High Impact Stories: February 25, 2016

2016-02-25 00:01:29 - 2016-02-25 23:53:35

DailyKos stories = 399; 399 per day; 16.6 per hour

Yesterday 332 Kogs posted 399 stories of which 356 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2742 recommending readers; 181 stories were recommended by 10 or more readers, 88 by 30 or more, and 33 by 100 or more. Commenters (2990) visited 399 stories; 169 had 10 or more commenters, 72 had 30 or more, and 23 had 100 or more. Recommendations and comments were collected Fri Feb 26 08:00:04 2016 UTC .

IMPACT STATISTICS FROM ALL 399 POSTS

MINIMUM	0.01
MEDIAN	0.10
AVERAGE	0.39
MAX	6.36
TOTAL	155.82 bharns
R50	24 (at 1.70 bharns)

Story Impact Distribution

Stories with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	399	356	181	88	33
commenters	399	399	169	72	23
connections	399	356	233	131	43

KOG ACTIVITY*

KOGS WHO...	COMMENT	RECOMMEND	WRITE A POST	ONLY	ALL
COMMENT	2990	1482	328	1302	122
RECOMMEND	1482	2742	122	1260	122
WRITE	328	122	332	4	122

* (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

User Interaction Statistics (Network)

OBSERVED WRITER-(READER OR WRITER) PAIRS	17884
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUCH PAIRS	4254 x 332 = 1412328
NETWORK DENSITY (OBSERVED/POSSIBLE)	1.3 %
AVERAGE DEGREE (LINKS/USER)	17884 / 4254 = 4.2

Graph Summary Data

• Up to 150 stories, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The stories 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.

