High Impact Posts: April 22, 2012

Yesterday 131 Kogs posted 145 posts of which 143 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2029 recommending readers; 96 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 49 by 30 or more, and 15 by 100 or more. Commenters (1680) visited 144 posts; 89 had 10 or more commenters, 35 had 30 or more, and 7 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 145 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.201, average = 0.46, max = 4.29, total =   67.3 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 1.04 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon Apr 23 05:00:08 2012 EDT.

2012-04-22 00:00:04 - 2012-04-22 23:50:27
DailyKos posts = 163;  163 per day;  6.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 2588 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)
Lurkers: 3210 (only view posts)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	view a post	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	1548	917	148	1539	557	5	74
recommend	917	1954	74	1937	1037	13	74
write	148	74	151	151	3		74
view	1539	1937	151	5776		3210	74

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	163	160	107	45	17
commentators	163	163	88	32	1
connections	163	160	132	63	21
views	163	163	162	150	71

Impact statistics from all 163 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.179, average = 0.42, max = 3.90, total =   67.8 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 1.06 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7629
Maximum possible such pairs: 2588 x 151 = 390788
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.952%
Average degree (links/user) = 7629/2588 = 2.948

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 282515
Number of tag size classes: 1177
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (74664 posts)
Singleton tags: 188852 (attached to only one post)
n50: 583 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 762 (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	EDT
1	363	95	1935	3.90	Fox News Apparently Fabricated Obama's "Silver Spoon" Quote	Dartagnan	17:03
2	267	102	1205	2.80	Banksters: "Oh No! A De Facto Moratorium on Foreclosures." Kamala Harris: "Damned Straight!"	jpmassar	00:12
3	247	134	572	2.62	Trying to Score Birth Control in 2012	Flying Squirrel	15:37
4	239	118	1195	2.56	New Crime: Owning Home While Black	Steven D	15:34
5	181	154	785	1.92	The OPOL Report	One Pissed Off Liberal	10:50
6	175	136	916	1.92	Supreme Court to review first-sale doctrine in copyright law	Felix	17:06
7	173	66	951	1.86	Take That, "Yardwork is for Men" Neighbor!	Noddy	17:10
8	167	265	639	1.82	Thank You President Obama! I was helped by the $26 Billion Settlement. That's why I'm a Democrat!	j o e d e m o c r a t	10:18
9	167	88	535	1.76	Tree Climbers: It Was Supposed to Get Better (help is really needed please)  [updated]	timewarp	13:29
10	166	244	959	1.83	"A woman should never go where she will be raped."	rb137	15:23
11	148	47	543	1.58	Retail-Too-Big-To-Jail? "Vast" $24mm Wal-Mart de Mexico Bribe Scam Exposed In NYT	bobswern	07:04
12	144	127	1069	1.64	Nugent is finally getting Dixie Chick'd - by the Army	Vyan	12:22
13	144	192	412	1.65	Republicans manufacture a crisis for the Postal Service, and too many Democrats go along	Laura Clawson	08:55
14	130	136	307	1.38	First Nations News & Views: Lamanites aren't us, Ely Parker and Johnny Depp reprises sidekick role	navajo	19:00
15	127	57	405	1.33	Let’s Send MinistryOfTruth (Jesse LaGreca) to NN’12—All We Need Are Your VOTES!	peregrine kate	19:30
16	110	97	844	1.22	AP: U.S. Soldiers Promised Massacre Days Before Bales' Alleged Rampage , Including Children.	Ralph Lopez	19:02
17	108	108	571	1.23	Grassley calls for boycott of Coca-Cola for ditching ALEC	Christian Dem in NC	09:55
18	96	54	146	1.00	Earth Day 2012 - A Photo Diary	Haole in Hawaii	13:22
19	95	67	456	1.06	For Those Who Say Their Vote Doesn't Matter	Crashing Vor	09:42
20	92	19	505	0.96	Once They Were Heard They Were Downgraded To Second Class Citizens	La Feminista	07:11
21	91	54	614	0.98	Pedophilia and the Religious Right	Frederick Clarkson	18:19
22	91	114	191	0.98	Manning Marable wins posthumous Pulitzer for his biography of Malcolm X	Denise Oliver Velez	17:00
23	90	53	211	0.94	Bridge Warriors of Wisconsin and Walker's Dismal Job On Jobs	noise of rain	12:51
24	84	52	324	0.91	#sekritarmy takes over Earth (pooties, woozles, critters and stuff)	whoknu	15:05
25	78	130	155	0.83	Dawn Chorus:  Fuzzy	lineatus	09:00
26	76	53	335	0.83	Zimmerman, Martin, and a Lack of Responsibility	Totalitari Dan	23:50
27	67	152	330	0.79	Prof. Jack Balkin on 'Living Originalism' and the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act	Armando	13:00
28	66	69	416	0.75	France 2012: Hollande, Sarkozy in runoff, right-winger LePen with record showing	MrLiberal	18:05
29	58	60	169	0.62	The Top 1 Percent got 93% of the Gains	jamess	22:40
30	58	107	243	0.65	Sunday Talk: Rich in flavor	Silly Rabbit	00:00
31	54	54	179	0.57	Anti-Capitalist Meet Up: Pelt the President with the Pill	TPau	18:00
32	51	233	448	0.89	The five types of political friends on Facebook	Georgia Logothetis	11:00
33	50	272	79	0.53	J Town: Got Post? April 22, 2012	JanF	10:30
34	45	25	200	0.48	The Price We Pay	veritas curat	10:23
35	42	79	147	0.45	Top Comments: Growing Tomatoes Edition	S t e v e n i n g e n	22:00
36	42	20	154	0.46	Hospitals Overcharge Uninsured Patients	The Nephew	16:13
37	41	68	292	0.49	We're Getting Played by the GOP	Kurt Sperry	10:13
38	39	15	203	0.41	A Kossack needs our help (LINK FIXED!)	Swedish Jewfish	16:06
39	38	34	88	0.40	Safe and Sound	Lonely Texan	14:53
40	36	35	302	0.41	Olbermann's "This Week" Debut: George Will denies that automation drives down demand for labor	RfrancisR	20:19
41	35	58	116	0.39	Eat Those Dandelions! [Updated]	Wee Mama	20:58
42	34	48	182	0.38	I can't support the Boy Scouts	JamieG from Md	23:21
43	31	31	67	0.33	Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Earth Day 2012 edition)	Neon Vincent	00:13
44	30	3	67	0.31	Life and Death	rserven	12:21
45	30	10	102	0.31	From the Pacific Northwest to the Desert Southwest, Conserving The Future	Stuart Heady	18:04
46	29	13	153	0.32	Whole foods bans unsustainable seafood	g n o s t r a d a m u s	13:52
47	27	35	163	0.31	When choosing the path, I seem to always choose the psychopath.	jbou	21:42
48	27	19	87	0.29	UN to investigate plight of US Native Americans	beach babe in fl	22:31
49	27	17	68	0.29	Sunday Train: Should Cap&Trade Funds finance the California HSR?	BruceMcF	20:00
50	26	77	168	0.41	Anatomy of a middle class tax return	Dante Atkins	19:00
51	26	15	106	0.27	Campaigning in Wisconsin. Sunday in the park with Pat and Diane.	Mike Kahlow	22:08
52	25	51	167	0.28	I Can't Go Home	JTinDC	12:07
53	25	13	64	0.26	Ads for "Protect All N.C. Families" are ready	The Nephew	22:13
54	24	47	43	0.25	What's Happenin'? 4.22.12	joanneleon	09:59
55	24	31	69	0.27	Morning Open Thread: Solar Suitcases - Saving Women's Lives During Childbirth	JaxDem	06:30
56	24	32	36	0.25	The Inoculation Project 4/22/2012: Frog Guts and Weather	belinda ridgewood	10:00
57	24	27	77	0.30	Fracking everything up	Matt Wuerker	08:30
58	24	10	66	0.26	Tree-People Along the Wild Mile (Photo Diary)	Ojibwa	18:59
59	23	22	135	0.27	No Morning After Pill for you! Wisconsin-Planned Parenthood Suspends Option after Walker Penalizes	Horace Boothroyd III	12:04
60	23	19	47	0.24	15 Minute Science -- Earth Day	palantir	16:15
61	23	9	83	0.25	Congress Holds Sham Hearing On Voter ID Laws Featuring James O'Keefe	News Corpse	13:00
62	22	7	91	0.24	Earth Day 2012: Over 800 (and Counting) Dead Dolphins 'Mysteriously' Wash Up on Peru's Shores	eXtina	18:29
63	21	13	42	0.22	Week's High Impact Posts: April 14 - 20, 2012	jotter	13:52
64	21	12	35	0.22	Hill Country Ride for AIDS - who your money helps	a n o t h e r d e m o c r a t	16:02
65	21	6	176	0.23	'ALEC' Has Been Forced To REAR ITS UGLY HEAD At Last!	t h i n k i n g b l u e	17:20
66	20	7	39	0.21	My First Earth Day	Alan Grayson	15:46
67	19	120	147	0.33	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Close presidential race, for now, but then what?	DemFromCT	07:23
68	19	56	103	0.30	Open thread for night owls	Hunter	23:30
69	19	24	51	0.20	High Impact Posts: April 21, 2012	jotter	13:41
70	19	20	104	0.21	Nevada's State of Play in 2012 (Congressional Edition!)	atdnext	11:43
71	19	18	121	0.22	My Nemesis	Noddy	10:57
72	19	11	139	0.22	Dr. Strangelove, or How the GOP Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Mitt.	Panhandle Pastor	22:44
73	18	53	143	0.29	A guide to reading polls and preserving your sanity	Steve Singiser	21:00
74	18	15	111	0.20	The White House Effect?	A Siegel	13:01
75	18	7	90	0.20	Young People's Pavilion: Jane Yolen "able to fly home without a plane"	The Book Bear	18:00
76	17	30	204	0.21	French Election Results Map	jncca	21:06
77	17	13	52	0.18	Pique the Geek 20120422:  The Isotope Effect	Translator	21:00
78	17	8	80	0.18	An Open Letter to Scott Walker	PvtJarHead	08:52
79	16	55	78	0.19	WAYWO: Dressy shawl	vgranucci	19:02
80	16	7	34	0.17	Solar Activity ? SDO Greatest Hits	jim in IA	09:55
81	15	15	92	0.17	Orcs in a Trance: the GOP really ARE zombies	arendt	18:29
82	15	14	38	0.16	Brothers and Sisters: Bach's St. John Passion	memiller	20:57
83	15	10	106	0.17	Au-revoir Monsieur Sarkosky	The BigotBasher	18:55
84	15	3	42	0.16	Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)	Ed Tracey	11:30
85	14	105	288	0.22	Prosecution Blindsided in Zimmerman's 'Anything But Routine' Bail Hearing	eXtina	15:23
86	14	76	43	0.17	Brothers and Sisters: Care for all...	mommyof3	20:32
87	14	70	99	0.26	Midday open thread	Laurence Lewis	15:00
88	14	52	33	0.15	Giving Up Smoking: Life is a Carnival	bgblcklab1	20:18
89	14	23	196	0.18	The Mother Of All Romney Flip Flops: Catching Bin Laden Not Important	bhfrik	05:31
90	13	57	204	0.22	Real Estate Agent Bothering Your Squat? Get a Restraining Order	Horace Boothroyd III	01:02
91	13	10	89	0.15	Bain Capital, Domino's Pizza and the Real Romney Record on Jobs	RDemocrat	18:34
92	10	32	238	0.15	New Questions about Orly Taitz	the Roaring Girl	16:18
93	8	43	143	0.17	How to deal with smart climate deniers?	EcoMorph	13:42
94	8	37	101	0.15	Getting rid of false abortion choices	p h i l l y p r o f e s s o r	11:16
95	6	50	144	0.16	Is the Christian God a Sexist God?	i c a r u s v e r u m	01:25
96	3	93	403	0.23	Failed Area 51 flight 4/22/2012 (need expert speculation, pleeze, with poll))	Miss my village	22:44

Impact total:   62.8

 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

2011-04-23 00:04:56 - 2011-04-23 23:38:25
DailyKos posts = 145;  145 per day;  6.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 2681 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1680	1034	125	587	66
recommend	1034	2029	66	995	66
write	125	66	131	6	66

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	145	143	96	49	15
commentators	145	144	89	35	7
connections	145	143	123	70	20

Impact statistics from all 145 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.201, average = 0.46, max = 4.29, total =   67.3 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 1.04 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7799
Maximum possible such pairs: 2681 x 131 = 351211
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.221%
Average degree (links/user) = 7799/2681 = 2.909

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EDT
1	398	212	4.29	The Rapidly "Weakening" Tea Party	Vyan	18:40
2	302	463	3.48	Am I the only one starting to resent Saturday Hatemail?	Matt Z	15:06
3	267	173	2.88	Schizophrenia	Julie Waters	19:26
4	262	71	2.74	WI: This What Democracy REALLY Looks Like OR What Invisible Woman and Mr. Fantastic Have Been Up To!	i n v i s i b l e w o m a n	20:14
5	256	217	2.82	"Voting is not a right" - MN Rep Zellers(R)	blue aardvark	11:13
6	237	275	2.61	Major FAIL: Tea Party Proponent Attempts to Refute Accusations of Racism	psychodrew	14:58
7	235	131	2.47	My experience with Daily Kos in Iraq	slothlax	17:29
8	160	44	1.69	Will Fired Deputies Rat On Joe Arpaio?	Mother Mags	04:27
9	146	560	1.93	Markos: Don't be a jerk	it really is that important	21:29
10	128	53	1.35	Case Against Blackwater Reinstated	noweasels	01:42

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

2008-04-22 00:00:20 - 2008-04-22 23:57:50
DailyKos posts = 463;  463 per day; 19.3 per hour
Active Kogs: 6602 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	5032	2393	382	2434	177
recommend	2393	3921	180	1525	177
write	382	180	427	42	177

Posts

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	463	396	185	56	24
commentators	463	461	300	131	42
connections	463	396	382	182	56

Impact statistics from all 463 posts.
min = 0.00, median = 0.158, average = 0.42, max = 8.01, total =  193.9 bharns
r50 = 29 (at 1.46 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 23824
Maximum possible such pairs: 6602 x 427 = 2819054
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.845%
Average degree (links/user) = 23824/6602 = 3.609

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EDT
1	716	787	8.01	Pony Up, Bitches (Updated)	RenaRF	21:31
2	599	370	6.33	Hallelujah ... cutting off Monsanto at its fundamental claim.	S c a r e d h u m a n	19:44
3	475	250	5.04	SCANDAL:  V.A. chief lied about U.S. soldier suicides	GregMitch	12:34
4	471	391	5.26	(Updated with Proof!) Voting Problems Reported in PA: Election Reform Needed	epic	11:07
5	460	377	5.15	Clintonistas Target Delegates Final-IV	rlharry	08:49
6	426	342	4.75	What in the Hell Was I Thinking?	Hillary Is My Homegirl	20:10
7	419	125	4.46	I know Barack has one more vote now than he did this morning	gman	15:17
8	414	253	4.44	Landscaping as if Water Mattered	NoMoreLies	15:27
9	391	116	4.18	SEIU Goes Big for Obama in PA	prounion proworker	13:08
10	353	566	4.32	ACTION WORKED!  Update on Muslim-Smear on Church Sign in South Carolina PLUS MORE ACTION NEEDED	foxsucks81	11:36