Week's High Impact Posts: December 10-16, 2011

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Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 at 8:25:20am PST

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This week 830 Kogs published 1613 posts of which 1558 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 4752 recommending readers and viewed by 11477; 1004 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 438 by 30 or more, and 133 by 100 or more. Commenters (5290) visited 1613 posts; 836 had 10 or more commenters, 347 had 30 or more, and 36 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 1613 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.184, average = 0.42, max = 8.09, total = 675.0 bharns
r50 = 141 (at 1.05 bharns)
Also includes tables of readers awarding and authors receiving the most recommendations.

2011-12-10 00:01:28 - 2011-12-16 23:58:18
DailyKos posts = 1613; 230 per day; 9.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 6842 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)
Lurkers: 4699 (only view posts)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	view a post	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	5290	3203	827	5255	1785	13	525
recommend	3203	4752	525	4701	1549	29	525
write	827	525	830	828	3		525
view	5255	4701	828	11477		4699	525

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	1613	1558	1004	438	133
commentators	1613	1613	836	347	36
connections	1613	1558	1256	638	187
views	1613	1613	1593	1418	702

Impact statistics from all 1613 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.184, average = 0.42, max = 8.09, total = 675.0 bharns
r50 = 141 (at 1.05 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 64279
Maximum possible such pairs: 6842 x 830 = 5678860
Network Density (observed/possible): 1.132%
Average degree (links/user) = 64279/6842 = 9.395

Up to 100 posts, those with impact > 1.00, 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	date
1	768	259	2366	8.09	I got buzzed today and it changed my life (Update).	David Kroning II	12/14
2	732	707	4363	8.06	Holy Cow: 60 Minutes Interview Just Got POTUS Reelected in 2012. UPDATED w/Video	ericlewis0	12/11
3	668	209	2089	6.99	Before, I lurked. Now I speak. (Updated-w/ tears)	shesaid	12/13
4	515	160	2055	5.43	Daily Kos saved my life	Ministry Of Truth	12/15
5	494	279	1775	5.23	The mainstream German magazine Spiegel asks has the United States of America become an Oligarchy?	Democrats Ramshield	12/13
6	486	169	2520	5.12	No!	The Troubadour	12/10
7	476	330	1900	5.07	Krugman: ?It?s time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression.?	bobswern	12/12
8	464	151	2584	4.99	Lawrence Wilkerson: Republican response to the end of Iraq War "may cause me to leave this party"	E c l e c t a b l o g	12/15
9	452	317	1861	4.81	Stiglitz In Vanity Fair: Our "parallel with the Depression [may] take on a tragic new dimension?	bobswern	12/14
10	442	287	1772	4.73	Around Wisconsin: Rumors, Pictures and Announcement Today - Update at Noon (CST)	noise of rain	12/14
11	437	115	1269	4.58	We lobbied Congress IN PERSON to support Sen. Sanders Constitutional Amendment. This is our story	Ministry Of Truth	12/11
12	427	147	1582	4.48	Nuclear Regulatory Meltdown: Four NRC Commisioners Conspire with Republicans in Coup Attempt	Fish Outof Water	12/16
13	413	510	2228	4.50	Admiral McRaven: Obama "smartest guy in the room"	Exurban Mom	12/14
14	407	294	2427	4.33	Breaking: Bubbling ... the news isn't good	A Siegel	12/12
15	384	175	1370	4.11	Oboy! Another way to deal with joblessness: Debtors' prisons	Meteor Blades	12/14
16	378	328	1463	4.07	"If I Were a Poor Black Kid" BUT YOU'RE NOT!!	mallyroyal	12/13
17	378	196	2108	4.09	When "You're Just F**ing Stupd" is the Charitable Explanation	Crashing Vor	12/15
18	370	1082	1381	4.09	Processing the President's Disdain for Due Process	priceman	12/15
19	367	160	1905	3.91	He is the poster boy for brainwashed right wing America. An American expat's view from the E.U.	Democrats Ramshield	12/15
20	356	198	1386	3.75	UPDATEx4, FREED and Published My Nephew Arrested by NYPD for Tweeting OWS News	Catskill Julie	12/13
21	354	877	2079	3.80	Updates: So Kos asked me to share a story........	Onomastic	12/10
22	348	271	1608	3.74	Occupy Oakland: THEY DID IT!!! Port is SHUT DOWN. Updates.	jpmassar	12/12
23	342	449	1019	3.72	NOT SATIRE: U.S. Calls Upon Russia to Respect Rights of Peaceful Protesters	The Troubadour	12/10
24	340	105	763	3.56	Occupy Boston: a short update since my arrest	UnaSpenser	12/13
25	324	80	2094	3.42	Daily Kos looks different to me	teacherken	12/11
26	323	177	1403	3.42	More Threats and Violence Directed at WI Recall Volunteers; UPDATE: First Walkergate Arrest!	Giles Goat Boy	12/13
27	323	166	2908	3.44	Delete my f%#ing lifetime subscription, Kos	occams hatchet	12/14
28	319	330	1975	3.65	Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)	Addison	12/16
29	319	82	883	3.35	Confessions of a Job Creator	doorguy	12/12
30	314	169	1564	3.32	Recall Walker: And The Number Is...	noise of rain	12/15
31	308	150	974	3.27	ENOUGH! Watch NYPD Physically Prevent NYTimes Journalist from Covering #OWS Police Arrests (12/12)	The Troubadour	12/14
32	296	128	2213	3.14	I'm Sorry Everyone...	The Troubadour	12/12
33	295	203	1745	3.17	Higgs Boson Announcement v4.0 -- EVIDENCE - UPDATE-LIVEBLOG LINK	science	12/12
34	294	102	539	3.09	Saving Our Democracy	Senator Bernie Sanders	12/11
35	291	93	1486	3.05	I've been putting this off	Moody Loner	12/16
36	284	170	1397	3.07	Senator Wall St ADMITS the TBTF Banks must screw over consumers in order to pull down record profits	Ministry Of Truth	12/13
37	275	159	1152	2.95	Seriously, are they trying to radicalize women?	Themselves	12/16
38	269	262	1420	3.00	Democratic Senator To MORE IT Workers: No More Pay For Your Overtime Work	j i l l w k l a u s e n	12/11
39	264	171	1007	2.82	Bank of America : You May Steal My Home But You Cannot Take My Will To See You Destroyed - You Lose!	twigg	12/13
40	264	138	638	2.79	Saving Our Democracy	US Senator Bernie Sanders	12/16
41	263	210	539	2.79	So Long, Tiger: A Cat's Tale	blue jersey mom	12/12
42	256	235	1486	2.85	Gay veteran to Romney: 'I'm not equal? Say it to my face.'	Scott Wooledge	12/12
43	251	275	1093	2.78	If I Were a Mediocre White Man I Would Write an Advice Column For Poor Black Kids in Forbes Magazine	c h a u n c e y d e v e g a	12/13
44	242	182	1132	2.65	NOT Breaking: McCain is sore loser and disrespects our Commander in Chief	Dave in AZ	12/15
45	242	180	1062	2.61	Police Test Laser to Blind Protesters	Horace Boothroyd III	12/11
46	239	348	1502	2.56	I said no. A DK subscription diary.	Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN	12/11
47	238	99	823	2.49	Two Debuts For indiemcemopants	Richard Lyon	12/13
