Most Recommended Diaries 3/26/2005 - 4/1/2005

This week 882 Kosmopolitan authors posted 1567 diaries, of which 1410 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3418 recommending readers; 432 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 135 by 30 or more.

The 100 diaries receiving the most recommendations (shown below) represent 6.4 percent of those posted.

Tables showing diaries per day, diaries per hour, and diary dwell time are also provided.

Tables of diary readers awarding more than 50 recommendations and diary authors receiving more than 100 recommendations are also provided.

For a discussion of how this list was generated see the diary How to make a list of recommended diaries

Sat Mar 26 00:00:00 2005 - Fri Apr 1 23:59:59 2005
DailyKos diaries = 1567; 224 per day; 9.3 per hour

month	day	diaries	*/10
03	26	190	*******************
03	27	162	****************
03	28	242	************************
03	29	247	************************
03	30	258	*************************
03	31	245	************************
04	01	223	**********************

PST	dwell	+	diaries/hr	*	% rec>10	*/5
00	3.2	+++	4.3	****	10.0	**
01	3.8	+++	2.9	**	30.0	******
02	4.4	++++	2.7	**	26.3	*****
03	4.8	++++	2.3	**	31.2	******
04	5.2	+++++	4.4	****	29.0	*****
05	5.3	+++++	7.4	*******	34.6	******
06	3.8	+++	10.3	**********	31.9	******
07	2.0	+	14.3	**************	34.0	******
08	1.3	+	16.0	****************	31.2	******
09	1.3	+	15.1	***************	25.5	*****
10	1.3	+	15.1	***************	27.4	*****
11	1.3	+	11.9	***********	25.3	*****
12	1.6	+	13.9	*************	24.7	****
13	1.5	+	13.6	*************	20.0	****
14	1.4	+	12.0	************	33.3	******
15	1.8	+	9.6	*********	34.3	******
16	2.0	+	11.0	***********	29.9	*****
17	1.9	+	10.0	**********	31.4	******
18	2.1	++	7.6	*******	39.6	*******
19	2.1	++	11.3	***********	19.0	***
20	2.0	+	9.3	*********	23.1	****
21	2.3	++	7.9	*******	18.2	***
22	2.6	++	5.6	*****	17.9	***
23	2.8	++	5.6	*****	25.6	*****

Active Kosmopolitans: 3741
Exclusive Authors: 323; Author/Readers: 559; Total Authors: 882
Exclusive Readers: 2859; Author/Readers: 559; Total Readers: 3418

Diaries: posted 1567; recommended 1410; highly recommended {10: 432, 30: 135}.
The 100 most recommended represent 6.4 percent of those posted.

rank	nrec	ncom	Diary	Author	Date
1	375	93	Jeb issued an order to seize Schiavo. Cops refused.	khyber900	03/28
2	350	122	Fake Reporter Running Sham Nonprofit?	ePluribus Media	03/31
3	347	90	Coordinated attack on your voting rights happening NOW!	bejammin075	03/31
4	333	190	Tell me what you think...	Rep Louise Slaughter	03/28
5	313	119	TX Abortion: Women losing even the right to say "No"	moiv	03/28
6	306	325	J.D. Guckert/Jeff Gannon: These Are Your Lives!	SusanG	03/28
7	291	84	Waging the Politics of Capital - A Snapshot from the CA Front	CA State Senator Joe Dunn	03/29
8	281	11	Massive 2004 Exit Poll Whitewash???	STOP George	04/01
9	278	164	ePluribus Media. Would you like to you help?	ePluribus Media	03/30
10	267	13	VFP calls for impeachment	BOHICA	03/31
11	262	338	Fucking Religious Freaks	georgia10	03/26
12	256	182	Moore's vindication	Drummond	03/28
13	254	10	Jeb Bush Pays Reporter $100,000	bonddad	03/27
14	251	239	Visit from the Secret Service.. GOP paranoia strikes	rhfactor	04/01
15	231	73	Important Announcement - Election Diaries	Welshman	04/01
16	217	270	What if the Right is Right?	Maria in Pgh	04/01
17	217	93	Halliburton Employee Gang-Beaten by Baghdad Co-Workers	SusanHu	03/30
18	200	123	Hot New Report on 'Democrat Voter Intimidation' Just Released!	lapin	03/30
19	200	200	Are You Ready for a War?	Delaware Dem	03/29
20	197	138	ACTION ALERT: Going Nuclear, the Final Days	Elwood Dowd	03/29
21	196	145	Still No Major Media Coverage of Alaska Oil Spill	Peace Monger	03/30
22	190	72	BREAKING: Arnold Breaking California Law	free speech zone	03/29
23	188	106	Citizen-journalist finds apparent proof of Sanchez perjury concerning torture	Troutfishing	03/30
24	184	234	Florida Bill To Attack Philosophy	Jeffersonian Democrat	03/29
25	178	212	best picture ever	juls	03/30
26	178	102	Fuck MSNBC	SonsofLabor	03/28
27	171	75	ACLU Charges U.S. Buries Widespread Mosul Torture Docs	SusanHu	03/26
28	167	210	The Gloom-and-Doomers Say There's Hope	Meteor Blades	03/30
29	158	55	Jackboots at the door.	ThirstyGator	03/28
30	152	11	And you were there....and you were there...and you were there...	Raybin	03/31
31	150	117	I am going to die	AllisonInSeattle	03/31
32	149	49	U.S. Soldiers Escape Prosecution for Rape	SusanHu	03/29
33	146	83	Gay Marriage Backer Changes Mind on 30th Anniversary	Meteor Blades	03/27
34	142	242	The Republicans Melt Down - a Freeper thread	Shashalnikya	03/31
35	142	101	BEST Schaivo rant - Friedman St. Pete Times	tiponeill	03/30
36	141	124	State planned to seize Schiavo	Benito	03/26
37	140	155	Now TSA is after our lawyer...	janinsanfran	03/29
38	136	111	Bateman cartoons--why I'm no longer syndicated	scottbateman	03/28
39	134	468	POLL: Your Level of Education?	WaitingForLefty	03/29
40	130	131	Do I Look Fat in this Dress? A political meditation	lorraine	03/31
41	128	111	ePluribus Media Guckert Research in Washington Times!	pontificator	04/01
42	128	51	The Rise and Fall (WIth Your Help) of An Extreme Thecon in VA	Maura in VA	03/30
43	122	102	Lessons from Bobby Kennedy	stephdray	03/31
44	119	247	I've decided to go on a feeding tube	Bob Johnson	03/30
45	115	135	First they came.	Stirling Newberry	03/29
46	114	91	How would you want to go, if you were in my shoes?	ZoeW	03/27
47	113	68	Saving Public Education - Saving Democracy	teacherken	04/01
48	110	99	Greenspan's bubbles. No - his 'monster' (says Morgan Stanley)	Jerome a Paris	03/28
49	107	75	Senator Obama's First Bill	georgia10	03/28
50	102	50	late night thoughts about John Paul II	kid oakland	04/01
51	102	83	In Memoriam - Theresa Schiavo 1963-2005	georgia10	03/31
52	102	363	Be Scared--I sell real estate in Manhattan	nyceve	03/28
53	102	211	Schiavo protester and 10 year old arrestee's father is a registered sex offender	thoughtcriminal	03/27
54	101	52	DeLay vs. Rove?	jesselee	03/30
55	96	16	IL-06 Jobs for the Future	Christine Cegelis	03/31
56	95	349	Cheers and Jeers: Thursday	Bill in Portland Maine	03/31
57	91	264	Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday	Bill in Portland Maine	03/30
58	90	200	Resigning	Armando	04/01
59	90	235	'Emergency oil plan' required in view of coming shortages	Jerome a Paris	03/31
60	88	247	Advertising	kos	03/28
61	86	44	Caspian Oil - a Sunday Special	Jerome a Paris	03/27
62	86	110	A Winger Sees the Truth	bonddad	03/26
63	85	270	Cheers and Jeers: Monday	Bill in Portland Maine	03/28
64	83	124	Dean Calls Rick Santorum A "Liar" From Virginia	Rimjob	03/31
65	83	108	18 Things We Learned From The Schiavo Case	checkmate	03/26
66	82	346	Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke Friday!	Bill in Portland Maine	04/01
67	82	49	A True Legal Hero Has Passed Away	acbonin	03/31
68	82	59	WalMart Welfare	dhonig	03/27
69	81	323	Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday	Bill in Portland Maine	03/29
70	80	144	DeLay Takes His Party Hostage	jesselee	03/31
71	79	132	Sure we hate you, but we hate queers more	Endivedual	03/31
72	79	76	Philadelphia Inquirer Pens Piece on Pennacchio	ttagaris	03/30
73	77	114	Michigan passes law allowing doctors to refuse treating gays	lawnorder	03/28
74	77	97	Southern Baptist church excommunicates judge	GP	03/26
75	75	342	META-DIARY ALERT: Troll Ratings and the Abuse Thereof	Maryscott OConnor	04/01
76	74	314	My experience at Kos.	jeremymc	03/30
77	73	28	ACTION ALERT: Want to Sue Bush & GOP Next Week?	BenGoshi	04/01
78	72	47	The Spokesman for the Schindler Family	greatbasin2	03/27
79	72	165	More Evidence Of Major GOP Rift	DemFromCT	03/26
80	68	78	Army Misses March Recruiting Goal By 33%	pacified	04/01
81	68	93	Pop goes the bubble?	Stranger in a strange land	03/29
82	68	31	College Republican Scare Tactics Have Chilling Effect at California Junior College	fiddlinsteve	03/27
83	68	41	Pandemic Update 2: Bush Fatigue Syndrome advances	thirdparty	03/26
84	67	105	What the hell is going on in this country?	Stand Strong	03/28
85	66	50	I'm Going to be on Air America on Wednesday	ColdFusion04	03/29
86	64	130	Teri's Father Removed Life Support from _His_ Mother	bonddad	03/27
87	63	21	JUST IN: Justice Dept Okays Custer Battles FRAUD CASE	SusanHu	04/01
88	63	81	War Propaganda Alert: Watch Your Language	ColdFusion04	03/26
89	61	48	Another Republican Calls Out the GOP Extremists / Daily Pundit Parade	baldandy	03/30
90	61	23	Wal-Mart Workers Describe Their Hell (Part 2)	JR Monsterfodder	03/29
91	61	24	The Word For the Week	pastordan	03/27
92	59	66	Florida paper calls for DeLay to be removed.	floridagal	04/01
93	58	119	Goodbye Cruel World	georgia10	03/31
94	58	56	Unholy Alliance: Aryan Nation reaches out to Al-Qaeda	Carnacki	03/29
95	58	177	Tom DeLay's choice	EZ writer	03/26
96	57	84	"There Is A Higher Law" - Bibles in the Jury Room	georgia10	03/29
97	56	209	A personal plea for open discourse on human sexuality	spacekitty	03/30
98	55	28	Democrats Set to Reject Bolton as UN Ambassador	SusanHu	03/31
99	54	33	Cheney Disses Powell; F-16's Fly Up Cheney's Ass	lapin	03/26
100	54	78	An outsider's view of US health care	Sirocco	03/26

The analysis of authors now includes the average number of recommendations per diary.

Author	recommendations	diaries	rec/diary
SusanHu	655	14	46.8
ePluribus Media	628	2	314.0
georgia10	586	7	83.7
Bill in Portland Maine	434	5	86.8
bonddad	404	16	25.2
khyber900	375	2	187.5
bejammin075	347	1	347.0
Rep Louise Slaughter	333	1	333.0
Meteor Blades	313	4	78.2
moiv	313	1	313.0
SusanG	306	1	306.0
CA State Senator Joe Dunn	291	1	291.0
Jerome a Paris	286	7	40.9
STOP George	281	2	140.5
BOHICA	267	1	267.0
Drummond	256	3	85.3
lapin	254	8	31.8
rhfactor	251	1	251.0
Welshman	231	3	77.0
Maria in Pgh	217	1	217.0
Delaware Dem	200	4	50.0
Elwood Dowd	197	1	197.0
Peace Monger	196	2	98.0
free speech zone	190	2	95.0
Troutfishing	188	2	94.0
Jeffersonian Democrat	184	2	92.0
jesselee	181	3	60.3
SonsofLabor	178	3	59.3
juls	178	1	178.0
ThirstyGator	158	1	158.0
Raybin	152	2	76.0
AllisonInSeattle	150	1	150.0
tiponeill	142	7	20.3
Shashalnikya	142	2	71.0
Benito	141	2	70.5
janinsanfran	140	3	46.7
scottbateman	136	1	136.0
WaitingForLefty	134	4	33.5
lorraine	130	4	32.5
ColdFusion04	129	6	21.5
pontificator	128	2	64.0
Maura in VA	128	2	64.0
stephdray	122	2	61.0
Bob Johnson	119	3	39.7
Stirling Newberry	115	5	23.0
ZoeW	114	3	38.0
teacherken	113	4	28.2
thoughtcriminal	102	2	51.0
nyceve	102	2	51.0
kid oakland	102	1	102.0
Christine Cegelis	96	1	96.0

The analysis of readers now includes the number of authors recommended, the number and percent of their recommendations on the most recommended list, and a ratio reflecting how much better the recommendations they made matched the top hit list than would the same number of random picks.

READER	REC	AUTHORS	TopHits	conversion	ratio
Anonymous	171	116	71	41.5	6.5
chimpy	133	116	51	38.3	6.0
silas216	128	102	65	50.8	8.0
HK	127	95	37	29.1	4.6
RHunter	111	94	36	32.4	5.1
sersan	108	94	34	31.5	4.9
DrReason	103	97	24	23.3	3.7
Boppy	103	72	33	32.0	5.0
shetquaker	101	81	64	63.4	9.9
pop tart	93	67	24	25.8	4.0
Maryscott OConnor	93	85	42	45.2	7.1
Carnacki	89	67	37	41.6	6.5
lawnorder	88	76	55	62.5	9.8
georgia10	87	76	19	21.8	3.4
rolet	86	60	28	32.6	5.1
Rolfyboy6	85	50	31	36.5	5.7
demokath	82	72	37	45.1	7.1
mataliandy	80	70	35	43.8	6.9
Margot	77	63	38	49.4	7.7
object16	76	64	29	38.2	6.0
Eddie Haskell	76	61	40	52.6	8.2
stayingpositive	75	57	29	38.7	6.1
Meteor Blades	73	50	33	45.2	7.1
SusanHu	72	44	22	30.6	4.8
Plutonium Page	72	57	23	31.9	5.0
Luam	72	61	29	40.3	6.3
wabegg	69	68	18	26.1	4.1
jjc4jre	69	57	40	58.0	9.1
sommervr	67	65	39	58.2	9.1
tiggers thotful spot	65	59	24	36.9	5.8
Lookingforwardtothefuture	61	48	20	32.8	5.1
Gooserock	61	57	26	42.6	6.7
bumblebums	60	51	31	51.7	8.1
pattyp	59	57	12	20.3	3.2
Steven D	58	50	31	53.4	8.4
Caldonia	58	30	16	27.6	4.3
sgilman	57	50	37	64.9	10.2
fabooj	57	51	25	43.9	6.9
Fiction59 Fool On The Hill	57	49	41	71.9	11.3
Raybin	55	44	30	54.5	8.5
vcmvo2	54	53	22	40.7	6.4
ctsteve	54	46	32	59.3	9.3
bronte17	54	41	33	61.1	9.6
socal	53	39	31	58.5	9.2
missliberties	52	45	37	71.2	11.1
shumard	51	48	18	35.3	5.5
caliberal	51	37	26	51.0	8.0
Dump Terry McAuliffe	51	49	12	23.5	3.7
thirdparty	50	44	21	42.0	6.6

      rec  = number of diaries recommended
   authors = number of authors recommended
   TopHits = number of recommended diaries in top hit list
conversion = 100 * TopHits/rec; percent of recommended diaries on top hit list
     ratio = TopHits/predicted, where
   predicted = ntop * rec/ndiaries, where
	   ntop = number of diaries in top hit list = 100
       ndiaries = total number of diaries  = 1567

NB: Rankings and numbers of diaries are based on a best effort to comprehensively collect and count all user diaries posted to dailykos.com, including those later withdrawn. Titles shown will not reflect changes made later in the week. Production of this list was timed to ensure expiration of the recommendation period for all diaries considered. Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter