Week's High Impact Posts: May 23-29, 2015

This week 575 Kogs posted 1101 posts of which 1067 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 4000 recommending readers; 739 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 385 by 30 or more, and 118 by 100 or more. Commenters (4909) visited 1099 posts; 616 had 10 or more commenters, 240 had 30 or more, and 39 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 1101 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.197, average = 0.49, max = 6.37, total =  542.4 bharns
r50 = 107 (at 1.22 bharns)
The report also includes tables of readers awarding and authors receiving the most recommendations.

2015-05-23 00:00:04 - 2015-05-29 23:51:45
DailyKos posts = 1101;  157 per day;  6.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 6589 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	4909	2323	572	2351	337
recommend	2323	4000	337	1677	337
write	572	337	575	3	337

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	1101	1067	739	385	118
commenters	1101	1099	616	240	39
connections	1101	1067	879	485	166

Impact statistics from all 1101 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.197, average = 0.49, max = 6.37, total =  542.4 bharns
r50 = 107 (at 1.22 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 51206
Maximum possible such pairs: 6589 x 575 = 3788675
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.352%
Average degree (links/user) = 51206/6589 = 7.771

• 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	impact	post	Author	date
1	580	641	6.37	The Thundering Failure of the Democrats	One Pissed Off Liberal	05/28
2	531	203	5.66	What it feels like to be the Duggar girls during this media storm.  A view from the other side.	sideboth	05/24
3	478	487	5.41	NY elementary principal shames poor students, keeps them from attending end-of-year school carnival	Jen Hayden	05/26
4	475	335	5.21	Memorial Day letter to the Editor calls for violent "regime change" and executions (UPDATED x2)	sfinx	05/26
5	457	178	4.86	Bernie gives 'em hell on CNBC	quince	05/26
6	422	461	5.02	Director of the National Spelling Bee nails it when dealing with bigot	Right Headed	05/29
7	420	277	4.51	I almost died just now	Major Kong	05/28
8	418	629	4.65	Republican CSPAN Callers go WILD FOR BERNIE!	cdub24	05/27
9	405	242	4.41	Chaos Follows Right Wing Takeover of Wisconsin Supreme Court	Puddytat	05/24
10	403	133	4.29	Judge disqualifies all 250 prosecutors in Orange County, CA because of widespread corruption	Shaun King	05/29
11	395	183	4.28	Happy update on the NY elementary kids forced to sit out the school carnival due to poverty	Jen Hayden	05/27
12	394	176	4.21	Texas & Alaska Floods: El Nino & Hot Oceans Start a Year of Hellish Weather. It Will Get Worse.	Fish Outof Water	05/27
13	388	210	4.30	The shocking truth about the two Chicago Police officers posing in this horrendous photo	Shaun King	05/27
14	366	223	3.94	Mark Ruffalo: On His Mother's Abortion & The Libby Anne Response To 'I Am Not A Feminist'	Leslie Salzillo	05/27
15	366	177	3.89	Sanders: Campaign coverage should focus on issues instead of outrage, gossip and Facebook comments	Meteor Blades	05/24
16	363	114	3.90	Teen truthbombs her high school yearbook and wins the internet	TealBomb	05/28
17	357	97	3.85	Best photo on the Internet today	Molly Weasley	05/23
18	351	235	3.87	In Regards to Conservatives Fierce Defense of Child Rape	SemDem	05/24
19	343	187	3.67	I didn't serve in Vietnam for freedom...	Zwoof	05/25
20	341	60	3.58	UPDATED: The Luis Lang Saga: THE INTERVIEW	Brainwrap	05/29
21	335	336	3.75	Big media's sneering, dismissive coverage of Bernie Sanders is a plague on democracy	Meteor Blades	05/27
22	320	346	3.58	When Hippies Roamed the Earth	One Pissed Off Liberal	05/24
23	320	181	3.34	Update: Photos from Portland, OR Celebration! Today, we gather to Celebrate our Cedwyn	Onomastic	05/23
24	314	240	3.54	Insurance company overhead costs explode under Obamacare	Joan McCarter	05/27
25	308	222	3.41	Duggar Parents Placed Son in Christian Treatment Facility whose Leader was Caught Molesting Girls	ericlewis0	05/24
26	300	275	3.21	His mind would never be more than that of a three month old.	Onomastic	05/29
27	299	371	3.21	No, Governor Walker. State Mandated Rape is not "a cool thing."	Onomastic	05/27
28	290	126	3.17	What Conservatives (And Politico) Still Don?t Understand About Fox News	News Corpse	05/25
29	269	155	2.86	TPP/Fast Track: Hell, Yes, Labor Will Primary YOU...Dems Whine About, Finally, Labor Pressure	Tasini	05/27
30	266	165	2.87	SHOCKING NEWS:  Economists Link Big Banks Use of Credit Default Swaps to 2008 Financial Collapse	Steven D	05/25
31	258	63	2.72	John Nash, A Beautiful Mind has died in Tragic Car Crash	Brubs	05/24
32	253	304	3.14	Minnesota woman pulls gun on Muslim couple who were picking their son up from a friend's house	Jen Hayden	05/28
33	251	136	2.73	5 mo. later, true implications of King v. Burwell FINALLY starting to sink into skulls of GOP admins	Brainwrap	05/26
34	250	132	2.67	TPP is in trouble, thanks to public outcry /Updated with Action	VL Baker	05/26
35	247	236	2.76	So You Want To Control Global Population? Easy.	La Feminista	05/25
36	246	144	2.72	Woman calls police seeking help for boyfriend who threatened suicide, police arrive and shoot him	Jen Hayden	05/28
37	246	56	2.58	Original Americans forgotten on Memorial Day	Meteor Blades	05/25
38	240	88	2.55	Listen-Up Ovaried Americans:  Quiverfull Boss Biblesplains How This Whole Morality Thing Works	Operation American Jesus	05/29
39	231	275	2.55	Apparently, 136 Bullets Were NOT Enough.	jpmassar	05/23
40	230	226	2.44	Livestreaming Bernie Sanders's official announcement of his candidacy for the Democratic nomination	Meteor Blades	05/26
41	229	518	2.64	How did you begin to unlearn racism?	Denise Oliver Velez	05/24
42	228	346	2.56	Why Does the United States Still Honor White Supremacist Confederate Trash on Memorial Day?	c h a u n c e y d e v e g a	05/25
43	227	57	2.41	Black family receives letter telling them they 'don't belong here,' community rallies around them	Walter Einenkel	05/29
44	221	101	2.38	High School Art Exhibit Attacked By Cops for Depicting Police Brutality	Steven D	05/23
45	219	340	2.56	An image of Hillary Clinton that might surprise you	teacherken	05/24
46	214	249	2.45	Camera catches police wrestling pregnant black woman to the ground for no reason whatsoever	Shaun King	05/28
47	212	132	2.28	Whoa! Look at Alaska!	VL Baker	05/29
48	211	120	2.28	Nebraskan lawmakers override Gov. Pete Ricketts's veto to abolish state death penalty	Meteor Blades	05/27
49	211	114	2.24	OK. Don't have a stroke while black in the vicinity of a cop.	xxdr zombiexx	05/23
50	211	96	2.24	I Still Work With Cops	Simul Iustus et Peccator	05/27
51	207	270	2.35	"We didn't have enough processing power for women players in our videogame"	elfling	05/28
52	206	280	2.40	Bernie Sanders is popular despite messy hair, and Politico is On It	Laura Clawson	05/28
53	202	116	2.15	Bernie Sanders is for AMERICA	Stewart Acuff	05/23
54	200	461	2.27	As a Floridian...This hating on us because of Scott needs to stop !!We don't deserve the putdowns !	Vetwife	05/28
55	191	62	2.01	It Only Takes One: Get Ready for Hurricane Season	w e a t h e r d u d e	05/29
56	189	242	2.23	46 Degree Programs Eliminated Across UNC College System	Lamont Cranston	05/26
57	183	215	2.27	How the hell can Ted Cruz support Texas flood relief after telling Hurricane Sandy victims to rot?	David Nir	05/28
58	179	187	1.96	Looks Like Marriage Equality Is Coming To Ireland As Panti Bliss Calls It A Landslide	l i b r a r i s i n g n s f	05/23
59	179	139	2.00	Mike Huckabee's Facebook Fans Unhappy with his defense of Josh Duggar	Starbucks Girl51	05/23
60	175	160	2.05	Supreme Court to Revisit "One Person, One Vote" Rule	phenry	05/26
61	175	116	1.91	Dear Sen. Sanders	Crashing Vor	05/27
62	175	78	1.86	Cartoon: Animal Nuz #252 - Raging Bully Edition	ericlewis0	05/23
63	175	37	1.83	Battleground Texas threatens to sue Texas over widespread voter disenfranchisement	nomandates	05/27
64	174	77	1.88	The Lecture Bill O'Reilly Inspired Me to Give to My Students	Doctor Jazz	05/25
65	171	55	1.84	Guess who destroys in a Twitter battle between J.K. Rowling and Westboro Baptist Church	Walter Einenkel	05/28
66	169	46	1.80	UPDATED: PERSONAL: Here's why I reacted so strongly to the "Attorney Chad" incident.	Brainwrap	05/24
67	167	64	1.76	Jon Stewart has been quietly running a training program to place veterans in television/movie jobs	Jen Hayden	05/26
68	164	69	1.74	I Became a Better Person After I Stopped Going to Church	J D Wolverton	05/23
69	161	62	1.72	New York City housing workers told to wear vests to protect themselves from New York City Police	Walter Einenkel	05/27
70	160	105	1.76	Are corporations 'raiding' the United States?	mwreding	05/24
71	158	144	1.83	U.S. is paying the price for not investing in trains, and it's stupid	Laura Clawson	05/25
72	157	837	2.20	No, Sanders isn't gaining on Clinton, but that doesn't mean he hasn't won	kos	05/28
73	155	118	1.76	You're not going to believe what the Cleveland Police Union says is going to get officers killed	Shaun King	05/28
74	153	81	1.68	Kansas Rocked by 4.6 Earthquake	Chris Reeves	05/23
75	152	139	1.66	TPP Human Trafficking Bill Passes As Malaysia Discovers Migrant Workers Grave Sites	Stephen Benavides	05/25
76	152	65	1.68	Officer admits sexually assaulting woman; charges dropped, pays $622.50 and has jail time suspended	Shaun King	05/27
77	151	251	1.70	$20. An. Hour: Want A Good Reason To Vote For Bernie? Democrats Aren't Serious About Minimum Wage	Tasini	05/26
78	151	55	1.61	Leaked Documents Reveal #TPP Targets Journalists and Whistleblowers	Stephen Benavides	05/28
79	149	183	1.80	Jade Helm conspiracy theorists are kind of dumb. Who knew?	Hunter	05/27
80	146	423	1.74	Armed bikers draw cartoons of Muhammad at an Arizona mosque. What could go wrong?	Mother Mags	05/29
81	146	55	1.55	Amtrak is a Microcosm for the Nation	railhunk	05/29
82	145	374	1.79	Question: if Sanders isn't 'serious', then neither are most GOP presidential wannabees	kos	05/28
83	141	130	1.54	If Only Bernie Would Do Some Crazy Sh1t..	La Feminista	05/29
84	141	394	1.60	Sanders makes run official: If people 'fight back, there is nothing that can?t be accomplished'	Meteor Blades	05/26
85	138	251	1.59	Judge orders police records destroyed in Duggar case	b l u e s t a t e d o n	05/23
86	137	155	1.56	Released Hillary Clinton emails further debunk Benghazi conspiracy theories	Laurence Lewis	05/29
87	137	230	1.77	As Texas floods, now is the time to examine its teaparty Republicans	DarkSyde	05/27
88	134	53	1.43	Charles C. Johnson gets booted off Twitter for wanting to "take out" Deray McKesson	Christian Dem in NC	05/25
89	133	101	1.53	Why don't poor people just get jobs? Because they already did.	Laura Clawson	05/25
90	132	120	1.47	Do not call me girl: Women in the workforce	Susan Grigsby	05/24
91	131	103	1.45	The interview where Huckabee slams the Obamas for their parental choices while lauding the Duggars	Santa Fe Marie	05/24
92	131	25	1.37	Sometimes life gets too hard	rserven	05/26
93	128	447	1.61	Hillary Clinton stuns the political media by listening to voters	Laura Clawson	05/27
94	126	80	1.37	It's the iPhone's world, we just live in it ... for now	Mark Sumner	05/24
95	123	221	1.43	Car-free and middle-class status	TDDVandy	05/26
96	123	85	1.32	DOOMSDAY CLOCK Moves Up To 11:57 "current efforts are entirely insufficient" on Catastrophic Warming	Lefty Coaster	05/29
97	117	110	1.34	Why Do American Workers Insist On Holding Each Other Back	maisey	05/28
98	109	243	1.40	Here's what we know about Denny Hastert's indictment so far, and here's what happens next	David Nir	05/29
99	108	171	1.40	Phyllis Schlafly bemoans that today's immigrants aren't white enough to her liking	Steven Payne	05/29
100	72	345	1.69	Rick Santorum just announced that he's running for president	David Nir	05/27

Impact total:  261.4

 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	26.15	25	19	7	1.05
Jen Hayden	23.58	18	11	11	1.31
Laura Clawson	20.09	29	22	5	0.69
Shaun King	17.53	9	9	6	1.95
Joan McCarter	14.33	21	19	7	0.68
Hunter	13.11	17	15	1	0.77
Walter Einenkel	11.52	17	10	7	0.68
David Nir	10.84	14	10	1	0.77
One Pissed Off Liberal	9.95	2	2	2	4.97
Onomastic	9.76	3	3	3	3.25
Brainwrap	9.21	9	3	3	1.02
VL Baker	7.42	9	4	4	0.82
quince	6.02	2	2	2	3.01
Puddytat	5.73	3	3	3	1.91
sfinx	5.70	2	2	2	2.85
ericlewis0	5.67	3	3	3	1.89
Steven D	5.67	4	2	2	1.42
sideboth	5.66	1	1	1	5.66
LaFeminista	5.51	6	4	3	0.92
RightHeaded	5.02	1	1	1	5.02
Chris Reeves	4.96	9	5	5	0.55
Denise Oliver Velez	4.92	3	3	1	1.64
Tasini	4.88	3	3	2	1.63
kos	4.81	3	3	2	1.60
cdub24	4.65	1	1	1	4.65
FishOutofWater	4.53	2	2	1	2.26
SemDem	4.52	2	2	2	2.26
Major Kong	4.51	1	1	1	4.51
jpmassar	4.50	3	3	3	1.50
triciawyse	4.17	5	5	5	0.83
xxdr zombiexx	3.96	4	3	3	0.99
Molly Weasley	3.95	2	1	1	1.98
Leslie Salzillo	3.94	1	1	1	3.94
TealBomb	3.90	1	1	1	3.90
teacherken	3.85	4	2	2	0.96
librarisingnsf	3.71	6	3	4	0.62
Stephen Benavides	3.70	4	3	2	0.93
Zwoof	3.67	1	1	1	3.67
DarkSyde	3.49	4	4		0.87
News Corpse	3.41	2	1	1	1.70
Steven Payne	3.17	4	4	3	0.79
Crashing Vor	3.13	2	2	2	1.56
chaunceydevega	3.09	3	1	1	1.03
rserven	3.08	6	5	4	0.51
StarbucksGirl51	2.88	5	2	1	0.58
Brubs	2.72	1	1	1	2.72
Bill in Portland Maine	2.57	4	4		0.64
Operation American Jesus	2.55	1	1	1	2.55
Doctor Jazz	2.50	2	2	1	1.25
Vetwife	2.45	2	1	1	1.22
annieli	2.45	14	1	4	0.17
JDWolverton	2.43	2	2	2	1.21
elfling	2.35	1	1	1	2.35
james321	2.31	3	3	2	0.77
Simul Iustus et Peccator	2.24	1	1	1	2.24
LamontCranston	2.23	1	1	1	2.23
Laurence Lewis	2.21	2	2	2	1.10
StewartAcuff	2.15	1	1	1	2.15
Ojibwa	2.14	6	4	2	0.36
Christian Dem in NC	2.11	3	3	2	0.70
phenry	2.05	1	1	1	2.05
bobswern	2.02	3	2	2	0.67
weatherdude	2.01	1	1	1	2.01
Mark Sumner	1.99	2	2		1.00
Wee Mama	1.94	2	2	2	0.97
Mark E Andersen	1.85	2	2		0.93
Greg Dworkin	1.84	3	3		0.61
nomandates	1.83	1	1	1	1.83
Ian Reifowitz	1.77	2	2		0.88
mwreding	1.76	1	1	1	1.76
Mother Mags	1.74	1	1	1	1.74
SantaFeMarie	1.68	3	1	2	0.56
Lenny Flank	1.62	5	3	2	0.32
bluestatedon	1.59	1	1	1	1.59
railhunk	1.55	1	1	1	1.55
Black Kos	1.50	2	2	2	0.75
Lefty Coaster	1.50	2	1	1	0.75
Susan Grigsby	1.47	1	1		1.47
atana	1.45	2	1	1	0.73
LeftOfYou	1.43	4	1	1	0.36
TDDVandy	1.43	1	1	1	1.43
MTmofo	1.38	3	1	1	0.46
jamess	1.35	4	1	1	0.34
gjohnsit	1.34	3	2	3	0.45
maisey	1.34	1	1	1	1.34
joe shikspack	1.33	5	1	4	0.27
JayRaye	1.33	7			0.19
Mark Lippman	1.30	2	1	2	0.65
James Wells	1.26	3	2	2	0.42
noweasels	1.22	1	1	1	1.22
Dan Bacher	1.22	7			0.17
waterstreet2008	1.21	2	1	1	0.60
Ed Tracey	1.20	3	2	2	0.40
Tool	1.20	1	1	1	1.20
Village Vet	1.19	4	2	1	0.30
Keith930	1.18	1	1	1	1.18
Shadowcatdancing	1.17	1	1	1	1.17
JoanMar	1.15	1	1	1	1.15
Th0rn	1.15	2	1	2	0.58
TarheelDem	1.15	1	1	1	1.15

