High Impact Stories: August 15, 2020

2020-08-15 00:00:06 - 2020-08-15 23:58:01 UTC; DailyKos stories = 121;  121 per day;  5.0 per hour

Yesterday 110 Kogs posted 121 stories of which 115 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1906 recommending readers; 71 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 35 by 30 or more, and 22 by 100 or more. Commenters (1598) visited 121 stories; 58 had 10 or more commenters, 28 had 30 or more, and 9 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Aug 16 08:00:03 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 121 POSTS

MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.15
AVERAGE	0.69
MAX	5.34
TOTAL	84.04 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 11 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.96 bharns

Story Impact Distribution

Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	121	115	71	35	22
commenters	121	121	58	28	9
connections	121	115	86	45	23

KOG ACTIVITY*

KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	1598	781	108	750	41
RECOMMEND	781	1906	41	1125	41
WRITE	108	41	110	2	41

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

User Interaction Statistics (Network)

OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	8985
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	2725 x 110 = 299750
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	3.0 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	8985 / 2725 = 3.3

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	480	322	5.34	Stupid and it will backfire	teacherken	07:38
2	455	339	5.08	Stupid Trump tries to cheat, but screws his own voters instead	kos	22:24
3	455	208	4.95	Montana yes, Montana stops destruction of the Post Office	independent cuss	07:07
4	411	217	4.45	Congressman Wants New Jersey's AG to Investigate Trump's Post Office Shenanigans *UPDATED*	srelar	05:08
5	371	158	4.03	Humiliated on Iran. America has never suffered a UN defeat like this.	The BigotBasher	22:22
6	359	167	3.91	Postmaster General Louis DeJoy can be indicted, impeached, sued, and removed?go get him!	Mark Sumner	20:28
7	354	220	3.88	Republicans will be aggressively harassing voters at the polls. They call it ?ballot security?	SemDem	19:59
8	318	265	3.57	Trump's attack on the Post Office is drawing more fire than any past scandal, and for good reason	Mark Sumner	21:58
9	308	113	3.28	A victory for voters in Kentucky	tonyahky	20:27
10	291	309	3.19	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The U.S. Postal Service debacle hits the headlines	Greg Dworkin	16:30
11	273	205	3.05	Protesters are making noise outside of postmaster general's home	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:25
12	266	180	2.96	'Meet Mother Pence' Ad Shows How Creepy 'Epic Homophobes' Mike and Karen Pence Really Are	FishOuttaScotch	16:20
13	262	129	2.84	Donald Trump is attempting to steal the election, and that's still not the worst thing	Mark Sumner	19:12
14	243	116	2.63	The Postal Service scandal doesn't belong only to Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell played a big role	Mark Sumner	00:20
15	217	127	2.35	Barack Obama: Republicans so terrified of Americans voting, they're willing to undermine the country	Dartagnan	05:49
16	177	110	1.92	Taylor Swift Tweets: Trump ?Gravely Worsened? COVID Crisis, has ?Chosen to Blatantly Cheat?	ericlewis0	00:33
17	172	90	1.91	Trump's taking a wrecking ball to the Postal Service. It's unbelievably cruel and politically insane	Kerry Eleveld	21:56
18	168	126	1.87	will Trump be hoist from the rigging with his own petard	annieli	11:01
19	168	55	1.78	Any Investigation into the Postal Slowdown must find out if Former Postmaster General was Forced out	jamess	20:44
20	152	244	1.62	We Can Protect the Vote: Saturday's Good News	GoodNewsRoundup	16:00
21	140	47	1.52	Civil War II: The One Over the Post Office?	ShowerCap	06:59
22	132	211	1.42	Caturday Pootie Diary: I am the Lizard King; I Can Do Anything	Flowergirl77	22:45
23	66	22	0.71	VoteVets is ON IT with #TraitorTrump's War on the post office	westladem	08:08
24	62	148	0.78	What Do We Do with tRump Supporters After He's Gone? - Evening Shade, Saturday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
25	59	148	0.63	PWB Friday Night Open Thread - A Campaign Setback, Followed by a Rally	Horsefeathers	07:15
26	48	14	0.53	Senate Republicans give struggling Americans the finger, this week in the war on workers	Laura Clawson	03:55
27	47	195	0.51	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging 16.33, no lazy days yet	robctwo	18:00
28	44	28	0.48	Saturday Trump presser: lots of petards on the path to the bunker, will someone be hoist by them	annieli	01:30
29	43	293	0.59	Another Saturday Night - Songs you love but hate the singer	WYgalinCali	04:00
30	37	107	0.40	Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday - my absentee ballot experience.	annieli	05:30
31	36	69	0.40	My Glaucoma surgeries, an update. With a gross after surgery picture, beware.	Cmae	23:48
32	34	61	0.47	Can Someone Talk Me Off The Ledge, Please?	wdrath	00:02
33	34	12	0.37	Trump plans to junk 502 Mail Sorting Machines (15%) PS Union: "THIS WILL SLOW MAIL PROCESSING"	Lefty Coaster	07:04
34	32	10	0.35	Kamala rises triumphantly while Trump cheats, lies and whines	Frank Vyan Walton	03:00
35	30	6	0.32	Due to Trump's War on USPS, Tom Perriello?s 78-Yr-Old Mom ?hasn?t gotten her eye drops in 23 days"	lowkell	21:56
36	28	32	0.38	David Brooks Underscores Republican Desperation	FP Dunneagin	03:17
37	27	74	0.30	The Daily Bucket - August fruits	OceanDiver	19:00
38	27	21	0.31	Why Biden-Harris should win in a landslide. Fear need not apply.	Egberto Willies	00:36
39	27	10	0.29	Post Office Sabotage: Here's Some Good News	Subject Zero	09:04
40	26	12	0.27	Top Comments: Netroots Nation 20: At Home	Chitown Kev	07:07
41	26	6	0.28	Public Lands: Old mining machinery (photo diary)	Ojibwa	19:33
42	23	21	0.25	Let the USPS Board of Governors Know What You Think About the Actions of Louis DeJoy and His Cronies	Murchadha	22:39
43	21	121	0.24	New Day Cafe - Saturday: Painted Houses	Crimson Quillfeather	19:30
44	21	19	0.27	tRump campaign to spend record amount to try to court the Jewish vote -- good luck, he will need it.	CameronProf	07:12
45	21	11	0.23	HUH? According to Trump, He's Losing Bigly to a Mentally Deficient Socialist	News Corpse	02:22
46	20	36	0.24	What's for Dinner? v.15.6: Braising	zenbassoon	04:00
47	20	18	0.24	Kentucky U.S. Senate Candidates Dragging Contest Down Rabbit Hole: China and Rioters Oh My!	Merlin1963	00:46
48	20	13	0.24	OUCH! The Fox News politics editor, the bison, and a desperate Trump's butt	HalBrown	18:46
49	18	19	0.19	Overnight News Digest: Friday Night	annetteboardman	08:59
50	17	12	0.19	Humanism	Ojibwa	01:06
51	16	33	0.17	IAN: What are you reading??	FloridaSNDad	09:55
52	16	18	0.20	We Were Supposed to Arrive in Dublin Today	LeftOfYou	02:40
53	16	15	0.17	Photo Diary: This Week's Batch of Florida Critters	Lenny Flank	18:31
54	16	7	0.17	We Fight Back Against These CRIMINALS By GETTING OUT THE VOTE! (New Stuff Today!)	Yosef 52	03:20
55	15	9	0.18	Join the Fight! Contact the USPS Board of Directors Directly	progressiveandsane	20:52
56	14	97	0.16	Reunited with Some Old Friends	houyhnhnm	17:00
57	14	24	0.16	Friday Night Beer Blog	esquimaux	06:45
58	14	10	0.16	Good News to be Inferred from the Intelligence Report on Foreign Powers and the 2020 Election	AndySchmookler	22:08
59	13	23	0.18	Fedex and UPS say they are not allowed to handle mail-in ballot deliveries	MTmofo	23:01
60	13	16	0.17	Email headline: "Trump Boat Parades" - how is this not a parody	no more low hanging fruit	19:05
61	10	44	0.21	I think we may be missing the motive for this USPS tampering	MindMatter	02:35

Impact total: 80.0

 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