High Impact Posts: July 11, 2015

Yesterday 120 Kogs posted 130 posts of which 124 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1548 recommending readers; 85 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 37 by 30 or more, and 14 by 100 or more. Commenters (1210) visited 130 posts; 73 had 10 or more commenters, 24 had 30 or more, and 2 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 130 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.176, average = 0.43, max = 4.77, total =   56.2 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.24 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Jul 12 05:01:03 2015 UTC.

2015-07-11 00:00:05 - 2015-07-11 23:58:33
DailyKos posts = 130;  130 per day;  5.4 per hour
Active Kogs: 2074 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1210	687	117	466	60
recommend	687	1548	60	861	60
write	117	60	120	3	60

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	130	124	85	37	14
commenters	130	130	73	24	2
connections	130	124	102	54	16

Impact statistics from all 130 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.176, average = 0.43, max = 4.77, total =   56.2 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.24 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 6331
Maximum possible such pairs: 2074 x 120 = 248880
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.544%
Average degree (links/user) = 6331/2074 = 3.053

• 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	424	599	4.77	Ana Marie Cox Hit Piece on Bernie Sanders	delphine	13:50
2	282	838	3.29	Black Folks No on Bernie? Really	l i b e r a l m i n d e d	04:17
3	244	136	2.66	The NY Times stops letting Conservatives cheat. Maybe Liberals will make the Bestseller List now.	Heal Our Country	15:52
4	238	149	2.54	APA Psychologists Complicit in Bush/Cheney Admin. Torture, Could Face Charges	ericlewis0	01:37
5	228	196	2.52	Dems, today you will smile from ear to ear	b r o o k l y n b a d b o y	11:26
6	191	110	2.07	One Response Was Not Enough For Ana Marie Cox	t h e n e k k i d t r u t h	16:34
7	175	115	1.83	A Joint Appeal to Daily Kos: "The Need is Great, the Wait Seems Endless, the Misery Compounds" (#3)	Jekylln Hyde	17:42
8	175	82	1.86	Cartoon: Animal Nuz #259 - Soopr Gud Nuz Edition	ericlewis0	15:00
9	162	41	1.69	Bernie Wants to Thank You	jamess	15:20
10	153	70	1.61	BNR - Bernie: "Politics Should Not Be A Soap Opera" & 'Sanders Targets Caucus States'	Liepar Destin	09:49
11	132	176	1.42	Bernie Sanders is different in so many important ways	don mikulecky	21:53
12	121	108	1.29	Seymour Hersh and the Spy Who Billed Me	gjohnsit	17:27
13	108	38	1.14	Nigeria Bans Female Genital Mutilation [updated]	Wee Mama	00:25
14	103	182	1.24	Hey Anthony Weiner... Stop Being A Dick	Liepar Destin	17:55
15	85	72	0.95	Sorry, Donald.  The 9/11 hijackers came here LEGALLY.	Dumbo	20:22
16	84	35	0.88	Corporate Power - You Can't Hide We've Got Bernie On Our Side!	Lone Star Mike	12:17
17	82	94	0.87	Happee Caturdai Pootie Diaree	triciawyse	17:46
18	82	122	1.05	Rep. Steve King: 'Caucasian Christians' ended slavery; flag critics should stop being 'divisive'	Hunter	15:00
19	68	47	0.72	Love to get your input for a website for Bernie	Shockwave	00:44
20	65	114	0.72	Bernie in 1991: "More Wars for Years to Come in Iraq"	beachten	20:13
21	62	64	0.67	War Crimes: US torture doctors could face charges	La Feminista	07:56
22	59	113	0.72	Open thread for night owls: Giving a free pass to Malaysia on human trafficking to protect TPP	Meteor Blades	03:00
23	54	37	0.60	Ron Wyden makes smart use of internet to troll FBI Director Comey on surveillance	Joan McCarter	16:00
24	49	141	0.61	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The flag is down; gun issues come to the forefront	Greg Dworkin	11:10
25	48	76	0.59	View from the left—Republicans to racism: we just can't quit you	Kerry Eleveld	18:00
26	47	148	0.50	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging, Vol. 11.20: Drought!	rb137	13:01
27	46	94	0.53	Top Comments: Friday Fish Fry Edition	Puddytat	02:00
28	45	38	0.50	Wisconsin Governor Walker to Sign Bill to Ban Abortion at 20 weeks – no exceptions for rape,incest	AllenMcw	00:35
29	44	11	0.46	Spotlight on green news & views: Email trove busts Exxon on climate change; seabird population falls	Meteor Blades	19:01
30	38	99	0.48	Challenge to Hillary Clinton: Say ‘No’ to Fossil Fuel Funding, your primary opponents have	VL Baker	14:49
31	37	86	0.40	Connect! Unite! Act! Winston-Salem, Dallas & Colorado Meet-up Info — Ticket This!	catilinus	14:30
32	36	95	0.39	Kitchen Table Kibitzing - July 10, 2015	HappyinNM	00:00
33	36	27	0.39	Medicaid Whistleblower Provision Repealed in Wis Budget / Walker Will Sign Budget Tomorrow	Puddytat	19:36
34	35	157	0.48	Clinton gets American Federation of Teachers endorsement	dhonig	23:04
35	31	27	0.36	Clarence Thomas's Antebellum South, Where Slaves Had Dignity	t h i n k i n g b l u e	16:28
36	31	12	0.32	Sanders 2016: Phoenix, AZ Town Meeting With Bernie Sanders, July 18, 2015 at 7:00 pm	u n a p o l o g e t i c l i b e r a l 7 7 7	11:46
37	31	28	0.37	This week in the war on workers: New Balance presses the Pentagon to move on US-made sneakers	Laura Clawson	22:55
38	29	135	0.43	Breaking: Greek Parliament Agrees Bailout Proposal	Lib Dem FoP	00:40
39	28	25	0.30	Saturday Morning Home Repair	eeff	13:00
40	27	12	0.29	Politics in Theocratic Times	Frederick Clarkson	00:01
41	26	36	0.27	Overnight News Digest 07-10-2015	JML9999	03:58
42	26	7	0.27	Origins of Language: Oral Traditions	Ojibwa	15:30
43	25	13	0.29	WisGOP Rep dead drunk during budget vote...and dead wrong	Jake formerly of the LP	15:14
44	25	36	0.27	The Evening Blues - 7-10-15	joe shikspack	00:00
45	25	25	0.30	Ted Cruz dissed by New York Times book best seller list!	john972	04:56
46	24	19	0.28	Dear Fellow Descendants of Confederate Veterans	daveUSA	14:21
47	23	29	0.29	Michigan doctor gets 45 years in prison for falsely telling patients they had cancer	Christian Dem in NC	18:34
48	23	25	0.26	Remembering the 1960s: Street Prophets Saturday	Ojibwa	20:06
49	23	16	0.26	Employment: Why it no longer matters	Homer177	00:06
50	23	12	0.26	Obama: 'The work of the Fair Housing Act remains unfinished'	Hunter	14:00
51	22	13	0.24	Time For Another Slice-of-Life Diary From Bigjac	b i g j a c b i g j a c b i g j a c	08:24
52	21	36	0.29	Donald Trump has hijacked the Republican primary and turned it into his latest reality show.	gonzoid54	15:53
53	21	22	0.24	Filial Support Laws- I Am My Mother's Keeper...	mrsfixit	20:18
54	20	22	0.24	A white Southern woman gets to tour Germany	Bill321	09:40
55	20	16	0.24	Want a well-educated workforce? Keep Medicaid strong	Joan McCarter	17:00
56	20	3	0.21	A Gift for Scott Walker: Rankings!	Auriandra	18:39
57	19	49	0.25	This week in science: cold little dots	DarkSyde	13:00
58	19	7	0.20	Bay Area High Tide: How Much Land Will Be Lost Due to Rising Sea Levels?	ca democrat	16:41
59	19	5	0.20	The Officers Most Indifferent to Human Life.	jpmassar	04:21
60	18	69	0.20	What's for Dinner? v9.50: A Corny Summer's Stovetop Bounty	TX Scotia	23:30
61	17	35	0.19	The Daily Bucket: Amazonian Backyard	matching mole	13:43
62	17	6	0.19	When You Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve, They Eventually Come Around (Every 3.5 Years or So).	thirty three and a third	03:34
63	16	79	0.20	Morning Open Thread - Blue	Joy of Fishes	10:31
64	16	24	0.17	DKos Asheville Open Thread: Winston-Salem Bound	randallt	19:30
65	16	3	0.17	Tangerine:  Transgender comedy flick	rserven	23:00
66	15	27	0.17	DK5...it's YOUR DK5	glb3	20:41
67	15	22	0.18	PSA - Survive the Phoenix heat during Netroots Nation	F o r d m a n d a l a y	22:25
68	15	13	0.18	Focus On The Family Kid: SCOTUS Justices Should Have A Time Out And Should Read The Constitution	l i b r a r i s i n g n s f	19:25
69	15	4	0.16	Hellraisers Journal: Affidavit of Juror Alleges Jury Tampering by Bailiff in Trial of John R. Lawson	JayRaye	18:00
70	14	30	0.21	Trump's attendance  problem	mtosner	23:30
71	14	12	0.16	Climate Help in the 2030s?	enhydra lutris	14:00
72	14	30	0.15	IAN: Saturday, July 11, 2015  This week's Void of Course Moons	Siris	04:55
73	14	27	0.17	Greece: explaining the inexplicable	HeyMikey	17:32
74	14	9	0.16	The Grin of a Fool: Gun Control and the NRA	brasch	10:58
75	13	10	0.15	KosAbility: The Pills	drudau	00:50
76	12	192	0.33	Will Hillary supporters vote for Sanders in the general?	T a u s e n d b e r g	22:02
77	2	36	0.16	What will it take to move Jim Webb off 2%?	billcate	18:43

