High Impact Posts: December 27, 2011

Welcome to coltendarianjoys (user_id 329506) who registered at 2011-12-28 04:24:15 EST, the most recent of 140 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 128 Kogs published 157 posts of which 153 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1754 recommending readers and viewed by 6013; 95 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 34 by 30 or more, and 13 by 100 or more. Commenters (1591) visited 157 posts; 91 had 10 or more commenters, 36 had 30 or more, and 2 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 157 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.180, average = 0.38, max = 5.83, total =   59.7 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.04 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Wed Dec 28 05:00:06 2011 EST.

2011-12-27 00:50:28 - 2011-12-27 23:59:15
DailyKos posts = 157;  157 per day;  6.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2525 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)
Lurkers: 3519 (only view posts)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	view a post	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	1591	822	126	1578	708	10	65
recommend	822	1754	65	1733	932	18	65
write	126	65	128	128	2		65
view	1578	1733	128	6013		3519	65

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	157	153	95	34	13
commentators	157	157	91	36	2
connections	157	153	129	62	16
views	157	157	157	147	79

Impact statistics from all 157 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.180, average = 0.38, max = 5.83, total =   59.7 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.04 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7061
Maximum possible such pairs: 2525 x 128 = 323200
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.185%
Average degree (links/user) = 7061/2525 = 2.796

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 270909
Number of tag size classes: 1162
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (73631 posts)
Singleton tags: 181147 (attached to only one post)
n50: 570 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 745 (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	543	358	2625	5.83	Elder on Wall Street: "There will be violence, mark my words"	Nulwee	11:17
2	322	95	1621	3.42	Wind Power Breakthrough	LeftOfYou	11:21
3	298	199	1557	3.22	Why The Oligarchs Want to Ghettoize The Country	Ray Pensador	02:56
4	235	108	1467	2.53	Obama = "Skinny ghetto crackhead" Keep it classy, Fox News	Ministry Of Truth	11:32
5	223	121	722	2.35	British Guardian published 46 million Americans live in poverty.Land of the free, home of the hungry	Democrats Ramshield	05:21
6	190	195	1351	2.12	Buy your homophobic, AIDS-mocking wall calendar at Amazon and Barnes & Noble today! (UPDATED)	Chrislove	15:37
7	176	194	1214	1.97	American Girl Spit Upon/Terrorized by Ultra-Orthodox Men Sparks Rally of Thousands Against Extremism	The Troubadour	15:37
8	166	226	871	1.92	Romney's Religion	Alan Grayson	18:10
9	141	67	749	1.55	Historians say this may be worst Congress in over a century	Christian Dem in NC	18:08
10	125	89	570	1.42	Mitt Romney has good reason to keep his tax records out of view. Call it the 'WTF' factor	Meteor Blades	15:04
11	108	122	458	1.18	Winning By Any Means Necessary	Something the Dog Said	08:59
12	104	23	528	1.10	Corrupt Corporate GOP Congress to Crush Remaining Retirement Cushions	roseeriter	05:21
13	102	231	337	1.11	Twoesdai Pooties	triciawyse	14:15
14	79	185	576	1.04	Bill Kristol adds his voice to the clamor for a new GOP candidate. C'mon, somebody, anybody, please	Meteor Blades	11:56
15	77	80	291	0.83	Only 5 Days Left for Lifetime DK Subscriptions!	Cedwyn	12:36
16	61	102	472	0.69	Please, I need some friends right now	angrybird	23:09
17	60	19	327	0.65	Percentage increase in National Debt by Presidency	teacherken	22:31
18	56	25	270	0.62	House of Representatives harboring hundreds of online pirates	Chris Bowers	18:32
19	53	299	402	0.74	Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday	Bill in Portland Maine	08:21
20	46	60	109	0.49	Top Comments: Musings on Memories Edition	brillig	22:00
21	44	21	180	0.48	Minimum wage goes up in 8 states on Jan. 1	Laura Clawson	14:42
22	42	68	187	0.48	Catholics, come home...unless you are GLBT	rserven	14:00
23	38	9	59	0.40	Indians 101: Suppressing Indian Journalism	Ojibwa	10:42
24	37	46	145	0.42	Catholic Cardinal Francis George compares LGBT community to the Ku Klux Klan	Scott Wooledge	10:38
25	37	298	511	0.91	NE-Sen: Democrat Ben Nelson reportedly will announce retirement	David Nir	13:33
26	35	40	227	0.42	Last week of the subscription drive, and the Evolution of Everything!	kos	10:30
27	34	235	66	0.37	J Town: Got Post? December  27, 2011	JanF	10:30
28	34	39	74	0.36	Burying my father.	ruleoflaw	10:31
29	34	93	206	0.54	Newt Gingrich lying about circumstances of first divorce	Hunter	17:15
30	31	70	293	0.42	Why Is DKos Running So Slow?	Jon Stafford	01:39
31	31	50	74	0.34	Romney Should Stick to Topics He Knows, Like Downsizing, and Stop Hating on Detroit	Muskegon Critic	14:22
32	31	43	153	0.35	Parenting a Child With Autism - Travel	coquiero	12:28
33	31	24	109	0.33	Random Musings After Visiting My Dad, Who Has Alzheimers	Keith930	16:46
34	30	143	93	0.35	Favorite Songs: New Year Edition	poligirl	20:51
35	29	109	138	0.35	RKBA: Got Militia?	theatre goon	18:17
36	27	45	49	0.28	Overnight News Digest: "Fly Like An Eagle" Edition	wader	23:59
37	27	12	62	0.29	You Know Who You Are ~Thank You!	Renee	22:20
38	26	244	49	0.27	What's Happenin'? 12.27.11	joanneleon	09:20
39	26	17	48	0.27	High Impact Posts: December 26, 2011	jotter	10:18
40	26	50	213	0.38	Obama will ask for increase in debt ceiling	Hunter	15:45
41	26	12	95	0.27	Attapue Forest Under Attack	ban nock	13:14
42	25	13	92	0.28	Washington state minimum wage increase brings workers above the poverty line	Laura Clawson	16:10
43	25	5	52	0.26	Just a Few Days Left to Get Us There	The Fat Lady Sings	08:56
44	25	8	135	0.27	Who Am I?	zenbassoon	15:22
45	24	130	234	0.50	Rick Perry sues to get on Virginia ballot	David Nir	19:30
46	24	59	82	0.32	Open Thread for Night Owls: The worst economic ideas of the year	Meteor Blades	23:30
47	24	26	117	0.26	What Do They Call a Black President? If You Are Fox News You Call Him a "Ghetto Crackhead"	c h a u n c e y d e v e g a	14:53
48	23	19	89	0.25	Occupy Boston: Sidelined? Transition? Both?	UnaSpenser	13:32
49	23	11	303	0.26	The Republican Cloakroom - an awkward moment that I'll never forget	Joe Sestak	16:01
50	22	29	246	0.29	She's Dying	Gen Xangster	12:31
51	20	9	65	0.22	TFA: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE	teacherken	10:32
52	19	4	77	0.20	We Never Forget - 1913 Massacre	hairylarry	22:14
53	19	38	171	0.27	Ron Paul to Jews in WWII: Good Luck you are on your own	volleyboy1	19:56
54	19	37	112	0.23	Teach for America - A hidden curriculum?	iTeachQ	16:44
55	19	35	239	0.25	As a Jew myself, this is disturbing and disgusting to hear about.	Brainwrap	10:56
56	19	19	89	0.20	Can't Breathe? Too F'n Bad!	Sychotic1	14:35
57	19	4	119	0.20	It only took 1,500 years	wiscmass	16:23
58	18	56	159	0.28	Michele Bachmann gets non-endorsement endorsement from Tea Party Express	Kaili Joy Gray	12:41
59	18	26	184	0.24	Newt: End Separation of Church/State	stonedoubt	14:29
60	18	18	129	0.20	Iris scan identification systems -- the new gold rush?	Cartoon Peril	19:03
61	18	6	79	0.20	Still Kicking	full of hope	11:03
62	17	46	154	0.23	Lost Kitty: A huge hurdle	f r u s t r a t e d 1	19:45
63	17	85	171	0.29	As goes the economy, so goes President Obama	DemFromCT	09:15
64	17	22	177	0.20	Help I'm being poisoned	houyhnhnm	12:42
65	16	47	178	0.23	How Do I Go Bankrupt?	Seattle Mark	19:59
66	16	45	115	0.27	Mitt Romney attacks Newt Gingrich for supporting taxpayer-funded abortions	Kaili Joy Gray	11:59
67	16	10	82	0.18	Anti-censorship momentum: GoDaddy also says it doesn't support PIPA in face of growing boycott	Chris Bowers	15:01
68	16	4	69	0.17	Dawn @ Vesta in Low Altitude Orbit	jim in IA	11:06
69	15	54	117	0.26	Romney campaign defends Mitt's conservative credentials despite his own past statements	Laura Clawson	17:56
70	15	51	134	0.23	It Does Not Matter If The Iranians Get Nuclear Weapons	Jon Stafford	19:12
71	15	13	69	0.16	Dear mystery donor	randallt	13:18
72	15	12	57	0.16	Street Prophets Coffee Hour: Pandering Bunk	Ojibwa	17:08
73	15	11	88	0.18	Serfdom and the Idiocy of the American Right	t h e r e i s n o s p o o n	10:35
74	14	88	152	0.28	Iowa blues: Republicans working to discount the results	DemFromCT	11:36
75	14	51	164	0.21	Ben Nelson Retires	maxomai	16:46
76	14	35	145	0.22	Animation: Donald Trump might still run??!? (actual audio)	s c o t t b a t e m a n	09:50
77	14	11	62	0.16	Cash mobs support local business, but can they create change?	Laura Clawson	10:00
78	14	10	161	0.16	Arpaio's Deputies Commit Manslaughter	Go Go Go Everton	17:35
79	14	8	42	0.16	Congress gets richer and the gap between government and working people grows	Laura Clawson	11:51
80	13	46	160	0.19	How Romney can still lose	Chris Bowers	12:50
81	13	19	185	0.17	After extorting the Illinois General Assembly, Sears announces store closures	Downstate Democrat	20:08
82	12	129	370	0.42	Open thread: Sa-rah! Sa-rah! Sa-rah!	Kaili Joy Gray	18:00
83	12	85	311	0.28	Sears Closing 120 Stores....I wonder why	SuzieQ4624	11:06
84	12	23	106	0.16	Do we work for the Market, or does it work for Us?	barath	11:20
85	12	20	277	0.18	Help. No neurosurgical care for "units" over 70 under Obamacare?	MillieNeon	11:47
86	11	58	109	0.21	Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Big Ideas	Georgia Logothetis	07:30
87	5	46	81	0.15	Midday open thread	Kaili Joy Gray	15:00
88	2	353	144	0.26	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 12/27	David Nir	10:43
89	2	87	552	0.32	Snobery at Daily Kos	lehrbob007	16:09
90	1	164	343	0.25	Grand Jury and Media Manufactured "Penn State Sex Scandal"	aurabass	16:38

Impact total:   54.6

 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.
   

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2010-12-27 00:01:04 - 2010-12-27 23:55:56
DailyKos posts = 108;  108 per day;  4.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2688 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1777	911	90	811	35
recommend	911	1816	35	905	35
write	90	35	96	6	35

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	108	84	63	30	14
commentators	108	108	93	45	6
connections	108	84	103	66	17

Impact statistics from all 108 posts.
min = 0.03, median = 0.229, average = 0.52, max = 3.53, total =   56.3 bharns
r50 = 11 (at 1.38 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7141
Maximum possible such pairs: 2688 x 96 = 258048
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.767%
Average degree (links/user) = 7141/2688 = 2.657

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EST
1	310	179	3.38	Vote: "Ass Clown of the Year!" (Round 6, final two!!! -"Beck" vs "Fox News Viewers")	Hlinko	10:21
2	307	225	3.28	Taking money back from Wall Street	gjohnsit	13:31
3	272	479	3.18	Liberals Can't Sell Their Vision Correctly	webranding	06:41
4	259	995	3.53	Obama Is Going After Teachers' Unions	Karen Hedwig Backman	16:23
5	245	125	2.61	When I Was Well	Stranded Wind	22:24
6	223	105	2.40	Don't smoke pot... but ...	xxdr zombiexx	13:10
7	202	201	2.21	World Has Had Enough Of U.S. Imperialism	Edger	12:24
8	192	266	2.20	Russell Pearce to Deny 14th Amendment Birthright in AZ	Desert Rose	09:17
9	155	89	1.68	Conservatives mistake "Constitution" for "Articles of Confederation"	t h e f o u r t h b r a n c h	14:51
10	142	234	1.54	The Grieving Room: Sending My Dad Home	Kitsap River	20:08

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

2009-12-26 00:00:28 - 2009-12-26 23:52:06
DailyKos posts = 156;  156 per day;  6.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 3545 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	2233	1226	146	935	74
recommend	1226	2534	75	1307	74
write	146	75	151	4	74

Posts

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	156	137	85	35	13
commentators	156	156	120	47	13
connections	156	137	140	78	20

Impact statistics from all 156 posts.
min = 0.02, median = 0.187, average = 0.53, max = 6.84, total =   83.2 bharns
r50 = 9 (at 2.13 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10325
Maximum possible such pairs: 3545 x 151 = 535295
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.929%
Average degree (links/user) = 10325/3545 = 2.913

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EST
1	608	777	6.84	Mr. President: The Republicans Want To Destroy You	Laurence Lewis	15:26
2	606	296	6.52	Media notices GOP Hypocrisy in Health Care Debate	funluvn1	04:43
3	538	910	5.91	"Corporatism"	Jeffrey Feldman	12:48
4	486	373	5.28	HCR Bill - a Frenchman's viewpoint [UPDATE]	French Imp	10:30
5	400	210	4.25	Nation reporter unmasks extraordinary rendition-like subfields run by ICE	Lets Breakthrough	07:16
6	355	541	3.93	Lies, Damned Lies, and Airstrikes	Meteor Blades	16:44
7	285	70	2.99	My Story	Julie Gulden	20:57
8	248	174	2.64	Sarah Foxwell, 11	noweasels	00:45
9	228	161	2.46	HCR Bill - a British perspective	Morus	22:34
10	169	304	2.13	Poll: "Ass Clown of the Year" (Round 1)	Hlinko	10:00