48	237	142	1409	2.50	Has anyone looked at you like this before?	i n d i e m c e m o p a n t s	12/11
49	233	535	1652	2.76	Ron Paul's Eye-Opening Ad on our Wars. This Ad Needs to go Viral.	Education Reform	12/10
50	233	151	1247	2.63	Fox News attacks Mitt Romney in classic Fox News style	Hunter	12/14
51	226	203	774	2.45	UPDATED! Confessions of a Retail Worker: The philosophy of voluntary poverty (New: Thanks!)	Lightbulb	12/10
52	225	436	964	2.66	Quick! Help me choose two people I can give lifetime Daily Kos subscriptions	Meteor Blades	12/11
53	225	248	1488	2.52	Oh Lordy! Christian Bookstore Stops Selling Bible!	roseeriter	12/16
54	221	224	850	2.47	Lowe's anti-Muslim bigotry spurs Russell Simmons and moveon.org to enter the fray	Meteor Blades	12/13
55	216	53	781	2.27	Kossack Una Spenser is out of jail	Roger Fox	12/10
56	214	212	575	2.33	Got heat? If you're poor, you'll have less than last winter because austerity rulzzzzzzz	Meteor Blades	12/16
57	207	60	946	2.19	This Is Awesome: Anti-gay Troy, MI, mayor schooled at City Council meeting by gay family	Chrislove	12/13
58	205	104	816	2.20	RIP Middle Class	triumph110	12/15
59	202	155	592	2.13	The Growing Poverty Rate in America is Not an Issue. Really, it's Not. It's THE Issue.	Keith930	12/16
60	202	43	850	2.11	Thanking Walker From The Bottom Of My Heart	noise of rain	12/10
61	199	215	532	2.11	I Would Very Much Like the United States to Stop Killing Children	david mizner	12/12
62	196	55	658	2.06	I Really Suck at "Thank You"	Crashing Vor	12/11
63	194	43	509	2.04	Out in the Cold at Age 84: Wisconsin?s Ruthelle Frank Fights for Her Right to Vote	ACLU	12/13
64	192	208	875	2.14	Why Third Way is the greatest threat to American democracy	t h e r e i s n o s p o o n	12/16
65	192	152	519	2.01	Nurse Kelley Sez: I'm gobsmacked, grateful ... and greedy!	KelleyRN2	12/15
66	192	135	1237	2.05	Mayor Quan Exacts Her Petty Revenge.	jpmassar	12/13
67	187	109	944	2.03	Avalanche of Occupy summonses will hit Manhattan courts this week	Meteor Blades	12/12
68	187	107	938	1.98	Murdochgate: Today's NYT ABOVE the Crease: James is Going Downnn	ericlewis0	12/14
69	185	85	629	1.96	Mr LaGreca goes to Washington	Ollie Garkey	12/15
70	183	81	1142	1.95	2xUpdated. BOOM. Rule of Law wins, finally.	route66	12/15
71	178	136	919	1.95	Merry f*%#ing Christmas! UPDATED	Bob Johnson	12/14
72	175	261	783	1.88	A Pootie's Guide to Quantum Physics: I Can Has Higgs Boson?	ursoklevar	12/12
73	175	102	985	1.91	Mitt Romney lied about his stay in France	Lauren Monica	12/16
74	173	99	750	1.82	Did you get your hair cut or something?	H o r s e f e a t h e r s	12/13
75	172	275	670	1.83	'The List' keeps on rocking	Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN	12/15
76	168	326	1497	2.07	Breaking: Iran Hijacked US Drone	Helpless	12/15
77	167	394	602	1.84	Everyone Lacks Confidence in This Administration's Poor Legal Record	priceman	12/13
78	164	104	530	1.75	Highway Overpass Light Brigade: Hey, Waukesha - Let's Recall Walker!	noise of rain	12/10
79	162	72	199	1.68	Help people keep warm and healthy this winter in the Lakota nations	NMRed	12/13
80	155	113	569	1.63	I Owe Someone in this Community a Very Deep Thank You	triciawyse	12/12
81	155	107	329	1.63	Thanks! A Photo Diary	Haole in Hawaii	12/16
82	155	81	945	1.65	"Massa" Rush Limbaugh Wants Black Politicians to Be Sure to Have Their Slave Passes	c h a u n c e y d e v e g a	12/12
83	154	101	611	1.63	New Madrid at 200: A Disaster Deferred?	t e r r y p i n d e r	12/16
84	154	91	811	1.65	I Blame Armando	Frankenoid	12/14
85	152	251	513	1.75	Newt Gingrich is a lousy human being	Laurence Lewis	12/11
86	150	170	797	1.71	Will a Newt Nomination Break the GOP Establishment?	Something the Dog Said	12/14
87	148	80	779	1.57	A Robert Fisk Article That Is A Must Read	La Feminista	12/11
88	148	400	472	1.80	Dating and marrying out: intermarriage and cross-cultural relationships in the?U.S.	Denise Oliver Velez	12/11
89	145	57	1433	1.54	Oh. my. G*d.	marykk	12/12
90	143	120	420	1.59	Warning: 'Fracking' rock to extract gas causes earthquakes. But how big?	Meteor Blades	12/14
91	141	84	795	1.54	Using "Anything" for civil disobedience is a Felony in Texas. 6 Occupiers Charged.	Ollie Garkey	12/13
92	141	82	363	1.55	Why this place is worth $100 (and a lot more)	Bill McKibben	12/14
93	140	102	1280	1.53	Andrew Breitbart is outraged	Scott Wooledge	12/10
94	139	65	662	1.49	The Argument Against Voter ID That You Won't See in the Media	akadjian	12/12
95	139	61	409	1.47	School Janitor	escapee	12/11
96	137	125	498	1.57	California State Sen. Ted Lieu nails Lowe's cowardly anti-Muslim bigotry	Meteor Blades	12/12
97	131	192	445	1.53	Obama administration seeks overseas sales of armed drones	Meteor Blades	12/15
98	130	184	525	1.52	Finally leaving Iraq	kos	12/15
99	129	299	1049	1.61	Obama on the Economy: 'We Didn't Know How Bad It Was'	Avenging Angel	12/14
100	45	581	563	1.47	(Still) searching for the Democratic elevator pitch	Georgia Logothetis	12/11

Impact total: 286.6

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.

The analysis of authors includes total impact, number of posts, and the average impact per post.

Author	impact	posts	imp>0.30	fprec	impact/post
Meteor Blades	26.40	22	21	12	1.20
Jed Lewison	18.10	46	32		0.39
The Troubadour	16.88	8	8	6	2.11
MinistryOfTruth	13.08	3	3	3	4.36
Joan McCarter	12.96	30	22	1	0.43
noise of rain	12.30	5	5	4	2.46
Scott Wooledge	11.55	14	11	5	0.83
ericlewis0	11.03	3	3	3	3.68
Hunter	9.94	14	14	2	0.71
bobswern	9.88	2	2	2	4.94
jpmassar	9.56	9	5	7	1.06
Democrats Ramshield	9.14	2	2	2	4.57
David Kroning II	8.09	1	1	1	8.09
Laura Clawson	7.96	24	11	1	0.33
Horace Boothroyd III	7.92	24	6	4	0.33
kos	7.22	9	9	3	0.80
shesaid	7.14	2	1	1	3.57
Crashing Vor	7.08	4	3	2	1.77
Eclectablog	6.75	4	3	3	1.69
Giles Goat Boy	6.28	4	4	4	1.57
FishOutofWater	6.09	3	2	2	2.03
priceman	6.02	3	2	2	2.01
OllieGarkey	5.70	7	5	4	0.81
teacherken	5.69	14	3	1	0.41
A Siegel	5.17	4	2	1	1.29
Kaili Joy Gray	4.95	11	8		0.45
chaunceydevega	4.81	4	2	2	1.20
blue jersey mom	4.71	4	4	4	1.18
Something the Dog Said	4.63	7	4	3	0.66
Lightbulb	4.58	3	3	3	1.53
Exurban Mom	4.50	1	1	1	4.50
indiemcemopants	4.41	4	2	2	1.10
Chrislove	4.40	4	4	3	1.10
Dr Erich Bloodaxe RN	4.40	2	2	2	2.20
David Nir	4.32	16	5		0.27
Keith930	4.20	5	4	1	0.84
Onomastic	4.10	2	2	1	2.05
mallyroyal	4.07	1	1	1	4.07
UnaSpenser	3.89	2	2	1	1.95
Catskill Julie	3.75	1	1	1	3.75
Addison	3.65	1	1	1	3.65
Ojibwa	3.62	7	6	4	0.52
triciawyse	3.56	3	3	3	1.19
occams hatchet	3.44	1	1	1	3.44
doorguy	3.35	1	1	1	3.35
twigg	3.33	3	2	1	1.11
JanF	3.31	11	6	6	0.30
Moody Loner	3.23	2	1	1	1.62
science	3.17	1	1	1	3.17
Senator Bernie Sanders	3.09	1	1	1	3.09
KelleyRN2	3.08	2	2	2	1.54
jillwklausen	3.00	1	1	1	3.00
Themselves	2.95	1	1	1	2.95
ursoklevar	2.94	2	2	2	1.47
roseeriter	2.94	5	1	1	0.59
Muskegon Critic	2.86	5	4	2	0.57
Dave in AZ	2.84	2	1	1	1.42
Bill in Portland Maine	2.84	5	5		0.57
Richard Lyon	2.83	2	2	1	1.42
US Senator Bernie Sanders	2.79	1	1	1	2.79
Education Reform	2.76	1	1	1	2.76
LaFeminista	2.75	6	3	2	0.46
Roger Fox	2.68	4	2	1	0.67
Joieau	2.66	5	3	2	0.53
Chris Bowers	2.56	4	4	1	0.64
Avenging Angel	2.53	6	1	1	0.42
BruinKid	2.52	6	5	5	0.42
Georgia Logothetis	2.50	5	2		0.50
Lefty Coaster	2.47	7	4	1	0.35
Ray Pensador	2.34	10	2	1	0.23
david mizner	2.26	2	1	1	1.13
thereisnospoon	2.24	2	1	1	1.12
Steve Singiser	2.20	6	4		0.37
triumph110	2.20	1	1	1	2.20
rserven	2.16	4	2	2	0.54
Noddy	2.08	9	2		0.23
Laurence Lewis	2.07	2	2		1.04
Helpless	2.07	1	1	1	2.07
ACLU	2.04	1	1	1	2.04
route66	1.97	2	1	1	0.98
Bob Johnson	1.95	1	1	1	1.95
weatherdude	1.93	2	2	2	0.96
LaurenMonica	1.91	1	1	1	1.91
Black Kos	1.86	2	2	2	0.93
Horsefeathers	1.82	1	1	1	1.82
Denise Oliver Velez	1.80	1	1		1.80
Translator	1.75	5	2	2	0.35
NMRed	1.68	1	1	1	1.68
Frankenoid	1.65	1	1	1	1.65
terrypinder	1.63	1	1	1	1.63
Haole in Hawaii	1.63	1	1	1	1.63
xajaxsingerx	1.60	3	1	1	0.53
Bill McKibben	1.55	1	1	1	1.55
marykk	1.54	1	1	1	1.54
Mother Mags	1.52	2	2	1	0.76
Susan from 29	1.50	2	1	1	0.75
akadjian	1.49	1	1	1	1.49
escapee	1.47	1	1	1	1.47
Sara R	1.46	2	2	1	0.73
Mets102	1.46	3	3	1	0.49

Impact total: 456.7
The analysis of readers includes the
number of recommendations awarded, the number of authors recommended,
the number and percent of their recommendations on the most recommended list (conversion)
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
Horace Boothroyd III	338	235	61	18.05	2.91
BarackStarObama	266	120	43	16.17	2.61
bythesea	247	119	66	26.72	4.31
millwood	225	112	58	25.78	4.16
Larsstephens	209	109	29	13.88	2.24
glorificus	205	143	43	20.98	3.38
annieli	205	79	32	15.61	2.52
blueoasis	192	143	56	29.17	4.70
Setsuna Mudo	178	90	46	25.84	4.17
Hedwig	172	89	18	10.47	1.69
Gooserock	169	142	27	15.98	2.58
bnasley	164	123	78	47.56	7.67
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse	163	105	64	39.26	6.33
JekyllnHyde	159	104	65	40.88	6.59
blueyedace2	156	116	29	18.59	3.00
luckylizard	155	116	29	18.71	3.02
Cedwyn	152	117	48	31.58	5.09
Polly Syllabic	149	99	41	27.52	4.44
Glen The Plumber	144	72	31	21.53	3.47
DawnN	143	112	42	29.37	4.74
Onomastic	143	121	42	29.37	4.74
jayden	142	104	44	30.99	5.00
ExStr8	139	59	30	21.58	3.48
arizonablue	137	108	26	18.98	3.06
jacey	133	94	23	17.29	2.79
bronte17	133	102	53	39.85	6.43
Mentatmark	132	99	44	33.33	5.38
nomandates	131	114	29	22.14	3.57
anodnhajo	127	80	53	41.73	6.73
commonmass	127	97	36	28.35	4.57
Shockwave	127	91	67	52.76	8.51
Angie in WA State	126	89	58	46.03	7.42
JeffW	125	71	18	14.40	2.32
Meteor Blades	125	103	32	25.60	4.13
eeff	124	84	45	36.29	5.85
Ebby	120	95	27	22.50	3.63
navajo	119	69	27	22.69	3.66
Oh Mary Oh	117	99	38	32.48	5.24
blue jersey mom	117	90	40	34.19	5.51
KenBee	115	75	30	26.09	4.21


      rec   number of posts recommended
   authors = number of authors recommended
   TopHits = number of recommended posts in top hit list
conversion = 100 * TopHits/rec; percent of recommended posts on top hit list
     ratio = TopHits/predicted, where
 predicted = ntop * rec/nposts, where
      ntop = number of posts in top hit list = 100
  nposts = total number of posts  = 1613

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter