High Impact Posts: February 15, 2018

2018-02-15 00:00:05 - 2018-02-15 23:59:02 UTC
DailyKos stories = 204;  204 per day;  8.5 per hour
Yesterday 160 Kogs posted 204 stories of which 193 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1936 recommending readers; 120 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 67 by 30 or more, and 30 by 100 or more. Commenters (2078) visited 203 stories; 89 had 10 or more commenters, 42 had 30 or more, and 13 had 100 or more.
Recommendations and comments were collected Fri Feb 16 08:00:04 2018 UTC .

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 204 POSTS

MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.17
AVERAGE	0.55
MAX	6.55
TOTAL	111.86 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 19 diaries, the lowest receiving 1.59 bharns

Story Impact Distribution

Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	204	193	120	67	30
commenters	204	203	89	42	13
connections	204	193	142	77	40

KOG ACTIVITY*

KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2078	796	157	1181	56
RECOMMEND	796	1936	56	1140	56
WRITE	157	56	160	3	56

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

User Interaction Statistics (Network)

OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	11369
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	3221 x 160 = 515360
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.2 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	11369 / 3221 = 3.53

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.
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• For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this post.

HIGH IMPACT POSTS

RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	600	315	6.55	UPDATE x2: *MUST-READ* Facebook post from one of the students who survived the #Parkland shooting	Brainwrap	10:38
2	393	183	4.29	Mike Pence gets called out on one of his most obvious lies	Mark Sumner	22:00
3	377	272	4.20	Kids, teachers from Douglas High are telling us what they think of massacre-enabling Republicans.	subir	20:47
4	367	192	3.97	Yep, Your Prayers Are Noxious. And That's Biblical.	fisknp	05:18
5	342	245	3.95	A reminder of the NRA's top ten funded elected officials in both the House and the Senate	Walter Einenkel	06:19
6	284	315	3.26	Trump Blames Parkland High School Classmates and Neighbors for Mass Shooting that Killed 17	igualdad	19:42
7	265	307	3.03	Florida white supremacy group admits Parkland school shooter recently trained with them	Jen Hayden	22:59
8	254	72	2.69	Betsy DeVos is crying today? [UPDATE 😄]	Wee Mama	21:45
9	242	173	2.78	Marco Rubio, shut up and shove your $3,303,355 in NRA blood money straight up your	Barbara Morrill	21:31
10	241	257	2.83	Mother of slain Parkland teen screams in grief and leaves CNN reporter, congressman speechless	Walter Einenkel	03:22
11	230	171	2.55	Russia is using its bot army to spread false stories about the Florida shooting	Mark Sumner	01:41
12	222	177	2.49	How to answer a Republican's insane "we need more good guys with guns" ignorant bull.	subir	22:45
13	217	89	2.35	The FCC's Ajit Pai is being investigated for possible collusion with telecom Sinclair Broadcasting	Walter Einenkel	03:36
14	209	74	2.27	FL rep opens can of whoop ass on GOP"Let's Look Families in the Face and Tell Them We'll Do Nothing"	Heavy Mettle	02:26
15	195	82	2.11	NY Daily News Has Been Doing Yeoman's Work Since Shooting.	durrati	17:54
16	188	199	2.21	Obedient and Bloody Marco Rubio Kicks the "Too-Soon" Bandwagon into Gear	Bob Johnson	09:06
17	179	263	2.24	Stormy Daniels Has A "Monica Lewinsky Dress" That She's Testing For DNA	ursulafaw	00:30
18	158	42	1.70	NBA?s Steve Kerr: ?We can vote people in who actually have the courage to protect peoples? lives?	Walter Einenkel	23:30
19	149	52	1.59	White House Counsel Don McGahn has acted to protect Flynn, Porter and Trump?no matter what	Mark Sumner	00:19
20	149	157	1.74	Today IS the day to talk, argue, fight, politicize, and act to address gun violence	Mark Sumner	19:47
21	136	59	1.51	House puts off moment of silence for Parkland, being too busy stripping rights of disabled people	Joan McCarter	00:47
22	124	62	1.36	Obama tweets a more substantive response to latest school shooting than Trump made in entire speech	Laurence Lewis	00:46
23	120	88	1.40	Paul Ryan really doesn?t want to stop the massacre of more American children	Joan McCarter	22:29
24	111	41	1.19	A progressive champion is taking on the candidate "that makes Sarah Palin look like Rachel Maddow"	SquireForYou	20:11
25	108	98	1.23	Kansas Republican gives away AR-15 to promote his campaign, and he couldn't pick worse timing.	Chris Reeves	20:34
26	105	105	1.23	'This is catastrophic': 17 dead as Florida school shooting joins an awful top 10 list	Laura Clawson	18:52
27	104	36	1.14	Florida lawmakers have refused school requests for more security officers for the last ten years	Hunter	22:04
28	101	84	1.13	We Have Many Paths to Taking Our Country Back. It Will Happen!: Thursday's Good News	GoodNewsRoundup	16:57
29	101	33	1.10	Steve Bannon's been in Mueller's hot seat this week and Congressman says contempt charge possible	Jen Hayden	02:37
30	100	33	1.09	Pelosi: When it comes to mass shootings, 'We shouldn?t be responding, we should be preventing'	Laura Clawson	22:08
31	98	17	1.05	Cartoon: Trump's 'Immigrant Crime Stories Round Up' warns of dangerous new gang	RubenBolling	17:50
32	95	59	1.09	Bannon refuses to answer anything but Trump-approved questions, House considering contempt	Mark Sumner	00:36
33	93	84	1.06	Florida White Supremacy Group Says Mass Murderer, Nikolas Cruz, Was One Of Them.	ExpatGirl	23:11
34	88	27	0.93	This took 10 minutes to make and cost about 3 cents.	freewayblogger	12:22
35	87	28	0.97	From dark money to dark voter suppression policy: The Koch plant in the White House	Joan McCarter	07:30
36	85	61	0.96	" they're coming from inside the (White) House!"	annieli	06:46
37	82	105	1.03	Parkland shooting survivor's message to politicians everywhere: 'Please, take action'	Jen Hayden	20:24
38	80	81	0.94	Trump administration preemptively vetoes bipartisan immigration bill	Joan McCarter	23:32
39	80	50	0.91	Whiny Trump insists 'I'm totally opposed to domestic violence,' a week too late	Laura Clawson	19:43
40	78	237	0.83	PWB: Fursdai Furries, And Feathers: We Likes It Like That	Crimson Quillfeather	23:45
41	77	83	0.86	Cheers and Jeers: Thursday	Bill in Portland Maine	17:48
42	76	6	0.79	In Puerto Rico, organizations work to give animals battered by hurricane a second chance	Kelly Macias	19:30
43	73	39	0.78	2 weeks in the hospital and finally out without good news.	BFSkinner	06:50
44	73	233	1.18	Trump addresses the nation on gun violence	Joan McCarter	21:22
45	62	53	0.70	Trump's white supremacist immigration bill goes down in flames, but Dreamers remain unprotected	Joan McCarter	02:41
46	62	33	0.69	Senate Republicans steamrolled Sen. Tammy Baldwin to push a hyper-partisan nominee	Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter Poza	20:10
47	62	38	0.72	Mass shooters' gun of choice is too easy to buy, and Trump's making it even easier	Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter Poza	00:04
48	61	32	0.71	Martin London Time Op-Ed, Congress Should Impeach President Trump if He Refuses to Speak to Mueller	ARodinFan	20:42
49	54	12	0.58	In legal rollercoaster, deportation of Kansas dad stopped mid-flight, gets sent to Missouri jail	Gabe Ortiz	23:38
50	53	135	0.62	Fake science about Star Trek accepted by predatory journals ? anti-vaccine researchers happy	SkepticalRaptor	05:51
51	53	12	0.57	Rhode Island mom detained during immigration appointment is free: 'It?s a broken system'	Gabe Ortiz	21:03
52	52	35	0.59	Democrats need to make Republicans walk their talk and vote on a clean DREAM Act	Joan McCarter	20:38
53	52	22	0.57	Midday open thread: White House visitor logs freed; Americans own 42% of world's civilian-owned guns	Meteor Blades	01:15
54	51	117	0.60	Gun violence is our fault. And it is in our power to fix it.	subir	10:11
55	48	17	0.51	The Party of No	ZenTrainer	10:30
56	44	42	0.50	Sarah Huckabee Sanders can be more trouble than you think.	Murfster35	03:16
57	44	6	0.46	Charters Take a Tumble ? Group with Ties to Hedge Fund Tycoons is Going Out of Business	Alan Singer	16:34
58	42	9	0.46	The ACLU goes to bat for reproductive rights in Ohio	Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter Poza	01:54
59	41	98	0.44	PWB Peeps Wed Eve Open Thread: Lovebirds and Other Strangers	Dixiecollie	08:00
60	41	7	0.44	For an LGBTQ DACA recipient, deportation is 'terrifying': 'The United States is my home'	Gabe Ortiz	01:10
61	40	19	0.46	Morning Digest: Bob Corker tries to brown-nose his way back into Trump's good graces	Daily Kos Elections	18:00
62	36	13	0.39	When it happened in the UK, something was done about it	BOHICA	07:28
63	35	38	0.41	You know it's gotten bad when Sarah Huckabee Sanders puts her foot down.	Murfster35	01:07
64	32	8	0.34	Shrinking Mountain Glaciers Are Affecting People Downstream	Pakalolo	17:13
65	31	109	0.35	Bookflurries-Bookchat: Faithful Characters	cfk	06:00
66	30	23	0.34	?No Way To Prevent This,? Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens	fladem	06:56
67	30	15	0.32	A Close Call - A Planned School Shooting Thwarted	Penguinn	00:34
68	28	18	0.30	Top Comments: A Romantic Evening with the Democratic Party?	gizmo59	08:00
69	28	16	0.32	5 Fla universities help 20 NRA radio stations deny gun control and keep the GOP in line.	certainot	17:00
70	28	10	0.30	EPA, researchers, congresswoman seek to shield truck-makers from rule to control killer pollution	Meteor Blades	01:55
71	27	9	0.29	Not this time. Not this G-d damned time. WORK, WORK, and MORE WORK Will Be Needed.	Yosef 52	07:47
72	27	7	0.29	Former President Barack Obama on Parkland Massacre: "We Are Not Powerless."	TomP	04:17
73	27	5	0.28	Mercernary behavior whitewashes herself	annieli	10:01
74	26	6	0.27	Indians 101: Cahuilla Pottery (Photo Diary)	Ojibwa	21:30
75	25	88	0.29	Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 2.14.18. Kitchen rules	ZenTrainer	06:30
76	25	8	0.27	Trump Removed White Supremacists From Our 'Countering Violent Extremism' Program	Seashells	00:47
77	25	8	0.27	Credit Where Credit is Due: Thank a Republican Today	JoeCarl	11:52
78	24	10	0.26	EPA Admin Scott Pruitt?s First Class Security Blanket Putting Him in Hot Seat	ClimateDenierRoundup	19:16
79	23	165	0.26	CUA Events: Twin Cities?2/24; San Francisco?3/10! Attend Wacky Parades?	paradise50	20:29
80	23	38	0.25	The Daily Bucket: Early Spring Flowers from the Florida Panhandle	PHScott	22:35
81	23	9	0.26	To Me, Gun Control Is Personal. Very Very Personal.	Verbalpaintball	01:25
82	23	6	0.25	This Week in Statehouse Action: I Vote The Line edition	Carolyn Fiddler	04:20
83	22	94	0.32	The hell with "a good guy with a gun"--repeal the Second Amendment	Greek Goddess	19:07
84	22	6	0.24	Three Cowardly Men went to Faux News to discuss the Florida School Shooting-- and nowhere else.	OwossoHarpist	04:42
85	20	64	0.22	TheResistance -Live Blog Evening Edition - 02|14 |18 Parkland Florida 18th School Shooting This Year	SJohnson	05:00
86	20	10	0.21	Rikon's Reading List	Rikon Snow	18:25
87	19	7	0.21	Hedge funds begin exploiting the Republican's 'swiss cheese' tax loopholes	Walter Einenkel	02:15
88	18	16	0.20	contempt for/of Congress - Steve Bannon tries to play the WH executive privilege card	annieli	01:00
89	18	14	0.22	Ban the AR-15 from civilian ownership	nthorp	02:34
90	18	7	0.20	?Not old enough to buy a Miller Lite. Old enough to buy an AR-15.?	First Amendment	22:13
91	17	114	0.18	The Village 2/15/18; a little soothing comfort in the aftermath of another tragic shooting	Janesaunt	16:30
92	17	35	0.21	Dear Gun Owner, I DO NOT WANT YOUR GUN.	CandaceTX	21:46
93	17	7	0.18	Wow - In Deep Red House District, the Dem is Down Only 3	fladem	23:41
94	16	107	0.33	$400 car key is why I don't love my Subie any more please ask your Fed reps to stop this ripoff	boblite	23:21
95	16	77	0.19	morning open thread	exlrrp	16:30
96	16	24	0.17	IAN: Thursday 2/15/2018 The Day that wasn't so much	art ah zen	10:45
97	16	12	0.19	Federal court cites Trump's bigotry in ruling against 'anti-Muslim' travel ban	Brett Wilkins	04:48
98	16	11	0.17	GOParty of denial must report bad and erratic behavior because 45*'s unfit for office	annieli	22:56
99	16	9	0.19	An Old Idea Who's Time Has Come, Again: Only This Time, Let's Make Homeless Encampments Intentional	RachaelRoseLuckey	04:45
100	15	36	0.20	You might be gay and not know it -- here's a helpful guide from Malaysia to find out	Krotor	02:26
101	15	11	0.16	Drills at School Don't Involve "a Fire" Anymore	4CasandChlo	05:30
102	15	10	0.17	Pro-Life Until Birth: Five Outrageous New Right Wing Attacks on Reproductive Rights	ZawnVillines	22:30
103	15	8	0.17	Are you on oxygen?	BFSkinner	21:31
104	15	5	0.16	How About an Applaud for the Plaintiffs, the Cannabis Cultural Association, and Norml?	Yonkers Boy	00:08
105	14	26	0.20	If we can't control the guns, it's time to control the ammo	Liberalisnotadirtyword	02:53
106	14	5	0.15	We need every edge in November, so let's not forego low hanging fruit. Starting right now.	Murfster35	04:21
107	14	4	0.15	Two Statements	ChescoRes	09:15
108	12	114	0.27	Lawrence O'Donnell Just Made Me Throw Up A Little In My Mouth	According to Fish	08:15
109	2	379	0.53	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/15	Daily Kos Elections	19:00

Impact total: 106.3

 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