High Impact Stories: September 6, 2020

2020-09-06 00:00:03 - 2020-09-06 23:30:05 UTC; DailyKos stories = 140;  140 per day;  5.8 per hour

Yesterday 117 Kogs posted 140 stories of which 135 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1942 recommending readers; 94 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 50 by 30 or more, and 21 by 100 or more. Commenters (1702) visited 140 stories; 74 had 10 or more commenters, 25 had 30 or more, and 12 had 100 or more.

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon Sep  7 08:00:03 2020 UTC.

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 140 POSTS

MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.21
AVERAGE	0.65
MAX	5.19
TOTAL	91.09 bharns
50% of total impact	earned by top 13 diaries, the lowest receiving 2.64 bharns

Story Impact Distribution

Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	140	135	94	50	21
commenters	140	140	74	25	12
connections	140	135	112	62	25

KOG ACTIVITY*

KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	1702	809	114	835	56
RECOMMEND	809	1942	56	1133	56
WRITE	114	56	117	3	56

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

User Interaction Statistics (Network)

OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	9650
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	2838 x 117 = 332046
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	2.9 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	9650 / 2838 = 3.4

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	475	216	5.19	I think this ad may be the Daisy ad we have been looking for. It is unbelievable.	Joe Pac	02:00
2	431	276	4.77	Trump campaign attacks Biden for going to church and the grave of his son	Christopher Reeves	00:33
3	406	304	4.52	Trump on evangelicals, according to Michael Cohen: 'Can you believe people believe that bulls--t?'	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	06:03
4	399	196	4.37	"The Wreck of the SS Full MAGA"	Kevvboy	18:36
5	368	150	3.97	They're evacuating Shaver Lake. The mountaintop is on fire. We knew this day would come.	Homer J	21:22
6	326	220	3.68	Author of LoserSucker-gate story: More reporting and confirmation to come	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	22:16
7	313	192	3.49	Here's what Trump did on his France trip instead of honoring our fallen soldiers	Aldous J Pennyfarthing	20:11
8	278	254	3.04	Sunday Pundit Round-up: If Trump is a "wartime president", then we're all "suckers" to him.	Chitown Kev	16:30
9	277	270	3.28	Pro-Trump boat parade ignores safety rules, sinks four of their own boats	Hunter	21:44
10	272	175	3.01	Washington Post: Trump postmaster general used straw donor scheme to evade campaign finance laws	Hunter	23:06
11	261	209	2.99	A shattered Fox News, and what happens when Trump is a has-been?	HalBrown	17:00
12	252	56	2.64	Wow, just wow.	kid oakland	03:46
13	240	148	2.68	Lincoln Project now calls Trump "un-American"	teacherken	05:45
14	239	195	2.67	Sex, Lies and Treachery - Snippets from Michael Cohen's upcoming book "Disloyal: A Memoir?	AKALib	18:11
15	223	106	2.42	LAWSUIT: Epstein Shows 14-year-old Girl To Trump: "This is a good one, right?" Trump Smiles and Nods	AlyoshaKaramazov	03:05
16	192	74	2.07	Trump tweets attempt to distract us from his vulgarian reality, revealed by Michael Cohen	annieli	09:33
17	177	94	1.98	Two armed militia outside agitators from Missouri arrested outside Kenosha	MTmofo	00:04
18	170	308	1.86	When you hear the words 'chitlin' circuit,' get ready for some musical food for the soul	Denise Oliver Velez	17:59
19	151	198	1.76	COVID-19: New Pilot Study Shows Vitamin D Treatment Cut ICU Admissions from 50% to 2%	Lib Dem FoP	21:51
20	142	42	1.56	Trump campaign and Republicans have now spent nearly $60 million on lawyers for the crook-in-chief	Hunter	01:58
21	107	296	1.16	Businesses saving Democracy ? Fund Joe and Kamala ? BiPM's WhoWonTheWeek? ? Sunday Good News	2thanks	16:02
22	97	79	1.12	I understand the concern about Pennsylvania. It is a close race. Let me help you off that ledge.	Dem	03:01
23	91	26	0.98	'Let's be honest': Harris gets real about racism, pandemic job losses, and a coronavirus vaccine	Marissa Higgins	01:05
24	88	45	0.94	Tweets Of The Week Aug 30-Sep 5 2020	oldhippiedude	00:00
25	83	169	0.90	Sekrit Armee Sundai ? Reed a Book	FosterMomInCA	00:01
26	80	37	0.88	Coronavirus outbreak in jail, nursing home, and church all tied to Maine wedding, 3 dead	Aysha Qamar	01:36
27	70	56	0.81	Trump directs federal agencies to end anti-racism trainings on white privilege, critical race theory	Marissa Higgins	21:43
28	53	26	0.60	[UPDATED!] So, Postmaster General DeJoy *might* be heading to jail in the future	JA Benson	22:52
29	52	53	0.57	Analyzing the 12 Propositions on the November 2020 General Election Ballot in California	mainstreet52	07:30
30	52	33	0.55	Biden Supports the Women and Men Who Protect Our Nation: Day 55 out of 100 days of loving Joe Biden	GoodNewsRoundup	16:06
31	52	39	0.59	Cruz claims pregnancy is not life-threatening, Facebook's new rules, and more you might have missed	Cara Zelaya	21:30
32	50	28	0.53	Look up tonight! The Moon glides just underneath Mars -- updated with photos of the pass	skralyx	05:21
33	49	30	0.53	Caturday With the Peeps: Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer	strawbale	07:00
34	47	21	0.51	Trump accuses Dems of massive disinformation campaign as others map massive Trumpian corruption	annieli	22:04
35	42	109	0.47	Dawn Chorus: Found Feathers	giddy thing	17:00
36	42	38	0.46	Overnight News Digest: Mindboggling Blackhole Collision	Magnifico	08:58
37	42	33	0.50	Trump Boaters Out Of Luck ? Insurance Claims Denied	dailynooze	01:44
38	42	17	0.46	Kamala Harris wouldn't trust a Trump vaccine, and neither should anyone else	Dartagnan	06:17
39	41	65	0.44	Standing on the Shoulders of the Internet - Evening Shade, Sunday	NotNowNotEver	04:30
40	39	11	0.42	Jessica Tarlov slaps down Bret Baier's deflection & shows the Atlantic article is well sourced	Lefty Coaster	03:51
41	37	27	0.43	Trump's FASCIST 'Law and Order' Rhetoric is Making Things Worse - for America and Trump: POLL	News Corpse	01:29
42	37	4	0.39	Trump administration used COVID-19 to detain at least 650 children in hotels this year	Aysha Qamar	23:04
43	35	50	0.38	The Daily Bucket. A Succession of Smoke.	funningforrest	19:28
44	35	10	0.38	Trump and the Military, Part Three	Yosef 52	21:00
45	33	20	0.38	getting ahead of ourselves, but Biden's transition team doesn't seem quite as indictable as Trump's	annieli	08:04
46	32	20	0.36	Jennifer Griffin of Fox News confirms Atlantic story. Spread this video before Fox pulls it.	Bob Johnson	09:04
47	31	30	0.35	Human Origins: Religion and the brain	Ojibwa	20:30
48	30	24	0.33	Princess Bride cast to reunite for a script reading in support of Wi. Dems.	vzfk3s	04:27
49	30	11	0.33	To Those Who Question the Story of Trump's Disdain for Fallen Troops	tjphoto50	09:09
50	30	9	0.33	What Cohen said to Congress under Oath	jamess	01:09
51	29	12	0.31	No worse enemy	ForwardKY	05:37
52	28	48	0.33	Top Comments: Epic (Drum) Battle Edition	brillig	07:00
53	27	61	0.30	Kitchen Table Kibitzing: Road Rage	TheLittleOne	05:30
54	27	27	0.34	Who are these Trump supporters?	DrRZG	02:31
55	27	17	0.30	Trump Attacks the 1619 Project	Dan K	00:35
56	27	13	0.29	CBS News/YouGov Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Wisconsin 50-44	poopdogcomedy	01:11
57	26	15	0.28	Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)	Ed Tracey	20:00
58	26	12	0.28	WaPo: DeJoy Reimbursed former employees for the GOP Donations he pressured them for	Lefty Coaster	00:26
59	26	10	0.28	A Wedding and Three Funerals so far	xaxnar	22:33
60	25	41	0.29	An update on Monterey bay area CA's heat wave	DocLT	03:10
61	25	7	0.26	The Inoculation Project 9/6/2020: Science Magazines and Geometry Tools	belinda ridgewood	19:00
62	24	5	0.26	bees stop murder hornets as a swarm, but can mass demonstrations stop another Trump coup	annieli	00:11
63	21	127	0.23	New Day Cafe: Sunday Morning	The Marti	19:33
64	21	48	0.22	This Week in the War on Women	Tara the Antisocial Social Worker	05:00
65	20	104	0.23	Morning Open Thread - The Eyes have it.	CaptBLI	15:00
66	20	41	0.24	Welcome to the new Kos Diabetes Group	lynnekz	01:18
67	20	9	0.23	Anita Hill says she is voting for Joe Biden!!	Eyesbright	03:50
68	20	5	0.22	Cohen Book .The Depth of Depravity	FLwestcoast	19:26
69	19	20	0.20	Let's Speak a Beautiful Win into Existence: #TheJaimeHarriThon	Tortmaster	03:00
70	19	15	0.22	Texans advised to vote in person this November to avoid voter suppression	KindraCo	08:32
71	18	57	0.26	I am back after a 5+ year break from Dkos and an apology	dvogel0308	22:27
72	17	13	0.20	The mystery of the mendacious mayors of Minnesota	Alan Austin	12:43
73	17	6	0.19	Here is a message that all sides of the faux debate on vote-by-mail can understand	Egberto Willies	01:11
74	16	6	0.17	Bernie gave a full-throat Live online support to Joe Biden today ? it's worth watching. Please do!	e2247	06:20
75	15	18	0.19	NY Times: Trump's Most "Reckless Obsession Yet" Rushed COVID Vaccine	bidenbroh	03:28
76	14	47	0.16	DK Quilt Guild: Past Glories-Pix from a Show	art ah zen	04:00
77	14	19	0.18	GOP setting up one last chance for Donnie Deathcount and Moscow Mitch to burn everything down	tjlord	23:42
78	13	24	0.19	THANK YOU MR. TRUMP	LadyJeand	06:26
79	13	13	0.17	Trump Orders Federal Agencies To End Race Sensitivity Training, Calls It Un-American Propaganda	newreign	10:37
80	11	15	0.15	How Do Republicans ?Think??	douglassmyth	06:52
81	7	93	0.16	We need to improve the BLM narrative - BLM2	dlsamson	16:54
82	4	51	0.23	Why I am voting for Mitt Romney. My write in protest vote.	mycomputermachine	21:08

Impact total: 86.6

 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.

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