High Impact Posts: June 14, 2015

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Monday, Jun. 15, 2015 Monday, Jun. 15, 2015 at 7:47:26am PDT

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Yesterday 134 Kogs posted 145 posts of which 141 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1786 recommending readers; 102 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 51 by 30 or more, and 22 by 100 or more. Commenters (1345) visited 145 posts; 78 had 10 or more commenters, 30 had 30 or more, and 1 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 145 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.205, average = 0.50, max = 3.31, total = 72.7 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 1.38 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon Jun 15 05:01:11 2015 UTC.

2015-06-14 00:00:06 - 2015-06-14 23:42:00
DailyKos posts = 145; 145 per day; 6.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 2342 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1345	790	133	496	74
recommend	790	1786	74	996	74
write	133	74	134	1	74

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	145	141	102	51	22
commenters	145	145	78	30	1
connections	145	141	121	62	26

Impact statistics from all 145 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.205, average = 0.50, max = 3.31, total = 72.7 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 1.38 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 8083
Maximum possible such pairs: 2342 x 134 = 313828
Network Density (observed/possible): 2.576%
Average degree (links/user) = 8083/2342 = 3.451

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	314	161	3.31	Dominican Republic to be 'Socially Cleaned' in two days	gjohnsit	19:21
2	282	116	3.00	Mark Gillispie/AP. Feel Good About Smearing A Dead Child And Babying The Adults Who Killed Him?	ExpatGirl	02:29
3	271	427	3.04	The Reason Hillary Clinton Refuses to Discuss the TPP	praenomen	11:32
4	270	113	2.88	Why I left Wisconsin	belgegirl	05:29
5	263	279	2.82	Bernie Sanders speaks out forcefully against mass incarceration and abusive policing in America	james321	01:35
6	233	131	2.53	Open Carry 'advocate' guns down woman who complained of sexual harassment.	xxdr zombiexx	22:22
7	213	78	2.23	Case In Point: Why DKos Matters -- Puddytat	gchaucer2	01:06
8	201	150	2.20	Sen. Lindsey Graham Pretend-Shoots Sen. Bernie Sanders with Shotgun	ericlewis0	21:30
9	199	352	2.18	Menses, periods, and the tampon tax	Denise Oliver Velez	13:00
10	195	68	2.09	Ring Of Fire: 'Rush Limbaugh's Career Is On Life Support' - More Digs Come In From The Left & Right	Leslie Salzillo	19:38
11	153	51	1.60	you ASSUME?!!! YOU have NO IDEA	C l y t e m n e s t r a	21:04
12	142	156	1.57	Bernie won't be able to work with Congress? Look at his record.	cdub24	14:56
13	142	60	1.53	Want to be an ally in the fight against racism? Two white teens show how it's done	Ian Reifowitz	23:00
14	134	47	1.42	The disappearing Joshua trees of Joshua Tree National Park	Susan Grigsby	19:00
15	128	81	1.42	Introducing Targeted Regulation of Urologists and Male Patients (TRUMP) laws	Jon Perr	17:01
16	127	90	1.38	The Slow Starvation of Kansas Counties	Chris Reeves	16:04
17	125	65	1.35	Wonderful breaking news: Comet lander has woken up	Athenian	11:47
18	125	194	1.50	Wisconsin schools are dying of a thousand little cuts	Mark E Andersen	15:00
19	119	98	1.31	Feel The Bern! Morning Consult NH Poll: Clinton 44%, Sanders 32%	bobswern	22:10
20	119	56	1.24	Bernie News Roundup: "The war against the American middle class must end" (updated w/ FTN videos)	nomandates	13:35
21	118	79	1.31	Remember the Dorks who have threatened to unmarry if Marriage Equality passes? Ho Ho Ho.	xxdr zombiexx	14:47
22	104	61	1.10	We didn't deliver Bernie; we're not that good. Yet.	b o r i s k a m i t e	03:18
23	99	143	1.16	The police are but a reflection of America	Egberto Willies	21:01
24	96	124	1.12	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Legalese Edition	Mark Sumner	11:00
25	91	50	0.96	#sekritarmy MIA (with pooties, woozles and stuff)	whoknu	18:54
26	78	221	0.96	Hillary Speaks Out On TPP: Obama Should Listen to Pelosi	Scan	20:55
27	76	71	0.85	Why is it so hard to support a loved one in jail?	acpa	02:24
28	76	128	0.94	Dawn phones home with mystery spots on Ceres	DarkSyde	02:00
29	67	32	0.73	The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East	Windtalker	17:36
30	64	18	0.67	Assistance and help	BFSkinner	23:21
31	48	7	0.50	Ancient Mesopotamia: The Ziggurat	Ojibwa	14:41
32	47	16	0.49	Thank you, Kossacks!	Turbonerd	16:09
33	47	23	0.52	This week at progressive state blogs: Students punished for backing gay friend; Oregonian albatross	Meteor Blades	00:00
34	46	70	0.55	Journalism? Chuck Todd does not believe Democratic Primary matters and implied as much	Egberto Willies	16:33
35	46	107	0.57	Sunday Talk	Silly Rabbit	04:00
36	43	47	0.45	Top Comments: I Drew A Circle Edition	brillig	02:00
37	42	39	0.49	How Many Karen Fitzgibbons Are Still Teaching?	Teach5th	00:34
38	41	154	0.45	Connect! Unite! Act! Denver, Glacier Nat'l Park, L.A. & Maine Meet-ups — Been refused service?	Steven Payne	14:31
39	41	24	0.43	LGBTQ rights are not a threat to religious freedom	Frederick Clarkson	01:33
40	39	17	0.41	PopeForPlanet: The Encyclical June 18	boatsie	00:10
41	38	49	0.46	How to Survive in a Country of Scammers: Watch For Red Flags	ca democrat	11:58
42	37	17	0.39	So I Could Use a Little Help	Drewid	14:02
43	36	23	0.40	Jeb said in 94...Nothing for Blacks	Vetwife	01:06
44	35	39	0.37	Dawn Chorus: Wood Duck Open Thread	matching mole	13:00
45	33	17	0.35	OND - Saturday Science Edition	Man Oh Man	03:55
46	33	93	0.37	WYFP?! Mom's Still Old.	CJB	00:00
47	32	72	0.34	Kitchen Table Kibitzing 6/13/2015: Bits of Motivation	Chrislove	00:00
48	31	22	0.33	And In Weird News... This Won't Go Well.	cany	19:24
49	30	22	0.31	The Inoculation Project 6/14/2015: Texas Wild Animal Books	belinda ridgewood	14:00
50	30	14	0.34	Working senior citizen will pay $125/week for sleeping bag space and access to bathroom. WTF.	F l y s w a t t e r b a n j o	22:56
51	30	34	0.33	I Was the White Tamir Rice; They Let Me Live	Grizzard	01:18
52	26	23	0.31	shooter from Dallas Police HQ attack is dead	annieli	02:35
53	26	12	0.28	"The U.S. Has Created A "Frankenstein Mass Incarceration Monster"	wclint	02:36
54	26	9	0.27	ENDA	rserven	22:00
55	26	7	0.28	Angesl Cat Sanctuary	Hannelore Tepper	17:07
56	25	20	0.29	Beloved Teacher Fired For Answering Question About Sandy Hook	turn723	23:35
57	25	31	0.28	Pontiff going #UFC on #Climate Change/#ScienceDenial	A Siegel	15:30
58	25	8	0.27	Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)	Ed Tracey	15:33
59	24	12	0.26	A mid Summer night's rave	DarkSyde	06:08
60	24	35	0.26	The Daily Bucket: Spring in St Joe Bay	matching mole	15:09
61	23	19	0.26	Paul Ryan called out twice in one week for misinforming. This time by Fox News	Egberto Willies	22:36
62	21	7	0.23	Nancy Pelosi: Courageous Climate Leader, stalls TPP	VL Baker	13:53
63	21	31	0.22	Washington State Open Thread - Without Fear, Speak What is True	James Wells	22:30
64	21	17	0.23	For the Love of Black Cats: Street Prophets Sunday All Day Brunch	michelewln	14:05
65	20	21	0.23	Governmental guidance on tornado shelters, emphasis on the mental	Wzrd1	17:04
66	19	32	0.26	Huckabee's done. Former book co-author John Perry accused of child molestation	Matt Z	10:41
67	19	26	0.22	Hillary Clinton Speaks (Again) on TPP	Lysis	21:17
68	19	75	0.20	The Evening Blues Weekend Edition 06-13-15 Malcolm Holcombe	Johnny the Conqueroo	00:00
69	19	55	0.22	Morning Open Thread - The Shadow in the Darkness: A guide dog's story	Joy of Fishes	10:30
70	19	43	0.28	Solar Thermal Plant in CA Not Delivering per Plan	Superpole	14:51
71	19	7	0.20	A Small Glimpse of Conservative Thought	Witgren	00:56
72	18	8	0.20	Filastin: Soldiers remove Palestinians from pool in Area A so Settlers can bathe undisturbed	subir	13:38
73	18	8	0.20	Australian Govt. Caught Paying People-Smugglers to Turn Back Boats Full of Asylum-Seekers	ericlewis0	16:08
74	18	8	0.19	Hellraisers Journal: The Broad Ax Declares Chicago Teamsters Strike is "Fizzling Out."	JayRaye	18:00
75	17	52	0.19	KosAbility: A New Beginning	Gwennedd	23:00
76	17	55	0.20	Books So Bad They're Good: Attila the Hun was (Probably) NOT a murder victim!	Ellid	01:00
77	17	16	0.22	Now that we've effectively flushed Rush	nancyjones	06:58
78	17	7	0.18	June 14, 2008	ramara	18:18
79	16	66	0.17	GUS: Happy Anniversary to Meteor Blades' Night Owls	gchaucer2	14:00
80	15	51	0.20	Stop Yulin China's horrific dog torture and dog eating festival	Liberal in a Red State	17:38
81	15	19	0.17	IAN: June 14, 2015 - yada, yada, yada	l o g g e r s b r a t	04:55
82	15	18	0.17	Supreme Court strengthens President's hand in foreign policy	Adam B	17:31
83	15	15	0.18	History of the Democratic Party, a new series: The Party of Opposition	MrLiberal	14:44
84	14	65	0.19	A case for Hillary	DiesIrae	22:43
85	14	19	0.17	My Mom's spaghetti and Hillary Clinton	Thomas I Benton	19:08
86	14	19	0.16	'Riders' on the Storm: Forced Labor, Climate Change, Stick it to Seniors	jamess	18:24
87	14	9	0.16	Word Salad: Rand Paul on how well Tax Cuts work	Right About Now	14:00
88	14	7	0.15	Life imitates art - er, satire - in Californa	n e w m e x i c o b e a r	18:23
89	14	4	0.15	Tide Pools of Manele Bay	se portland	20:11
90	13	83	0.28	Why is there a CT diary at the top of the rec list? (Updated)	i l l i n i f a n 1 7	17:52
91	11	262	0.38	BREAKING: Hillary ends silence...supports passage of TPP(with some changes)	his panic	19:17
92	8	178	0.35	Say No to Bernie	melvynny	12:58
93	6	44	0.17	Black America Blasts Rachel Dolezal For "Faking" Blackness; But What's The Criteria & Who Decides?	Kwik	14:40

Impact total: 68.8

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

Two Years Ago In Daily Kos

2013-06-13 00:00:11 - 2013-06-13 23:57:47
DailyKos posts = 211; 211 per day; 8.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 3014 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who comment recommend write a post only all

comment 1822 1038 161 702 79

recommend 1038 2229 80 1190 79

write 161 80 163 1 79

Posts

posts with > 0 1 10 30 100

recommendations 211 208 143 64 20

commenters 211 211 111 41 4

connections 211 208 175 93 23

Impact statistics from all 211 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.192, average = 0.45, max = 5.56, total = 94.0 bharns
r50 = 18 (at 1.30 bharns)
Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 10502
Maximum possible such pairs: 3014 x 163 = 491282
Network Density (observed/possible): 2.138%
Average degree (links/user) = 10502/3014 = 3.484

rank nrec ncom impact post Author UTC

1 527 269 5.56 It's time we stopped mincing words... (Updated) bobswern 19:01

2 339 158 3.60 PRISM break - Net products that do NOT track you Lisa Lockwood 00:17

3 333 206 3.61 Joe Biden All But Declares Bush An Illegitimate President Dartagnan 00:14

4 327 95 3.45 Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for the release of trade documents Jen Hayden 20:13

5 295 824 3.32 Speaking truth to power One Pissed Off Liberal 14:02

6 282 127 3.01 This is unbelievable cr*p from the MSM Southern Liberalin M D 20:07

7 275 259 2.97 Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes CANNOT be Patented! mconvente 15:18

8 241 196 2.61 It's not about Snowden, and it's not really even about Obama. It's about us, and who we want to be. Laurence Lewis 18:56

9 213 105 2.30 Worker Dies of Extreme Heat at Non-Union Auto Plant Georgia Working America 15:42

10 204 79 2.17 For your daughters... JamieG from Md 00:25

One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2011-06-12 00:00:02 - 2011-06-12 23:50:07
DailyKos posts = 174; 174 per day; 7.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3390 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who comment recommend write a post only all

comment 2044 1292 151 690 89

recommend 1292 2633 91 1339 89

write 151 91 158 5 89

Posts

posts with >= 0 1 10 30 100

recommendations 174 170 110 56 19

commenters 174 173 109 38 9

connections 174 170 144 72 26

Impact statistics from all 174 posts.
min = 0.00, median = 0.204, average = 0.52, max = 7.12, total = 91.2 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.47 bharns)
Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 10406
Maximum possible such pairs: 3390 x 158 = 535620
Network Density (observed/possible): 1.943%
Average degree (links/user) = 10406/3390 = 3.070

rank nrec ncom impact post Author UTC

1 674 194 7.12 Police Officers, Fed Up with Rick Scott, Leave Republican Party En Masse pollbuster 15:47

2 484 265 5.17 The proper word for it is "sabotage" K S LaVida 02:30

3 474 282 5.07 Update: Collective Bargaining In Bill! Walkerboys call Extraordinary Session in Wisconsin. WTF? noise of rain 23:50

4 435 410 4.68 Unions Warning Dems: We've had a snootful of that shit! Hyde Park Johnny 17:36

5 297 281 3.24 Matt Taibbi Has Finally Called Andrew Ross Sorkin on his Bullshi$ Badabing 21:34

6 274 467 3.18 Stop saying everything is because of climate change. Just stop it. w e a t h e r d u d e 19:32

7 268 274 2.88 Fukushima 4 Spent Fuel Pool in Critical Condition Fish Outof Water 12:47

8 217 74 2.31 Looking Good Rep. Giffords funluvn1 11:37

9 213 238 2.23 Happy Loving Day! Denise Oliver Velez 16:49

10 174 110 1.85 "Public employees have become targets of anger and criticism." Eddie C 00:47