starman and the Tesla Roadster - Cruising Beyond the Dark Side of the Moon	AKALib	05:44
26	77	147	0.87	Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Resistance FRIDAY!	Bill in Portland Maine	05:30
27	74	73	0.84	Is the Democratic Memo Already Declassified?	FarWestGirl	03:07
28	71	169	0.75	PWB Friday Night Open Thread	Horsefeathers	08:01
29	68	49	0.80	View from the Left: Trump's drag on House Republicans continues, despite national polling	Kerry Eleveld	00:00
30	66	96	0.72	When Men (#NotAllMen) Want to Really, Really Insult Other Men, The Strangest Thing Happens	siab	02:14
31	63	26	0.69	Saturday midday open thread. Poll: Americans trust FBI over Trump; EPA weak-kneed on polluter fines	Meteor Blades	01:00
32	57	7	0.60	This week at progressive state blogs: Skewing science in Idaho; jettisoning Baumgardner in Colorado	Meteor Blades	02:00
33	55	27	0.59	Russian Tries To Discredit Trump-Russia With Plan To Sting American Spies $1Million For Bogus Info	ursulafaw	06:30
34	46	93	0.58	Trump proclaims: To be an American is to pray to God. And not a a word of dissent.	arodb	18:09
35	45	42	0.51	PENNSYLVANIA GOP 2018 DISTRICTING PROPOSAL	champaigncarl	18:46
36	43	85	0.57	Breaking: Israeli jet shot down by Syria	MTmofo	11:27
37	43	29	0.49	where those nazis are	annieli	22:46
38	41	20	0.46	Now it's not only Trump, the entire GOP can't help doing our work for us.	Murfster35	00:13
39	36	28	0.40	It's 'official' -- Trump's Incompetence is putting the Nation at Risk	jamess	21:23
40	35	25	0.38	Global study: Americans most likely to want to eliminate transgender people	rserven	00:57
41	34	62	0.37	IAN: 02/10/18: Who Says Librarians Aren't Fun?	Gwennedd	11:00
42	33	101	0.35	Saturday Morning Garden Blog Vol.14.06	robctwo	19:00
43	32	283	0.33	CUA Events: NYC?2/10; San Francisco?3/10! Watching the Olympics?	bleeding blue	20:29
44	32	23	0.36	Since the Trumpster won't Approve the Democratic Rebuttal to the Nunes Memo	jamess	06:10
45	31	26	0.33	Top Comments: Paging Marla Edition	gizmo59	08:01
46	31	13	0.35	This week in the war on workers: What do minimum wage increases mean for jobs?	Laura Clawson	04:55
47	29	62	0.32	The Daily Bucket--Prettying up the Frog Mitigation Area	6412093	19:54
48	29	27	0.33	Trump Promised To Treat Democrats' Memo The Same, But Instead He Wants To Send It Back To Committee	ursulafaw	20:50
49	29	5	0.31	The Trump Russia Conspiracy - SIMPLIFIED	MeemaSue	23:37
50	28	77	0.34	Universal Healthcare in the US is Inevitable. Let's be Informed in our Decision Making. Prost!	otto	22:11
51	27	13	0.29	"Due process," Ratso Rizzo? Seriously? Give me a break!	Murfster35	04:02
52	26	120	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing, Feb. 9, 2018: Chasing the Blues Away With Beauty	Sara R	06:03
53	23	33	0.25	Rise Up. Speak Out. Push Back.	gaylejordanforsenateTN14	06:30
54	23	32	0.30	Karma's a woman! Polls show Trump support taking a hit among women.	HalBrown	22:48
55	22	42	0.25	"And Lo, There Came a COMICSGATE !!!"	quarkstomper	21:03
56	22	14	0.24	Overnight News Digest: News from Asia	annetteboardman	09:55
57	21	18	0.23	"Skyberg 'Mueller' dead ahead! Abandon ship!"	GreyHawk	21:06
58	21	16	0.24	Trump cites the FBI to reject the Democratic Response Memo	jamess	00:15
59	21	8	0.23	Trump Plagiarizes a Dubious FOX News 'DREAMer' in an Inflammatory Anti-DACA Tweet	News Corpse	04:44
60	20	4	0.21	drumpf Cries For Wifebeaters While His ICE Plans to Deport Father of Gravely ill Child.	durrati	23:38
61	19	60	0.27	Rachel Brand resigns, will her replacement be 45*'s next step to make #TrumpRussia go away	annieli	05:21
62	19	22	0.21	anti.trump.cartoons Feb. 10th	durrati	19:08
63	19	13	0.23	SHOCKER: Trump won't release Democratic memo	lone1c	06:15
64	19	8	0.20	Public Lands: An Oriental Garden (Photo Diary)	Ojibwa	21:30
65	18	25	0.21	Wahhabi Islam: Street Prophets Coffee Hour	Ojibwa	02:06
66	18	12	0.20	Abuse In Cartoons	hobie1616	21:54
67	17	41	0.18	#TheVillage Morning Open Thread -- 2/10/18	houyhnhnm	18:00
68	17	17	0.18	WOW2: Early February ? Women Trailblazers and Events in OUR History ? 2018	officebss	04:29
69	16	22	0.21	North and South Korea Marched Together at Olympic Opening Ceremonies	stonehenge	22:03
70	16	21	0.22	Reknowned 84 Year Old Musician Claims He Used To Date Ivanka	ursulafaw	02:40
71	16	10	0.18	??because we are ALL descendants of immigrants?	A Siegel	21:15
72	15	75	0.17	TheResistance #2018Mid-Terms-Live Blog Evening Edition - 02|09|18 Let the games begin.	SJohnson	05:00
73	15	52	0.17	Morning Open Thread - Saturday Morning CT	Queries	16:30
74	15	27	0.16	Classic Poetry Group: Week in poetry- & 'Under The Moon' by William Butler Yeats	Angmar	07:30
75	15	11	0.18	The Myth of Security Clearance: Trump Himself Would Not Be Cleared If We Vetted Elected Officials	Burtfrombrooklyn	01:38
76	15	3	0.16	You Can't Read That!	pwoodford	21:00
77	14	6	0.16	Single Payer Healthcare is Good for Rural Districts. Too bad Tom Garrett doesn't care for his.	SneathernForCongress	20:01
78	13	140	0.36	It's official: Bill Maher is now Old Man Yelling At Clouds	gardnerhill	23:07
79	11	24	0.16	This.Puts.Women.In. Danger. Mr. President!	doroma	22:00

Impact total: 66.3

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
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 stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter