High Impact Posts: December 17, 2011

Welcome to Janet 707 (user_id 328292) who registered at 2011-12-18 04:31:51 EST, the most recent of 121 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 146 Kogs published 161 posts of which 157 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1760 recommending readers and viewed by 5357; 104 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 40 by 30 or more, and 13 by 100 or more. Commenters (1423) visted 161 posts; 88 had 10 or more commenters, 23 had 30 or more, and 1 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 161 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.186, average = 0.38, max = 4.22, total =   61.1 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 0.78 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Dec 18 05:00:05 2011 EST.

2011-12-17 00:14:56 - 2011-12-17 23:58:47
DailyKos posts = 161;  161 per day;  6.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 2313 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)
Lurkers: 3063 (only view posts)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	view a post	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	1423	873	141	1414	482	4	73
recommend	873	1760	75	1745	885	10	73
write	141	75	146	146	3		73
view	1414	1745	146	5357		3063	73

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	161	157	104	40	13
commentators	161	161	88	23	1
connections	161	157	129	57	15
views	161	161	160	145	63

Impact statistics from all 161 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.186, average = 0.38, max = 4.22, total =   61.1 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 0.78 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 6909
Maximum possible such pairs: 2313 x 146 = 337698
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.046%
Average degree (links/user) = 6909/2313 = 2.987

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 270004
Number of tag size classes: 1139
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (73588 posts)
Singleton tags: 180521 (attached to only one post)
n50: 571 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 742 (number of posts tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

• Up to 150 posts, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The posts 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.

rank	nrec	ncom	viewers	impact	post	Author	EST
1	400	206	1081	4.22	Recall Trail: Our Lives Were Threatened, My Camera Destroyed	noise of rain	20:46
2	306	216	1117	3.25	What I Didn't Know About Keystone XL	Crashing Vor	12:00
3	271	199	1408	2.91	Scott Walker, Wis GOP Files Suit to Stop Recall (Update and a Nag)	Puddytat	13:51
4	263	288	1403	2.96	I was just fired for being affiliated with OccupySTL.org	DF Taker	17:48
5	258	129	1012	2.77	Our friend died tonight	not a cent	03:13
6	195	230	795	2.13	Running Scared: "Why I wont vote for cowards"	La Feminista	03:22
7	182	96	596	1.93	I Can't Quit You, DKos	blue jersey mom	13:00
8	171	179	932	1.89	Keystone Cave? No, Keystone Kabuki.	RLMiller	10:59
9	131	300	317	1.41	The List(s) : Small Donor Saturday	Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN	19:00
10	117	60	472	1.24	#D17 Occupiers March, Two Journalists Beaten, Clergy Arrested.	Ollie Garkey	17:21
11	106	43	249	1.12	Animal Nuz #76	ericlewis0	12:46
12	105	116	616	1.17	Bus Halted When Woman Refuses Ultra-Orthodox Demand to Sit in the Back of the Bus	The Troubadour	23:39
13	105	34	172	1.10	Indians 101: Northwest Coast Canoes	Ojibwa	11:19
14	95	144	330	1.02	Happee Caturdai Diary	triciawyse	14:15
15	89	51	516	0.94	When Immoral People Deign to Lecture on Morality	NY brit expat	13:34
16	74	55	222	0.78	Splish, Splash.....dkos is having a pool party.....	Onomastic	13:47
17	69	64	428	0.78	My 98yo mom kicks my butt	cany	00:42
18	65	130	241	0.71	DKos Subscription Drive...Comeonyaknowyawanna!	Cedwyn	14:03
19	64	200	214	0.71	WYFP: The REAL War On Christmas	Purple Priestess	20:30
20	64	74	461	0.75	Could you help a girl out?	delilah 52	17:27
21	63	487	132	0.68	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 7.43	welso	09:00
22	62	80	216	0.66	#D17 Re-Occupation! Live NOW.	Ollie Garkey	11:50
23	60	85	550	0.71	Florida A&M band hazing -- now it's homicide.	Cartoon Peril	12:45
24	56	69	237	0.62	Occupy Wall Street-Police Action Liveblog	Horace Boothroyd III	15:45
25	53	22	162	0.56	Invasion of the Occu-Carolers.	jpmassar	21:36
26	51	121	325	0.56	Global Warming - Creating the Conditions for a Cronkite Moment	James Wells	10:31
27	50	24	120	0.53	I'm shocked! Sheriff Joe Arpaio won't change his policies.	Mother Mags	00:25
28	43	55	58	0.46	IGTNT: His passion and gift was to serve.	CalNM	21:36
29	41	89	147	0.43	Top Comments: Oops Edition	Dragon5616	22:35
30	41	30	96	0.43	Yet Shall We Be Merry	blueness	17:09
31	38	235	837	0.70	Saturday hate mail-a-palooza: where God controls everything, and nothing!	kos	13:30
32	37	41	83	0.39	Kiss It Up To Heaven: Another "Subscribe Drive" Diary	boatsie	17:00
33	36	226	55	0.39	J Town: Got Post? December  17, 2011	JanF	10:30
34	35	33	127	0.42	Too difficult to prosecute Wall Street crime? Don't!	David Waldman	17:00
35	33	180	158	0.48	Saturday Night at the Movies - What's Your Favorite Chick Flick?	Jekylln Hyde	22:53
36	33	21	92	0.36	Help us GOTV in Communities of Color in 2012	The Fat Lady Sings	11:36
37	33	9	135	0.35	Arpaio's Hate Bears Fruit Hispanic Inmate Declared Brain Dead Due to Excessive Force	Horace Boothroyd III	14:03
38	32	26	83	0.33	To All Readers & Book Lovers -- My Gratitude	Limelite	16:00
39	31	224	64	0.33	What's Happenin'? 12.17.11	poligirl	10:00
40	31	39	102	0.33	A Belated Thank You	Something the Dog Said	11:44
41	29	55	86	0.32	What's for Dinner v6.20: Oil, oil, oil everywhere....	mayim	19:30
42	29	21	72	0.32	Saturday Morning Home Repair: Closed for the Holidays	claude	09:01
43	28	13	154	0.30	What have I done to deserve this?	Charles CurtisStanley	16:27
44	27	7	93	0.29	Mindanao is crying	Tonga 23	21:12
45	27	42	140	0.35	This week in the War on Women:  Bloodlusting 'pro-lifers' go to the movies	Kaili Joy Gray	19:00
46	26	32	46	0.27	Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Subscription drive edition)	Neon Vincent	23:58
47	26	5	55	0.27	There must be an easier way to earn wings !!!! UVA Christmas Drive	Vetwife	20:24
48	25	22	100	0.27	for me an unusual Saturday morning	teacherken	08:40
49	25	16	179	0.27	A Brief Hiatus For Me	davidseth	14:49
50	24	18	85	0.27	The Day I Wore My "Free Hugs" Sign	people power granny	23:14
51	24	16	107	0.27	Michigan Republicans vote to turn down federal money to create statewide health exchange (w/poll)	E c l e c t a b l o g	12:41
52	24	67	140	0.29	ACA Update: Obama Says Kasich Can Choose My Health Insurance Coverage	Betty Pinson	11:51
53	24	42	81	0.32	This week in the War on Voting: Eric Holder engages	Joan McCarter	16:00
54	24	14	66	0.26	Stabbing at Personal Care Home for the Mentally ill in Georgia.	xxdr zombiexx	16:05
55	24	12	47	0.25	Six degrees ... health care and energy	A Siegel	14:29
56	22	15	56	0.24	Cesaria Evora, 1941 - 2011	aaraujo	17:11
57	22	14	54	0.23	High Impact Posts: December 16, 2011	jotter	11:07
58	22	5	111	0.24	Forbes to Maine Governor LePage: You Lie!	Downeast Dem	14:06
59	21	12	50	0.22	My turn to thank an anonymous donor.	nchristine	15:45
60	21	16	164	0.23	How Gallup Suckered Charles Blow and The New York Times	Dartagnan	08:52
61	21	14	79	0.23	Exercises in Economics: Some Un-Common Wisdom ... with respect to the 1% Hoarders	jamess	17:51
62	21	6	99	0.23	Willie Nelson Joins Occupy With	The Grand Wazoo	15:52
63	20	18	89	0.22	Sen. Feinstein proposes legislation to fix NDAA (update)	nerve	05:30
64	20	15	77	0.21	In Praise of SusanG	NYBri	12:06
65	20	25	98	0.23	Foreigners Causing Riots in Egypt	u n s p e a k a b l e	18:14
66	20	6	62	0.21	ICYMI: Mich Republicans pass bill to ensure cities under Emergency Mgrs remain under state control	E c l e c t a b l o g	08:27
67	19	27	66	0.20	Books So Bad They're Good:  For the Blood is the Life	Ellid	21:00
68	19	30	59	0.21	Political Music and the One Year Anniversary of the Arab Spring	u n s p e a k a b l e	14:30
69	19	14	81	0.21	OccupyWallStreet sharpens the message by de-foreclosing	NBBooks	19:26
70	19	13	48	0.20	The Report Behind the Nuclear Bruhaha	Joieau	11:40
71	18	13	75	0.20	I did it!	Syoho	19:34
72	18	16	147	0.20	I'm not sure how to title this	teacherken	21:41
73	18	12	36	0.19	ArtKos: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.331	boran2	09:00
74	17	68	299	0.28	Rush said What???	roseeriter	05:41
75	17	11	49	0.18	Fighting corporate influence in our democracy	Eric Griego	17:55
76	17	8	42	0.18	Sometimes, When You Least Expect it...	scribe	16:56
77	16	31	166	0.20	Lindsey Graham (R-1%) cries "Stalinism" -- what's he talking about?	Cartoon Peril	09:23
78	16	14	115	0.18	Surely there's been some sort of mistake...	Zoskie	20:29
79	16	139	39	0.19	GUS: Saturday morning yoga	e f f e r v e s c e n t	07:00
80	16	10	112	0.17	Imagining A New Tomorrow	Bud Fields	00:14
81	16	4	139	0.17	Faithful Republican. Unfaithful Husband.	Kid G	20:51
82	14	12	94	0.15	The final night.	CayceP	14:58
83	14	11	40	0.15	Confront the police state mentality	crystal eyes	13:28
84	13	102	116	0.18	Saturday Fun: "The Politics of Black Masculinity in Star Wars and Star Trek"	c h a u n c e y d e v e g a	14:42
85	13	74	154	0.19	Occupy Philly Votes Down 99% Declaration	Vyan	16:16
86	13	32	97	0.17	Light bulbs	j o e m a r k o w i t z	14:42
87	13	30	154	0.19	What Question to Newt Gingrich would Most Likely Make Him Implode?	tjwalker	08:05
88	12	25	123	0.16	Florida, you gotta smile. Tebow statue, "Mile High Messiah" removed from manger scene	floridagal	13:18
89	11	35	89	0.15	Will Obama Occupy Wall Street?	DSWright	14:10
90	11	17	107	0.15	GOP Candidates Must Take the Petraeus Test on Iran	Avenging Angel	15:19
91	10	155	343	0.25	Daily Kos Elections Weekend Digest: Season's beatings for Newt Gingrich and House Democrats	Steve Singiser	17:00
92	9	47	76	0.20	Midday open thread	Dante Atkins	15:00
93	8	70	149	0.27	Senate agrees to two month payroll tax cut extension	Joan McCarter	09:50
94	7	67	74	0.18	President Obama marks the end of the Iraq War in weekly address	Barbara Morrill	10:30
95	3	91	172	0.20	Robert Reich For President	Ramparts	12:07

Impact total:   55.9

 nrec - Number of recommendations
  ncom - Number of comments
  tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
  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 posts.
   

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2010-12-17 00:04:17 - 2010-12-17 23:59:48
DailyKos posts = 187;  187 per day;  7.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 3713 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	2465	1414	166	959	74
recommend	1414	2656	75	1241	74
write	166	75	173	6	74

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	187	157	92	41	16
commentators	187	187	122	55	12
connections	187	157	148	86	22

Impact statistics from all 187 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.180, average = 0.47, max = 6.06, total =   87.4 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 1.98 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10878
Maximum possible such pairs: 3713 x 173 = 642349
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.693%
Average degree (links/user) = 10878/3713 = 2.930

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EST
1	556	773	6.06	Hippie Punching For Dummies (Updated)	msblucow	13:20
2	459	262	4.95	This Week My Town Stood Up To Teabaggers	ARDem	16:44
3	455	997	5.22	To All the Nice White Progressives	Adept2u	17:56
4	455	390	4.93	The Trivialization of Record-Breaking Economic Inequality	bobswern	05:59
5	449	551	5.00	Dear Government of Sweden ...	Michael Moore	00:20
6	405	247	4.34	Update from Gillibrand! 9/11 Bill: Jon Stewart's Must-See Episode	Scott Wooledge	09:03
7	303	425	3.36	Dear Michael Moore	Blue Platypus	19:03
8	275	702	3.35	UPDATED x 2:The view from the grassroots OFA sidelines	E c l e c t a b l o g	09:08
9	208	163	2.24	On Being Poor II	r e x y m e t e o r i t e	18:21
10	191	467	2.33	President Obama To Meet With Labor Leaders Today	TomP	09:18

Double Bonus Election Year Bonanza Feature: One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2009-12-16 00:00:41 - 2009-12-16 23:51:49
DailyKos posts = 380;  380 per day; 15.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 5794 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	3933	2157	361	1587	172
recommend	2157	4013	173	1855	172
write	361	173	367	5	172

Posts

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	380	336	131	47	19
commentators	380	380	192	83	26
connections	380	336	260	114	30

Impact statistics from all 380 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.106, average = 0.45, max = 17.15, total =  171.3 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 4.48 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 21921
Maximum possible such pairs: 5794 x 367 = 2126398
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.031%
Average degree (links/user) = 21921/5794 = 3.783

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EST
1	1568	1510	17.15	No One Is Going To Save You Fools	t h e r e i s n o s p o o n	19:28
2	1022	1592	11.47	UPDATEx2: The White House Lashes Out At Howard Dean	s l i n k e r w i n k	13:35
3	970	1103	10.75	Special Comment: Not Health, Not Care, Not Reform	Keith Olbermann	18:55
4	669	681	7.35	Howard Dean writes an op-ed UPDATE!	i n d i e m c e m o p a n t s	16:54
5	648	877	7.15	Barack Obama, Inc.	Cenk Uygur	12:41
6	563	695	6.34	A former Obamabot's letter to the President	cheforacle	10:16
7	493	296	5.36	All Things Considered, I begin to make plans to leave	s m e l l y b e a s t	14:00
8	463	865	5.31	"...he unequivocally caved in...", that is Barack Obama (Video)	i c e b e r g s l i m	00:32
9	456	1265	5.62	UPDATED - Barack Obama: Scapegoat	E c l e c t a b l o g	09:04
10	449	776	5.18	You Don't Have The Stomach For Politics	Nulwee	12:47