Impact total:  413.0
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
enhydra lutris	263	127	61	23.19	2.55
Oh Mary Oh	261	181	60	22.99	2.53
JeffW	229	151	36	15.72	1.73
a2nite	221	117	62	28.05	3.09
FarWestGirl	205	108	57	27.80	3.06
blueoasis	201	124	55	27.36	3.01
annieli	199	106	31	15.58	1.72
Eric Nelson	185	114	38	20.54	2.26
Polly Syllabic	176	116	36	20.45	2.25
Meteor Blades	175	125	36	20.57	2.26
papahaha	163	106	49	30.06	3.31
ratcityreprobate	151	64	42	27.81	3.06
IndieGuy	149	97	63	42.28	4.66
eyo	146	87	44	30.14	3.32
LinSea	144	92	27	18.75	2.06
belinda ridgewood	137	84	33	24.09	2.65
aresea	133	47	36	27.07	2.98
nomandates	131	97	40	30.53	3.36
renzo capetti	130	73	18	13.85	1.52
Shockwave	128	88	67	52.34	5.76
ghotiphaze	125	68	43	34.40	3.79
One Pissed Off Liberal	125	85	38	30.40	3.35
Glen The Plumber	124	89	44	35.48	3.91
kevinpdx	124	51	28	22.58	2.49
slowbutsure	122	70	59	48.36	5.32
Calamity Jean	122	89	43	35.25	3.88
zerelda	116	87	69	59.48	6.55
Joe Jackson	115	85	33	28.70	3.16
Mrcynical	113	81	39	34.51	3.80
thanatokephaloides	111	94	28	25.23	2.78
Angie in WA State	111	73	67	60.36	6.65
Gooserock	110	81	24	21.82	2.40
whaddaya	107	74	16	14.95	1.65
luckydog	107	57	48	44.86	4.94
AJayne	106	60	38	35.85	3.95
eeff	106	48	38	35.85	3.95
ericlewis0	105	69	32	30.48	3.36
peacestpete	105	70	43	40.95	4.51
Aunt Pat	104	75	21	20.19	2.22
slice	104	41	46	44.23	4.87

      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  = 1101

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter