High Impact Stories: September 12, 2020

2020-09-12 00:04:19 - 2020-09-12 23:58:05 UTC; DailyKos stories = 126;  126 per day;  5.2 per hour

Yesterday 113 Kogs posted 126 stories of which 122 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1755 recommending readers; 83 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 38 by 30 or more, and 23 by 100 or more. Commenters (1551) visited 126 stories; 63 had 10 or more commenters, 30 had 30 or more, and 5 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Sep 13 08:00:03 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 126 POSTS

MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.19
AVERAGE	0.56
MAX	5.60
TOTAL	70.38 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 14 diaries, the lowest receiving 1.72 bharns

Story Impact Distribution

Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	126	122	83	38	23
commenters	126	126	63	30	5
connections	126	122	94	51	25

KOG ACTIVITY*

KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	1551	723	111	762	45
RECOMMEND	723	1755	45	1032	45
WRITE	111	45	113	2	45

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

User Interaction Statistics (Network)

OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	7681
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	2585 x 113 = 292105
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.6 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	7681 / 2585 = 2.97

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	502	500	5.60	QAnon website operator Jason J. Gelinas outed	K S LaVida	21:45
2	300	132	3.25	Genocide expert Gregory Stanton shows QAnon using the exact same conspiracies the Nazis used.	Back Porch philosopher	21:47
3	256	109	2.77	Two more reasons Kamala Harris as VP will be a historic milestone for our nation	Ian Reifowitz	19:45
4	240	333	2.69	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Bill Barr's pressure on John Durham leads to a career prosecutor exodus	Greg Dworkin	16:30
5	232	199	2.62	Twitter cancels Trump again, and Roger Stone wants to arrest you	annieli	02:29
6	205	301	2.24	Biden Campaign beats the Trump campaign on money, strategy, and message: Saturday's Good News	GoodNewsRoundup	16:00
7	205	168	2.24	Electrify Your Ride	Major Kong	22:01
8	204	81	2.23	This Week in Hell: Woodward and Whistleblowing and?Joe Lieberman Was There	ShowerCap	07:01
9	200	287	2.54	Trump and his dunce of a son have a new Biden conspiracy theory ? he's on DRUGS!	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	07:33
10	193	153	2.21	#TedCruzHasNoBalls is trending on Twitter. For the love of Ted Cruz, please make it stop	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	21:37
11	191	92	2.11	Donald Trump: Public Enemy No. 1	Kerry Eleveld	23:00
12	176	86	1.96	Nazis love Trump	Hunter	01:00
13	165	168	1.92	QAnon cultists spreading false claims that are consuming resources needed to fight wildfires	Mark Sumner	18:31
14	160	89	1.72	With Your Help, Native American Organizers Can Finish Off Trump?s Presidency by Defeating him in AZ	KeithBrekhusAZ1	00:02
15	156	151	1.75	Breaking: Trump's HHS alters CDC documents for political reasons.	Vetwife	20:31
16	149	59	1.62	Video of 1/2-Mile Line for Food in Virginia Goes Viral After Being RT'ed by The Lincoln Project, etc	lowkell	03:31
17	147	321	1.60	Caturday Pootie Diary: Timing is Everything	Flowergirl77	22:45
18	139	118	1.53	Toots has passed. A true reggae titan.	BubbaSan	20:28
19	125	70	1.37	Another exclusive outtake from #UNFIT drops, this time it's George Conway, the DSM-5, and Trump	HalBrown	18:06
20	121	45	1.32	Measuring the scope of Trump's crimes on COVID-19 by comparing him to other world leaders	Mark Sumner	22:59
21	108	95	1.20	You know that extra $300 a week Trump okayed for the jobless? The money already is running out	Meteor Blades	20:31
22	105	126	1.20	To fight forest fires, we may need more forests. And much better data about the changing climate	Mark Sumner	21:00
23	102	49	1.12	'anyone supporting Trump is ignorant or deeply cynical & willfully destroying our democracy'	annieli	04:32
24	96	127	1.02	Celebrating the Life of Reggae Legend Toots Hibbert as he fights to survive COVID19. Update: RIP	JoanMar	05:04
25	81	43	0.87	Friday Night Owls: Progressive groups push House Dems to help Biden resurrect Iran nuclear agreement	Meteor Blades	08:00
26	78	86	0.96	Voting Rights Roundup: Court upholds Florida GOP's poll tax preventing 775,000 citizens from voting	Daily Kos Elections	07:52
27	76	256	0.82	PWB Friday Night Open Thread - Getting those winning campaign images	Horsefeathers	07:39
28	75	26	0.80	Saturday Snippets: Cop who killed George Floyd liked to use his knee; virus killing state budgets	Meteor Blades	00:00
29	72	25	0.76	Spotlight on Green News & Views returns with its 648th edition	Meteor Blades	03:00
30	65	269	0.71	Saturday Morning Garden Blog - Vol. 16.37: when life gives you tomatoes, make Gazpacho!	Missys Brother	18:00
31	56	13	0.59	Arrested Decay: Inside the miners' cabins (photo diary)	Ojibwa	19:25
32	50	5	0.52	Teachers have public support for COVID-19 safety strikes, this week in the war on workers	Laura Clawson	03:55
33	35	22	0.37	Random Notes - Evening Shade, Saturday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
34	35	17	0.38	Pence chickens out of QAnon fundraiser	nancyjones	02:03
35	33	39	0.40	Q Anon Web Developer BUSTED!!	rikkiblaine	07:28
36	32	180	0.34	New Day Cafe - Saturday: Mountains	Crimson Quillfeather	19:30
37	31	20	0.36	Scaramucci scorches Trumpsters: 40%? Not Teflon Don but crazy glue with emphasis on crazy	Egberto Willies	01:41
38	30	95	0.32	Daily Bucket-- Purple Haze	6412093	00:41
39	29	43	0.35	Collins and Gideon first debate with a cameo by Max Linn	guavaboy	18:12
40	29	12	0.31	TRUMP WONDERS 'How Different My Life Would Have Been' if He Weren't a Treasonous Swine	News Corpse	02:44
41	29	4	0.31	Whistleblower reveals how Trump has unleashed another plague: white-supremacist terrorism	David Neiwert	02:59
42	28	39	0.30	Saturday Morning Home Repair 9/5/20	Glen The Plumber	18:30
43	27	82	0.32	Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday Did we hate being seventeen?	annieli	05:30
44	26	69	0.28	Morning Open Thread - Playing for Change's "Rasta Children" | Song Around the World	P Carey	15:31
45	26	47	0.34	Anti-Trump vandals damage Texas-plated pickup truck in Canada	integrate	18:02
46	26	27	0.28	Photo Diary: Some More Birdies and Beasties	Lenny Flank	19:06
47	25	9	0.27	Top Comments: September 11th, 2001	Chitown Kev	07:00
48	22	28	0.24	Overnight News Digest: Over There, Over There	annetteboardman	08:50
49	22	13	0.24	"Who is Q?" plus a few "Intelligent" conjectures on the Subject	jamess	00:39
50	22	6	0.24	What do you do when the pavement melts?	SninkyPoo	00:31
51	21	53	0.23	Behold!!! White Privilege	mohistory2	20:12
52	21	17	0.24	it may be too late to stop election interference	annieli	23:58
53	21	14	0.23	Oy. Lost track of almost a whole day. Co2 and oxygen.	CameronProf	13:55
54	21	11	0.22	In today's The Guardian, Margaret Atwood and Martin Amis talk about Donald Trump	dewtx	23:12
55	21	9	0.22	Get Out the Vote and DUMP TRUMP (and His Rotten Enablers)! HERE'S HOW!	Yosef 52	01:22
56	21	7	0.22	The Senate 2020, #9	psychbob	18:03
57	20	19	0.23	Trump Confused Edward R. Murrow and Winston Churchill	Lib Dem FoP	21:47
58	19	218	0.27	Another Saturday Night - Names	WYgalinCali	04:00
59	19	31	0.22	What's For Dinner? v15.10 -- Thai Basil Chicken	esquimaux	04:30
60	19	9	0.21	Fire in a crowded theatre	Rick in Oz	08:59
61	18	12	0.21	Nothing like the Dame. A few recollections of Diana Rigg	shagnaski	04:15
62	18	6	0.19	Busy Tropical Weather - Tropical Storm Sally for the Gulf	tampaedski	23:49
63	17	16	0.18	Music For Hardtimes: Fast Car	WB Reeves	12:57
64	16	13	0.18	Gossip	Ojibwa	01:06
65	15	42	0.18	Friday Night Beer Blog	esquimaux	06:46
66	15	17	0.18	Don't Expect Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron To Indict Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor.	Merlin196357	17:00
67	15	15	0.18	Irony of Ironies! King Trump is Anti-Christian!	ThinkOutsideTheBox	01:00
68	14	88	0.30	Bernie Effing or WaPo Effing? You decide	gchaucer2	00:58
69	14	21	0.15	IAN: 9.12.2020 "old school music"	FloridaSNDad	09:55
70	14	17	0.16	Swing voters, Catholics, and prudential judgment	Jay Cuasay	20:06
71	13	22	0.15	Make a DIY air filter for pollution from west coast fires.	walterc	00:55
72	12	15	0.16	Putin told Trump that Covid was just like the flu.	timj	18:41
73	9	56	0.18	Anyone doing a deep dive on Van Ausdal? In todays climate the sooner we know the better .	macknacat58	05:38
74	6	59	0.27	Would you ever live in a rich Republican enclave?	Old Bridge78	08:04

Impact total: 66.5

 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