High Impact Posts: February 14, 2013

Welcome to self13pickle (user_id 674511) who registered at 2013-02-15 04:59:34 EST, the most recent of 1509 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 172 Kogs published 204 posts of which 197 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1999 recommending readers and viewed by 0; 121 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 50 by 30 or more, and 13 by 100 or more. Commenters (1998) visited 204 posts; 116 had 10 or more commenters, 42 had 30 or more, and 5 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 204 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.162, average = 0.37, max = 4.34, total =   75.6 bharns
r50 = 21 (at 0.78 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Fri Feb 15 05:00:09 2013 EST.

2013-02-14 00:15:46 - 2013-02-14 23:58:22
DailyKos posts = 204;  204 per day;  8.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2998 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)
Lurkers: 0 (only view posts)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	view a post	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	1998	1000	171		902	902	75
recommend	1000	1999	75		999	999	75
write	171	75	172		1	1	75
view							75

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	204	197	121	50	13
commentators	204	204	116	42	5
connections	204	197	163	84	21
views	204

Impact statistics from all 204 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.162, average = 0.37, max = 4.34, total =   75.6 bharns
r50 = 21 (at 0.78 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 8942
Maximum possible such pairs: 2998 x 172 = 515656
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.734%
Average degree (links/user) = 8942/2998 = 2.983

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 314323
Number of tag size classes: 1240
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (79641 posts)
Singleton tags: 210819 (attached to only one post)
n50: 606 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 800 (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.
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• For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this post.

rank	nrec	ncom	viewers	impact	post	Author	EST
1	396	191		4.34	Fox News ridicules Desiline Victor, the 102 year old who stood in line to vote	S t e v e n i n g e n	10:25
2	321	94		3.41	There's Something Extraordinary Happening With Drug Offenders in Houston	Grizzard	00:23
3	311	430		3.50	Anti-electric car NYT reviewer LIES about Tesla Model S performance. (Update x2)	KenInCO	16:03
4	275	146		2.96	The Republican Party Hates America.	w e a t h e r d u d e	13:09
5	222	178		2.47	GOP fears party split in 2016	blue aardvark	11:50
6	216	113		2.28	My Personal Funeral Hymn as GMBo2's final hymn tomorrow:	commonmass	15:29
7	191	136		2.03	Taibbi: "How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists. And got away with it.”	bobswern	13:46
8	162	411		2.07	Should Reid resign if Hagel Nomination is held up?	wilbur	12:10
9	147	107		1.60	Boomers Die Hard, if Long-Term Unemployed	Bud Meyers	03:53
10	139	65		1.53	Tea party gun rally fundraiser falls way short. Did backers spend all their money on ammo?	Meteor Blades	16:16
11	129	60		1.37	My turn in the family health hotseat	Serpents Choice	01:49
12	121	84		1.31	Sanders-Boxer climate protection bill includes carbon fee for nearly 3,000 top fossil fuel polluters	Meteor Blades	14:17
13	106	42		1.12	Elderly diabetic Latino held in Arpaio's jail 6 months for using fake SSN. He was innocent.	Mother Mags	22:45
14	95	75		1.08	Nugent at SOTU Proves he's a Bigger Douche-Nozzle Than Ever by Attacking A Gun Victim	Vyan	20:40
15	91	51		0.98	NRA front group funds candidates for judgeships to weaken gun control and defendants' rights	Meteor Blades	12:38
16	78	45		0.82	Forward on Climate: The Ringwraiths of Despair	James Wells	17:54
17	78	14		0.82	Another day in the (gun crazy) U.S.A.	Tom Begnal	16:37
18	70	65		0.79	FreedomWorks gets their kink on	Horace Boothroyd III	08:24
19	68	65		0.81	Pelosi uses her grandmother voice to call Boehner a giant wimp	Kaili Joy Gray	11:57
20	67	43		0.72	Breaking: Illinois Senate Says 'I Heart' Marriage Equality 34-21.	jpmassar	15:11
21	66	188		0.91	FreedomWorks used female interns to film fake sex scene of a panda having sex with Hillary Clinton	Jed Lewison	09:55
22	65	83		0.78	Florida shows no love to 3.1 million Canadian tourists	paul2port	21:13
23	63	277		1.16	Republican filibuster blocks Senate vote on Hagel nomination	Jed Lewison	16:58
24	62	39		0.66	Canada's Tar Sands: All Dressed up and No Place to Go?	Kelly Rigg	13:59
25	60	129		0.68	Fursdai Furries	triciawyse	14:18
26	57	34		0.60	Forward on Climate: Divestment, Action, & Change	jlms qkw	20:00
27	52	32		0.55	NSWC Commander Speaks Out to ex-SEAL Claims	jimstaro	19:47
28	52	51		0.56	Declaring War on Fossil Fuel	John Crapper	12:00
29	51	63		0.56	Must See-TV: Maddow and the Lies that Led to Iraq	chloris creator	11:56
30	51	49		0.53	Forward On Climate: From the Paddy Wagon to the Halls of Congress	boatsie	11:00
31	48	21		0.50	Indians 101: Plains Indian Art (Photo Diary)	Ojibwa	10:13
32	47	96		0.55	Deconstructing American Fascism	Ray Pensador	03:43
33	45	176		0.57	New Day - Valentine's Day...What romantic thing you doing today?	paradise50	10:30
34	45	165		0.62	Cheers and Jeers: Thursday	Bill in Portland Maine	08:18
35	41	34		0.47	The secret legal program for drones	Ruben Bolling	09:50
36	40	40		0.46	The Onion Factor	agnostic	10:02
37	39	18		0.43	White House statement on Senate Republican filibuster of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense	Transcripts Editors	18:43
38	39	8		0.41	GAO reports Climate Change one of top US government risks	A Siegel	22:27
39	38	84		0.55	Senate Democrats unveil plan to replace sequester through end of year	Jed Lewison	15:56
40	38	17		0.40	Forward on Climate: The Problem with Novel Technologies	rb137	16:00
41	36	148		0.39	Top Comments - All You Need is ... Love?!	BeninSC	22:00
42	36	60		0.41	Breaking: Senate blocks Hagel nomination. UPDATE: Harry Reid should now resign!	elwior	16:58
43	35	169		0.64	Paul Broun wants to be a senator because Obama's a 'Marxist-Leninist' who rules with 'iron fist'	Hunter	09:30
44	34	215		0.76	With vote scheduled for Friday, Reid aides say Hagel doesn't yet have 60 votes	Jed Lewison	11:15
45	33	92		0.40	Charles Blow: "The Real Obama"	teacherken	06:03
46	33	26		0.36	Marriage Equality in France: a heroine struggles against a rising right wing	leftreborn	13:37
47	33	11		0.36	stand up for what you believe	kid oakland	01:02
48	31	51		0.37	The West Side of Chicago says NO! to school closings	Bobbo Sphere	07:57
49	31	29		0.33	The Saab Safir - a gem of a trainer	s h o r t f i n a l s	19:00
50	30	70		0.32	Backyard Science - Happy Second  Birthday!	bwren	11:00
51	29	54		0.41	Marco Rubio says he opposes minimum wage laws. What about the other GOP 2016 hopefuls?	Jed Lewison	12:51
52	29	51		0.31	The Morning F Bomb	Floja Roja	10:00
53	29	89		0.37	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The future of polling, the NRA's PR machine and more	Greg Dworkin	07:30
54	29	74		0.40	Microsoft Office 2013- Only ONE license per unit allowed	Intheknow	15:57
55	29	27		0.35	Robin Kelly crushing it with donors, endorsements, reality	kos	14:21
56	29	18		0.32	Jon Stewart asks us to focus on the lies Marco Rubio said, not the water	BruinKid	14:40
57	29	10		0.32	Joe Scarborough Excoriates Republicans & Wayne LaPierre Op-Ed Laced w/Racial Overtones (VIDEO)	Progressive Liberal	18:15
58	28	41		0.35	Courageous NC GOP House passes ban...on Nipples!	Persiflage	11:10
59	28	35		0.37	House Republicans: Gosh, maybe opposing Violence Against Women Act is a bad idea for 2014	Kaili Joy Gray	13:07
60	28	18		0.30	U.S. economy  is the "last man standing"	gjohnsit	13:32
61	27	286		0.41	RKBA: Gun Buybacks	KVoimakas	08:48
62	27	65		0.28	What's Happenin'? Orchid Week 2.14.13	joanneleon	08:33
63	26	48		0.34	BREAKING: Terrorism Suspect Arrested in Bomb Plot in Northern California	Ray Pensador	15:17
64	26	52		0.40	The NRA response to the State of the Union: Only the NRA cares about the children	Hunter	20:00
65	26	47		0.31	A Strictly Constructionist Solution	Matt Wuerker	17:50
66	25	51		0.39	Very Serious Journamalist finds out what Mrs. Boehner's getting for Valentine's Day	Kaili Joy Gray	14:31
67	24	41		0.31	Kos could not be more wrong on the Hagel fight	ai002h	10:02
68	24	19		0.27	Political Geography of the States: Part 1, the West	Stephen Wolf	15:57
69	24	15		0.27	Cornyn declares Obama, not Bush, nominees require 60 votes	Jon Perr	13:39
70	22	101		0.34	Open thread for night owls: Excerpts from the Harper's Index	Meteor Blades	23:30
71	22	55		0.39	Ever wondered how stupid Republicans are? Wonder no more ...	Barbara Morrill	12:37
72	22	20		0.25	BREAKING NEWS: Republicans Filibuster Chuck Hagel Confirmation For Being Anti-His Party (VIDEO)	Progressive Liberal	18:19
73	21	65		0.32	All-time low for the right: Shouting the n-word outside of an elementary school Obama was visiting	Paid D N C Shill	19:42
74	21	59		0.24	ISAYCGROM!	j u s t i c e p u t n a m	00:54
75	21	15		0.23	February 14, 1991--When "domestic partnerships" were cutting-edge	sfbob	14:13
76	21	12		0.23	Why Oppose Keystone XL? To those who think it's pointless	erratic	18:39
77	21	12		0.23	Citizen Science: Great Backyard Bird Count 2013	lanshark	10:55
78	20	21		0.24	The Important Theological Stupidity Of Marco Rubio	Paul Bibeau	08:13
79	20	220		0.40	Keystone XL: Can Someone Please Explain The Opposition, Because I Just Don't Get It.	Rei	14:14
80	19	20		0.23	Another Reason to Not Like Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's in For Christie	Nulwee	10:19
81	19	19		0.22	Secret Billionaire Donors Poured $120M into Denying Climate Science	Troubadour	19:59
82	19	11		0.21	Rush Limbaugh Mockingly Asks "Who Owned" African American Congresswoman	ProgLegs	17:06
83	18	28		0.20	Overnight News Digest: NASA satellite confirms sea ice is thinning	Magnifico	02:41
84	18	127		0.46	In an apparent change of heart, New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg will retire	David Nir	15:30
85	18	15		0.19	High Impact Posts: February 13, 2013	jotter	12:09
86	18	10		0.19	Introduction to Agroecology: Holistic Management- Compendious Edition	FinchJ	13:41
87	18	9		0.19	'Democratic' Gov. Hickenlooper feels the heat on fracking	wade norris	00:51
88	17	132		0.27	My Review of the Beretta Cx4 Storm, and Some Thoughts on Owning Semiautomatic Guns	Steven D	11:24
89	17	15		0.20	Scott Walker's bad Medicaid bet	Avrum D Lank	15:22
90	17	14		0.18	Attention Veterans.. Read it..  Your VA Patient bill of rights	Vetwife	11:42
91	16	17		0.19	Open Admission:If Obama proposes it they will oppose it	Catte Nappe	12:01
92	16	10		0.17	A magnificent ruin - The Keep, Peveril Castle	s h o r t f i n a l s	10:05
93	15	34		0.17	GUS: Open diary with some old favorite pics	Frugal Granny	19:00
94	15	27		0.16	Thursday Classical Music, Opus D106: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk, Tallis and Lark	Dave in Northridge	19:30
95	15	12		0.16	Rather unshockingly, climate change denial being funded by small cabal of billionaires	Scary Mike	22:24
96	14	24		0.16	Going to the DC Rally !  What should the Sign Say ?	eeff	10:49
97	14	16		0.15	The Evening Blues - Valentine's Day	joe shikspack	20:00
98	14	14		0.16	How the Media becomes the Facilitator of those '15 Minutes'	jamess	05:45
99	14	10		0.15	Chuck Hagel:  Strictly Along Party Lines	kavips	02:43
100	13	61		0.17	Guardian exposes more lies in Ping Fu's "memoir"	xgz	09:15
101	13	26		0.15	"We will buy more guns than ever."	tytalus	13:37
102	13	15		0.16	White House Petition Regarding Celebratory Gun Fire (10 Year Old Killed)	night cat	23:23
103	13	11		0.15	Senator Tom Carper Holds Hearing on U.S. Postal Service - Additional Article Included (Video)	pipsorcle	20:09
104	12	29		0.15	The Ultimate Wedge Issues: Rebellion and Civil War	Tom Rinaldo	17:15
105	12	19		0.16	LAPD - They Got What They Wanted	stlawrence	14:35
106	10	47		0.20	The Future of Firearms	Trigger556	15:40
107	9	36		0.18	Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Mary Landrieu looks suprisingly good for re-election, per PPP	David Nir	08:00
108	8	51		0.16	Happy Valentine's Day from 1970s -- best music ever!	Cartoon Peril	21:09
109	8	33		0.20	Happy GOP Valentine's Day!	Hunter	21:30
110	7	54		0.22	Midday open thread	Kaili Joy Gray	15:00
111	2	562		0.50	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/14	David Nir	09:00
112	2	148		0.30	Another Review of the Berreta Cx4 Storm	Trigger556	16:25
113		60		0.19	This image has already been banned from democraticunderground	This American Bacon	13:46

Impact total:   68.6

 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

2012-02-15 00:00:11 - 2012-02-15 23:54:27
DailyKos posts = 235;  235 per day;  9.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 4240 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	2701	1599	196	1000	94
recommend	1599	3137	95	1537	94
write	196	95	198	1	94

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	235	228	150	87	26
commentators	235	235	139	65	12
connections	235	228	189	110	38

Impact statistics from all 235 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.218, average = 0.59, max = 7.24, total =  138.8 bharns
r50 = 18 (at 1.99 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 15684
Maximum possible such pairs: 4240 x 198 = 839520
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.868%
Average degree (links/user) = 15684/4240 = 3.699

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EST
1	670	430	7.24	So now we're subverting democracy? Count me out of Operation Hilarity.	E c l e c t a b l o g	20:22
2	583	157	6.12	Debunking Breitbart's "Occupy Rape List"	Keith Olbermann	21:00
3	551	249	5.89	Operation Hilarity is bad for President Obama	Fish Outof Water	19:00
4	517	408	5.61	Operation Hilarity is a REALLY DANGEROUS Idea	Ollie Garkey	16:43
5	387	193	4.08	I Had a Heart Attack This Weekend	donnamarie	05:29
6	368	229	3.96	M.O.T.	JeffLieber	20:44
7	346	154	3.65	Perched Before the Fall, 1% Walker Stalls For Time. Grifters Are Coming Unglued.	noise of rain	22:51
8	330	305	3.78	My Obama Bumper Sticker Set Off Monster Truck Driving Cowboy	Kwik	10:34
9	323	259	3.43	Scientists: 'Big One' Building Beneath Fukushima	Joieau	15:28
10	302	235	3.31	Democrats Voting for Santorum? The Joke's On You (w/poll)	Eric Stetson	21:34

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

2009-02-14 00:06:06 - 2009-02-14 23:50:31
DailyKos posts = 225;  225 per day;  9.4 per hour
Active Kogs: 4241 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	2756	1479	188	1179	90
recommend	1479	2940	95	1456	90
write	188	95	217	24	90

Posts

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	225	195	124	51	19
commentators	225	224	154	59	15
connections	225	195	181	106	27

Impact statistics from all 225 posts.
min = 0.00, median = 0.189, average = 0.48, max = 7.18, total =  108.9 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.50 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 13334
Maximum possible such pairs: 4241 x 217 = 920297
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.449%
Average degree (links/user) = 13334/4241 = 3.144

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EST
1	675	257	7.18	dKos Palin Diary scores as "Best of TV" on CNN	de Memede Media	07:37
2	628	356	6.82	We won. No more of this bipartisan crap when it comes to healthcare.	nyceve	14:54
3	611	371	6.56	Frank Rich Blows the Smoke Away from Washington	Dallasdoc	22:39
4	602	480	6.52	You're from Ohio, You Idiot, Don't Screw With Our Train (UPDATED)	BruceMcF	19:27
5	526	354	5.81	Wasserman Schultz smacks down Republican Rep on Hardball	COkdub	01:47
6	393	436	4.47	Homophobia's destructive power: T.D. Jakes' son caught in gay sex sting (Updated)	davidkc	09:10
7	348	315	3.84	My President Refuses to Get In the Bubble. . .	Muzikal203	23:20
8	277	162	2.98	Teddy.	mem from somerville	22:05
9	264	516	3.35	White House Officials Unhappy With Caps On Wall Street CEO Bonuses	s l i n k e r w i n k	11:15
10	209	516	2.33	What's Going On?	edscan	12:42