Impact total:   52.7

 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

2013-07-10 00:00:11 - 2013-07-10 23:53:44
DailyKos posts = 180;  180 per day;  7.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2847 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1789	975	139	748	73
recommend	975	2033	73	1058	73
write	139	73	139		73

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	180	178	124	64	15
commenters	180	180	106	46	2
connections	180	178	149	94	22

Impact statistics from all 180 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.243, average = 0.46, max = 4.30, total =   83.6 bharns
r50 = 21 (at 0.90 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9169
Maximum possible such pairs: 2847 x 139 = 395733
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.317%
Average degree (links/user) = 9169/2847 = 3.221

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	UTC
1	406	137	4.30	Finally the American College of OB/GYN Speaks Up	ziniko	04:36
2	345	792	3.86	To the 'Progressive' Who Emailed Me, Asking that I Stop "Bashing" Obama Over NSA Surveillance	David Harris Gershon	17:45
3	335	178	3.58	NY Times Editorial Board: "The Decline of North Carolina"	davehouck	14:02
4	323	150	3.43	Oops! Northwoods Mercenaries Not Properly Licensed to Operate in WI (Update)	noise of rain	22:42
5	319	459	3.47	Quinnipiac: "Massive Shift" as Public Now Says War on Terror Has Gone Too Far	ukit	13:08
6	251	141	2.67	FIGHTING BACK Against NSA Surveillance - Small Independent ISP in Utah Does What Other ISPs Won't	m a r k t h s h a r k	06:08
7	195	79	2.07	Tapping into our community's creativity and entrepreneurship	kos	17:55
8	183	54	1.95	Gov. Scott Walker Threatened With 'Rape'...Kinda	Retroactive Genius	15:07
9	175	59	1.88	Leahy schedules Judiciary hearing to update Voting Rights Act in wake of Supremes' dreadful ruling	Meteor Blades	18:21
10	163	203	1.84	Obama Orders Federal Workers to Profile & Report Suspicious Colleagues. Here's Why it Won't Work...	David Harris Gershon	00:45

One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2011-07-09 00:01:01 - 2011-07-09 23:57:14
DailyKos posts = 173;  173 per day;  7.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3021 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1916	1150	152	689	75
recommend	1150	2248	75	1098	75
write	152	75	159	7	75

Posts

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	173	166	104	55	18
commenters	173	172	110	40	6
connections	173	166	140	78	20

Impact statistics from all 173 posts.
min = 0.00, median = 0.187, average = 0.46, max = 5.23, total =   78.8 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.30 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9229
Maximum possible such pairs: 3021 x 159 = 480339
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.921%
Average degree (links/user) = 9229/3021 = 3.055

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	UTC
1	488	320	5.23	“Dr.” Bachmann’s “Ex-Gay Therapy” Clinic Infiltrated—And Exposed!	Scott Wooledge	15:32
2	418	480	4.56	Why are we doing the opposite of what works?	b r o o k l y n b a d b o y	15:59
3	341	258	3.79	Bill Maher: Republican voters are stupid idiots	BruinKid	14:33
4	316	111	3.35	Pearce Recalled!	Lahdee	02:34
5	259	192	2.73	One of our own is struggling, please help	i n d i e m c e m o p a n t s	16:00
6	255	912	3.09	(Updated) Plouffed: The Obama 2012 Re-Election Strategery	Edger	12:45
7	235	152	2.50	Ten Reasons why I Shall Vote Republican Next Time 20110709	Translator	06:56
8	229	99	2.42	Floridians Speak Out and Stop Rick Scott's Scheme to Pave Paradise	davidkc	11:47
9	196	184	2.16	A Chortling Pat Buchanan Calls Debt Ceiling Debate a Republican "Doomsday Machine"	Phoebe Loosinhouse	11:14
10	187	420	2.11	Thank you Republican Supporters; Really!	gchaucer2	16:15