HIGH IMPACT POSTS

RANK	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	570	1295	6.36	Black Lives Matter activists booted from Hillary dinner after calling for "super predators" apology	james321	03:59
2	546	325	5.84	A Lioness Roars: Elizabeth Warren and the Battle Cry of the Democratic Party	jobu	14:21
3	491	960	6.04	Democratic Party better heed Rachel Maddow's warning	Egberto Willies	07:07
4	369	360	3.97	TIME Magazine falsely accuses Bernie Sanders of yelling ?English only? at activist Dolores Huerta.	InteGritty	01:11
5	361	493	4.08	Greenwald: With Trump Looming, Should Dems Take a Huge Electability Gamble by Nominating Clinton?	geebeebee	01:53
6	339	356	3.75	Hillary privately lobbied Congress for trade deals she publically opposed.	kharma	19:53
7	321	275	3.54	Shaun King: "Stop saying that Bernie Sanders was for the Crime Bill"	VL Baker	22:41
8	310	305	3.36	NYT Times to Hillary: Release Those Transcripts!	unclechet	23:18
9	309	298	3.44	When Liberals "Red Bait" Bernie: Seriously, That's Pretty Pathetic, Shallow And Beyond The Pale	Tasini	20:56
10	305	143	3.20	BNR - 'Sanders Highlights The Impact Of Welfare Reform' & 'Bernie's YUUGE OK & MO Rallies'	LieparDestin	10:58
11	291	306	3.28	The real reason Bernie Sanders is not advertising in the South	owlaminerva	00:25
12	268	108	2.86	Woman, Arrested AT A HOSPITAL for Failure to Pay Fines, Dies of Dehydration in Jail.	jpmassar	00:55
13	260	501	3.04	Al Franken Reads Mean Tweets About His Support For Hillary Clinton :-)	First Amendment	16:29
14	246	165	2.63	ABC's Sitcom Blackish Goes There, and the Payoff is Spectacular	Chris Reeves	16:21
15	231	74	2.41	Why I endorse(d) Bernie Sanders for President	AlexcSinger	15:11
16	226	451	2.42	Hillary News & Views 2.25: SC Campaigning, #BLM Protest, Endorsements, Two McEwan Pieces	Lysis	14:21
17	220	379	2.51	Shameful: David Brock's BNR Calls Bernie supporters bigots over #WhichHillary	themgt	21:53
18	219	607	2.58	Quick Hit: Scarlett O'Hillary wants to get "back to the issues" (UPDATE)	Chitown Kev	06:50
19	214	490	2.54	Hillary Clinton is a RABID WOLVERINE!	JeffLieber	22:28
20	180	57	1.90	Greenland: 'Ice sheet is now losing about 8,000 tons every second, year-round, day in and day out'	Pakalolo	04:02
21	172	170	1.95	Boom! Pow! Zak! Yet another national poll finds Bernie and Hillary tied!	Chuck Bodd	15:23
22	167	343	1.97	Shaun King on last night's #BLM protest	leu2500	17:15
23	157	452	1.86	Wow...No	Scan	02:14
24	156	55	1.64	Bernie Sanders Names Tara Houska Native American Advisor to the Campaign	second gen	05:41
25	152	369	1.84	BAM! Breaking News! Hillary Maintains STRONG lead!	sholmberg	12:47
26	135	82	1.48	Woman 'deprived of water' dies in South Carolina jail	Thandisizwe Chimurenga	17:05
27	125	216	1.51	Obama, Reid troll Republicans with SCOTUS speculation, prove there is room to nominate a progressive	Joan McCarter	17:22
28	124	107	1.40	Illinois Republican lawmakers seek to penalize single mothers with outrageous bill	Leslie Salzillo	18:07
29	113	198	1.38	With the Supreme Court at stake, Daily Kos is going all-in to win back the Senate. Will you join us?	David Nir	17:31
30	109	103	1.25	Billionaire wants Californians to pay him $30 million in order to access public beach	Walter Einenkel	19:07
31	101	242	1.37	Washington Post editorial board pens frantic op-ed calling for fellow Republicans to stop Trump	Hunter	19:31
32	91	278	1.23	Who is really the better general election candidate?	dhonig	14:32
33	90	365	1.26	Hillary's Response to being asked about the "Superpredator" comment from 20 years ago.	snowman3	21:21
34	89	63	0.98	Appeals court okays law that will eliminate three of Louisiana's four abortion clinics	Meteor Blades	19:40
35	83	156	1.04	The bad news continue for Sanders. Clinton up by 21% in new Pennsylvania poll	motorized	11:06
36	83	146	0.89	PWB - Fursdai Furries: Teh Logic of Boxes!	Crimson Quillfeather	18:46
37	82	26	0.88	Cartoon: The return of Judge Scalia!	RubenBolling	14:51
38	81	330	1.10	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: We'll miss you, Harry Reid. It's all about SCOTUS	Greg Dworkin	12:30
39	80	364	1.24	Weekly polling update: Bernie gains big nationally, but upcoming states look tough	kos	20:39
40	70	47	0.79	Cheers and Jeers: Thursday	Bill in Portland Maine	13:16
41	61	98	0.76	Trump lashes out after Romney suggests there's a 'bombshell' in his taxes	Laura Clawson	15:01
42	60	60	0.65	Harry Reid and the White House masterfully troll the Republicans over the Supreme Court vacancy	Laurence Lewis	18:33
43	59	37	0.63	Why I Support Hillary: "It Takes a Village"	Edward Song	01:10
44	54	68	0.64	Trump favors hiring foreign workers over Americans at Florida club	Kerry Eleveld	19:10
45	51	49	0.58	About that Pennsylvania Poll - 21% Clinton over Sanders. . .	New Minas	18:44
46	48	9	0.51	Atticus v. Antonin	Padresteve	02:40
47	46	88	0.50	If you're for Hillary, don't send us downhill. If you're for Bernie, don't bern the house down.	StellaRay	03:51
48	44	84	0.52	#WhichHillary Tops Twitter, After #BLM Activist Tells Her "You Owe Black People An Apology."	thirty three and a third	17:36
49	43	68	0.46	Since We're Going Down Memory Lane to Vilify Hillary...	claudsam	00:17
50	42	34	0.48	My Lord Are we nominating a Democrat?	csainvestor	21:32
51	40	58	0.46	Twitter going crazy over #WhichHillary	TrueBlueMountaineer	23:53
52	40	56	0.49	I Love Bernie But Some of His Supporters Piss Me Off	CantWeAllJustGetAlong	04:37
53	40	12	0.42	Tara Houska appointed as Native American advisor to the Bernie Sanders campaign	racerx	00:03
54	38	69	0.46	MSM preparing to "bury" Sanders campaign	LannyAlanSinkin	18:30
55	37	28	0.39	The "Definitive, Encyclopedic Case" Against Hillary, Now in PDF Form	Mass Southpaw	12:41
56	36	48	0.40	Flip Flop Flip Flop Flip and Oh Wait Flop	LaFeminista	21:39
57	35	129	0.37	Bookflurries-Bookchat: Who Goes There? And Why?	cfk	01:01
58	35	58	0.38	Kitchen Table Kibitzing 24 February	The Marti	01:01
59	35	51	0.43	Stunning new Ohio Poll: Sanders 45, Clinton 44	Toby Ziegler	20:41
60	35	48	0.38	Top Comments: Virginity or Death	Tara the Antisocial Social Worker	03:01
61	34	24	0.37	Lands' End Caves To Forced Birthers	Eyesbright	21:55
62	34	20	0.37	Monday, Monday, can't trust that day	kbman	15:03
63	33	36	0.40	Mitt Romney: "There's a Bombshell in Donald Trump's taxes"	Lefty Coaster	03:25
64	33	22	0.37	Letting Go Of Hillary's Presidential Aspirations...	dyna	03:10
65	29	111	0.43	Bombshell: Emails on Clinton's secret server matched top secret docs virtually word for word	Jimmy Crackcorn	17:38
66	29	102	0.32	Connect! Unite! Act! Houston, Ferguson, NYC, San Francisco & NN16 Events: Spring Critters?	paradise50	15:29
67	29	11	0.31	My 17-Year-Old Daughter "Feels the Bern" in Tulsa	twigg	03:17
68	28	82	0.36	Hillary: We need a true Progressive on the Supreme Court	floridageorge	19:26
69	28	60	0.35	So, let's argue about the soul of the Democratic Party.	Tortmaster	11:23
70	28	10	0.30	Pronghorn and Drone	ban nock	01:39
71	27	45	0.30	Scary..We	Vetwife	13:37
72	27	14	0.29	Why I back Bernie - rebuttal to "Feel the Fraud"	rvtravel	22:52
73	26	24	0.30	NONE of the Republican candidates have given paid speeches to Wall Street either - just Hillary.	searchforsolidarity	02:32
74	26	14	0.27	Wow! We're Getting Attention in Western Nebraska!	Village Vet	09:27
75	26	11	0.28	Oregon Senate Republicans Stage Temper Tantrum	FrustratedProgressive	04:25
76	25	49	0.30	We now have the answers to some of Bob Herbert's questions about the Clintons	his panic	05:46
77	25	12	0.26	Daugaard meets transgender people	rserven	00:01
78	25	7	0.27	Hillary is the Firewall	k9disc	21:36
79	24	60	0.27	Daily Bucket: A Walk at Coquina Beach	Lenny Flank	13:59
80	24	37	0.29	Spike Lee's Sanders endorsement also an indictment of Hillary	NYFM	14:37
81	24	11	0.26	What Fair Housing Looks Like	kernals	17:51
82	23	69	0.34	Question of the day: What tv show do you like but are embarrassed to admit?	BFSkinner	20:06
83	23	35	0.29	Time to Resurrect Scalia's "Dead" Constitution.	ECstyle	04:42
84	22	36	0.27	Clemson/Palmetto Poll: Clinton +50 in SC!	aries3dc	21:03
85	21	122	0.29	Hillary Won't Release Goldman Sachs Transcripts Because -- WHAT?????	David B	01:30
86	21	27	0.25	Hillary Clinton Confronted by Black Lives Matter Activists Over Super Predator Comments	TimBlack	23:17
87	21	22	0.23	Single Payer and a Big RW Lie	Satya1	19:04
88	21	11	0.23	CNN Cop-ologist accuses Beyonc? of "Racism" over Superbowl and Formation video	Frank Vyan Walton	04:41
89	20	32	0.25	No one questions who is depicted in this video	foolme1ns	12:36
90	20	30	0.22	Overnight News Digest: Fiat justitia ruat caelum	Doctor RJ	05:00
91	20	10	0.22	Texas is a PROPORTIONAL DELEGATE STATE! Bernie had abandon Texas?? NOPE!	Bluehawk	06:42
92	19	10	0.22	Cartoon: And The Donald goes to...	laloalcaraz	22:50
93	18	94	0.32	One question for Hillary supporters	Jaxpagan	22:12
94	18	63	0.25	Unless the Democrats Run Sanders, A Trump Nomination Means a Trump Presidency	debocracy	09:53
95	18	33	0.19	IAN: Thursday 2/25/2016 Spinning of its axel	art ah zen	05:46
96	18	13	0.19	When is a 5.1 Billion Dollar settlement, really just a Walk in the Park?	jamess	04:17
97	18	10	0.21	New Texas Polls: Clinton way, way ahead	manrico1967	03:43
98	17	8	0.18	WI-Sen: New Marquette Poll Continues To Show Russ Feingold (D) Crushing Ron Johnson (R) 49-37	poopdogcomedy	19:05
99	16	58	0.22	Bernie Sanders, not Hillary Clinton, is the only one who can defeat Donald Trump.	MOTHEREARTH	20:06
100	15	91	0.28	Not A Super Predator. Super Uninformed. The Death Of #BLM.	James Andre	20:40
101	15	60	0.28	Please don't.... just don't.... A Plea to Hillary Supporters	Expatriated	10:09
102	13	99	0.27	Is Anybody Else Sick And Tired Of This???	stuhunter2	00:18
103	8	56	0.19	Hits against Bernie are just beginning	CorpFlunky	20:15
104	3	82	0.22	Why Hillary should drop out	endcorporaterule	23:01
105	1	458	0.39	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/25	Daily Kos Elections	14:00
106	1	112	0.22	Update? An Interesting Development Regarding the Incident With BLM and Hillary Clinton.	smoothmanyfold	20:46

Impact total: 119.6

 nrec  - Number of recommendations.
 ncom  - Number of comments.
 tator - Number of commenters .
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 stories.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter