High Impact Posts: May 30, 2015

Yesterday 128 Kogs posted 136 posts of which 129 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1680 recommending readers; 82 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 41 by 30 or more, and 13 by 100 or more. Commenters (1317) visited 136 posts; 69 had 10 or more commenters, 23 had 30 or more, and 4 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 136 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.162, average = 0.47, max = 4.14, total =   64.1 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 1.51 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun May 31 05:01:07 2015 UTC.

2015-05-30 00:00:01 - 2015-05-30 23:55:18
DailyKos posts = 136;  136 per day;  5.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 2256 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1317	743	126	502	54
recommend	743	1680	54	937	54
write	126	54	128	2	54

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	136	129	82	41	13
commenters	136	136	69	23	4
connections	136	129	105	56	17

Impact statistics from all 136 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.162, average = 0.47, max = 4.14, total =   64.1 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 1.51 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7204
Maximum possible such pairs: 2256 x 128 = 288768
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.495%
Average degree (links/user) = 7204/2256 = 3.193

• 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	impact	post	Author	UTC
1	368	154	3.86	Remarkable People: Celtic Lassie; 1988-2015	Otteray Scribe	22:30
2	362	610	4.14	So What if Bernie Does Win the Nomination?	twigg	09:01
3	344	168	3.73	Barney Frank calls out Dennis Hastert & GOP hypocrisy with a perfect statement	Egberto Willies	11:00
4	342	82	3.58	I will NOT go without a fight.  "...I Want To Live..."	Celtic Lassie	22:29
5	322	179	3.48	Did you know Dennis Hastert was a Democrat? AP would like you to think so	Th0rn	00:00
6	308	335	3.36	Bernie Sanders is polling better than EVERY Republican candidate	gjohnsit	17:29
7	277	127	2.97	Davenport mayor: Sanders "became a serious player in the Iowa caucus last night"	Rob in Vermont	13:56
8	217	128	2.35	Dear Idiot Americans	xxdr zombiexx	13:59
9	192	283	2.12	Gaius Publius: “Sinking the Sanders Campaign Beneath a Wave of Silence”	bobswern	11:49
10	171	73	1.81	Cartoon: Animal Nuz #253 - Ewww Blech Barf Edition	ericlewis0	15:00
11	140	85	1.51	A Retired LEO's thoughts on policing.	AlphaLop	16:59
12	136	128	1.51	20 Burning Questions Fox News' Megyn Kelly should ask Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar	Scott Wooledge	18:44
13	128	129	1.41	In Longmont, CO: Gay Valedictorian gets silenced by HS principal, then outed to his parents.	Apostle Of Carlin	20:34
14	92	200	0.98	SMGB: Goodbye to Gardening Edition Vol. 11.14	Ed in Montana	13:01
15	82	11	0.86	Alabama's wife-beating federal judge finally resigns	quaoar	04:43
16	77	23	0.82	Connecticut Pastor Of LGBT-Inclusive Church Shot In Suspected Anti-Gay Hate Crime	l i b r a r i s i n g n s f	17:33
17	73	480	1.03	Martin O'Malley announces for President and immediately hits Hillary Clinton Wall Street ties	Egberto Willies	16:24
18	73	19	0.77	Spotlight on green news & views: Hot Alaska; Hot India; Hot Pacific; Doomsday clock adjusted	Meteor Blades	19:00
19	71	62	0.76	Happee Caturdai Pootie Diaree	triciawyse	17:45
20	70	110	0.79	Anonymous source: Hastert prosecutors know of multiple victims	blue aardvark	19:53
21	69	121	0.81	Open thread for night owls: And now for a bit of feline delight	Meteor Blades	03:00
22	61	40	0.66	Still no charges for Cleveland Police nearly seven months after killing Tanisha Anderson	Shaun King	00:09
23	60	54	0.63	Midnight Catitude and Open Thread For Night Howls	The Marti	06:00
24	57	55	0.60	Top Comments: Taste the Rainbow, Republicans	Chrislove	02:00
25	54	151	0.74	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: For the GOP, the hits keep coming	Greg Dworkin	11:19
26	50	73	0.62	Tattooed Christian rappers for Ted Cruz is a thing	Hunter	20:00
27	46	39	0.49	Origins of Language: The Bow-Wow, Pooh-Pooh, and Ding-Dong Theories	Ojibwa	15:30
28	43	87	0.45	Kitchen Table Kibitzing 5/29/15	nomandates	00:00
29	43	16	0.46	Conservatives and the "Just-world Bias"	d i l i g e n t b u r e a u c r a t	00:50
30	41	103	0.44	Connect! Unite! Act! Houston, Seattle, L.A., Glacier Nat'l Park & Maine Meet-Up Info — Apologies?	catilinus	14:30
31	39	37	0.41	IGTNT - A Lifetime of Service	SisTwo	00:24
32	38	13	0.40	A few Key Issues, a few Key Actions -- from Bernie 2016	jamess	16:47
33	37	28	0.41	Electrical Workers Union (UE) Comes out for Bernie Sanders	Manfrom Middletown	18:23
34	36	34	0.39	Honda vs Khanna: a Ro rerun in #CA17	Glen The Plumber	17:30
35	36	52	0.43	NE-Gov Plans to Go Forward with Executions Despite Repeal | Road Trip to Germany Continues	Village Vet	09:23
36	36	43	0.44	Where dark money and the Christian right collide	Joan McCarter	15:00
37	34	55	0.37	Books Go Boom!   Evelyn Waugh's 'The Loved One'	Brecht	00:36
38	33	42	0.40	This week in the war on workers: Did Kevin Johnson destroy black mayors group over charter schools?	Laura Clawson	22:55
39	31	26	0.36	Some people drive me nuts: A crohn's disease rant.	BFSkinner	02:57
40	31	24	0.34	Kansas Legislators Go Into Hiding As Legislature Checks Out of Budget Process	Chris Reeves	15:03
41	30	31	0.36	This week in science: from icy worlds to warm-blooded dinos	DarkSyde	13:00
42	29	24	0.32	LiveBlog & Live Stream - The Phoenix Mosque Cartoon "protest" 102 degrees @ 6:15pm PT RWNJ Cosplay	annieli	00:39
43	28	80	0.32	What's for Dinner? v9.44: My Mediterranean Ring of Fire	TX Scotia	23:30
44	28	46	0.31	The Daily Bucket: Flowers of Austerity	marsanges	13:00
45	28	12	0.31	Buster, Boodle, Mr. Boo, The Boodler, Big Boo Dog ...	kbman	00:02
46	27	58	0.29	The Evening Blues - 5-29-15	joe shikspack	00:00
47	27	19	0.29	Overnight News Digest 05/29/2015	JML9999	03:58
48	27	6	0.28	Artists recreate iconic painting with landscape ravaged by oil to protest arctic exploration	VL Baker	13:34
49	26	11	0.28	Written in Bone: Ambulocetus	Lenny Flank	14:00
50	25	6	0.26	On the lighter side	rserven	23:00
51	23	48	0.26	SMHRB - Saturday Morning Home Repair	CJB	13:00
52	23	46	0.27	I'm sorry Bernie Sanders, for having been ageist.	progdog	23:55
53	22	8	0.24	Wife-Beating Federal Judge Mark Fuller, Who Railroaded Don Siegelman, Resigns Under Pressure	wclint	15:24
54	21	63	0.30	Where Do You Stand on Bernie  w/Poll	dweb8231	21:33
55	20	22	0.22	Pixie's Puppy update: In Foster!!	B i r d d r o p p i n g s	04:31
56	20	17	0.23	Stand your ground versus run like Hell!	Alligator Ed	04:36
57	19	10	0.20	Cartoon - 19 Kids And Counting	claytoonz	17:47
58	18	103	0.35	In weekly address, Obama asks Senate to pass USA Freedom Act	Hunter	14:00
59	18	63	0.25	Rand Paul's new ad.  Prepare to be ?amazed?	MTmofo	01:08
60	18	9	0.19	Hellraisers Journal: Pummeled! "Frank Walsh Knocks Out Young Rockefeller in Three Days' Battle"	JayRaye	18:00
61	16	14	0.18	Global Warming Makes Me Sick(er)	Lefty Coaster	02:10
62	16	4	0.17	In Memoriam, Ch. M., 1564 - 30 May, 1593	Clio2	13:02
63	15	79	0.20	Morning Open Thread - The Russian River	Joy of Fishes	10:30
64	15	28	0.16	IAN: Saturday, May 30, 2015  Your Moon Through the Astrological Signs	Siris	04:55
65	15	27	0.19	Reincarnation: Street Prophets Saturday	Ojibwa	20:07
66	15	10	0.16	You Can't Read That!	pwoodford	16:01
67	15	6	0.16	6 Leadership Lessons of St. Francis	mbenefiel	15:20
68	15	4	0.16	HAWB 1801 - Alexander Hamilton and Albert Gallatin - How America Was Built	NBBooks	04:28
69	14	33	0.22	Completely appropriate or tasteless?	Brainwrap	20:53
70	14	10	0.16	I Can't Help It! I Love Martin Luther!	Karen Hedwig Backman	21:24
71	14	7	0.15	First Houston Kossack event, yay!	JJR1971	22:13
72	14	6	0.16	Asperger's Syndrome is a blessing if the system provides us resources	s r e e i z z l e 2 0 1 2	00:58
73	11	31	0.19	Give Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley a Chance	Applefries	18:53
74	2	241	0.25	Daily Kos Elections weekly open thread: What races are you interested in?	James L	01:37

Impact total:   59.7

 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

Two Years Ago In Daily Kos

2013-05-29 00:00:11 - 2013-05-29 23:44:16
DailyKos posts = 157;  157 per day;  6.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2633 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1692	805	134	801	48
recommend	805	1746	48	941	48
write	134	48	134		48

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	157	153	102	55	14
commenters	157	157	91	37	4
connections	157	153	124	70	21

Impact statistics from all 157 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.189, average = 0.42, max = 2.77, total =   66.5 bharns
r50 = 20 (at 0.85 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7657
Maximum possible such pairs: 2633 x 134 = 352822
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.170%
Average degree (links/user) = 7657/2633 = 2.908

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	UTC
1	250	353	2.77	Update x3: This is HUGE! Chevy Spark EV could* cost as little as $12,495!	Brainwrap	14:58
2	219	198	2.49	I Will NEVER Forgive Myself	webranding	03:55
3	206	63	2.19	Severe Weather Outbreak From TX to NE, Significant Tornadoes Possible	w e a t h e r d u d e	17:34
4	204	287	2.41	Michele Bachmann NOT Seeking Re-election	MovieJay	07:14
5	204	138	2.18	San Onofre: "It's over."	Joieau	18:49
6	190	32	2.01	Tea Party ties to Koch Brothers Ignored by Media in IRS Scandal	JesseC	17:50
7	157	26	1.64	My 3-Minute Video In a Borrowed Lab Coat Explaining How We Can Stop Keystone XL	Raul Grijalva	16:35
8	155	24	1.61	Coroner to British press:  Shame on all of you!	rserven	23:01
9	153	111	1.63	I got a call at 3am	C l y t e m n e s t r a	18:52
10	145	43	1.53	Federal Judge Calls Out Debt Collection Attorneys Over Sham Class Settlements	t i i m b i t z 4 7 8 6	15:59

One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2011-05-28 00:00:13 - 2011-05-28 23:51:05
DailyKos posts = 137;  137 per day;  5.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 2699 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1608	952	119	601	64
recommend	952	2034	64	1082	64
write	119	64	128	9	64

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	137	133	95	50	14
commenters	137	135	87	32	4
connections	137	133	113	69	16

Impact statistics from all 137 posts.
min = 0.00, median = 0.238, average = 0.48, max = 4.90, total =   65.5 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.06 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7482
Maximum possible such pairs: 2699 x 128 = 345472
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.166%
Average degree (links/user) = 7482/2699 = 2.772

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	UTC
1	426	578	4.90	Brietbart to use SEX SMEAR on Rep. Anthony Weiner. UPDATEX2: "Easily Debunked FRAUD" EPIC FAIL	Ministry Of Truth	18:49
2	358	214	3.81	R.I.P Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	C l y t e m n e s t r a	03:19
3	353	271	3.73	I Can't Stand The F#@king Lies Any More	TexDem	17:32
4	270	172	2.87	"I have the greatest health-care program in the United States. It is called Medicare."	jpmassar	15:27
5	249	147	2.65	Underwater Hawaii with Octopus Porn - A Photo Diary	Haole in Hawaii	05:19
6	221	43	2.31	Ancient America: Hovenweep	Ojibwa	15:19
7	207	93	2.19	Update: Take Action! Lt Dan Choi Arrested, Assaulted  In Moscow, Russia	Scott Wooledge	17:30
8	192	218	2.23	Who is Behind The Palin "Bus Tour"?	dweb8231	12:22
9	163	131	1.76	Then They Came for Pensions in IL	michael in chicago	03:09
10	158	25	1.65	Frisking Fred the Custodian: Snyder's Sin!	Mr Michael M T	10:52