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High Impact Diaries - June 8, 2008

Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 06:14:44 AM PDT

Welcome to BigStan (uid 166997) who registered at 2008-06-09 06:03:28 EDT, the most recent of 106 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 359 Kogs posted 360 diaries of which 343 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3484 recommending readers and viewed by 10668; 145 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 38 by 30 or more, and 15 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2947) visited 356 diaries; 222 had 10 or more commenters, 57 had 30 or more, and 9 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 360 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.127, average = 0.33, max = 9.48, total =  118.1 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.68 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon Jun  9 06:10:31 2008 EDT; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time.  

Links to on site search for yesterday, a year ago, and the last 6 hours are also included.

2008-06-08 00:02:15 - 2008-06-08 23:56:52
DailyKos diaries = 360;  360 per day; 15.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 4836 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5922 (only view diaries)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryview a diaryCRW onlyCRWV onlyall
comment294716273232909115613159
recommend162734841633408185352159
write32316335935632 159
view2909340835610668 5922159

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations3603431453815
commentators360356222579
connections36034328811515
views360360360346215

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 1

Impact statistics from all 360 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.127, average = 0.33, max = 9.48, total =  118.1 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.68 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 14869
Maximum possible such pairs: 4836 x 359 = 1736124
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.856%
Average degree (links/user) = 14869/4836 = 3.075

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 89169
Number of tag size classes: 754
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (32788 diaries)
Singleton tags: 54841 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 495 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 274 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 658 (number of diaries tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

  • Up to 150 diaries, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
  • The diaries are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
  • The TableTools extension for the Firefox browser allows you to sort by any column.
  • For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this diary.

ranknrecncomtatorscnxviewersimpactDiaryAuthorEDT
1844713339110249059.48The DailyMail Drops a Bomb on McCainLieparDestin13:10
282751324698041908.98How to Unite the Party in One Easy StepStroszek15:41
379227112683943268.32New Abramoff Plea is Trouble for McCain & the GOPdengre03:37
469034222080743977.46Don't mess with Bill Moyers(vs O'Reilly Factor)Alyosha Popovich01:07
539083728058324864.62Is It Safe To Come Home Now?DMiller00:27
63691619941921843.96Dan Rather rips corporate media at Reform conferenceGregMitch11:02
729256020946230003.55UPDATED: McCain is getting $58k/yr for being "disabled"Inky9917:40
826621611333018202.93Mister Bush Will Leave Us a PileMeteor Blades21:57
925937315734114902.92Dear Blogger Friend...JeffLieber10:45
1025328915836530952.95Why Delaware Dem Went Insane.Delaware Dem21:02
11192694521614162.05Obama: Since We Won, We now Have No Choice but Win (W/Text and Video)Engine 0811:58
12162583417311491.71While you weren't watching ...A Siegel23:54
1316195221676551.68Netroots Nation Scholarship Fund: Mea Culpa EditionMelody Townsel19:49
14136178641596451.47This Week With Barack Obama, The Presumptive Democratic Nominee, June 1-7, 2008icebergslim18:12
15126124611446641.35Brothers and sisters,pastordan20:43
16856443921150.90IGTNT: "Day is done, gone the sun"JeNoCo14:14
176915135821940.75Gardening Like Your Life Depends On Itbernardpliers15:05
18637226752250.69As A Disabled Man, I'm OutragedThe Gimp12:59
19582915611020.61The Smile Train. A Gift of Love and Laughter.FireCrow12:48
20533321656250.58Frank Rich hits one out of the park (updated w/translation)!SciVo18:18
21527229654060.57Wanna' Piece of Candy, Little Girl?Granny Doc15:13
22525518581250.55Top Comments - County DemocratsCarnacki21:56
23495827633510.55McCain launches first negative attack ad of general electionJedReport17:06
2447392054880.51Water News - June 08Asinus Asinum Fricat13:39
25462512501280.49Netroots Nation:  if a cycle of politically active young peopleteacherken07:27
26425011451450.44Overnight News Digest: Oglala Sioux could regain Badlands NPMagnifico23:41
27384836621890.47Obama Won --- Do we care why Hillary Lostkmwray21:35
28374228553250.44McCain's exInsultComicDog03:10
2937169391560.39You've watched Kid Oakland's video...CC Lee10:47
30363223524160.42A coup in the making?Arun19:09
3136272043970.39Just how is it NOT a 3rd Bush term, Senator McCain?clammyc17:31
32355626522690.41Obama's 50 State Strategy is real and already well underwayJohn Campanelli02:38
33348529481780.39The Plan to Divide Uspsychodrew11:53
34343218411450.37I just got elected as a delegate to the Democratic convention!vard01:43
35307413341090.32Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Alien Photo Edition)Neon Vincent01:09
36303115341370.32Arab News: Bush’s Outrageously Stupid Specious NonsenseCompound F23:18
3730231131530.31EENR For Progress: Special Endorsement -- Merkley (OR-Sen)edgery22:53
3830171231620.31High Impact Diaries - June 7, 2008jotter12:15
39299430471330.36Late Sunday Evening Critter PicturesSallyCat23:11
40294715391400.33Report from the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention, 6/7/2008AnotherMassachusettsLiberal11:57
412913931630.31High Impact Diaries - May 31 to June 6, 2008jotter12:31
42287743593390.40France and Germany love Obama!Overseas15:22
43285331563570.38CBS News -- Gas Heading to $6 a Gallon in Next Few MonthsDry Observer02:03
44285323421300.33Stop saying "Roe"! Start saying "Griswold".JLFinch10:59
45272316351540.30Flashback - Bush on high oil prices 8 years ago and Gore too.taonow08:46
46272314352230.30Fantastic Anti-McCain Ad [Video]JulianWan21:02
4727171435970.30Plant a 21st century Victory Gardenprgsvmama2604:25
48271614343140.30Obama Wins Texas! (finally)Jeff in CA00:26
49264231496830.34NY Times exposes Clintons behind the scenesroute6621:31
50259640573040.37Vice Presidential candidate names you've never heard of.SlackwareGrrl14:12
51253616362570.29I Went to Hillary's ConcessionTriple Sow Cow21:16
5225251431790.28In Praise of Amateur Political PunditsLithiumCola11:20
53252219403510.31Brutal McCain videoGerbalblaste21:31
542588291260.27IGTNT: Gay man downmanish03:08
55244013332310.27Viral video to share with former Clinton supporters8ackgr0und N015e00:18
5624271931700.27DailyKos Buries the Lede: HRC Lost Because of IRAQsteveGA22:50
57242313312180.27I am afraid of becoming a bag lady (with poll)murrayewv14:07
58236041573720.36Why Chris Dodd might be our next vice-president.Nuisance Industry22:09
59233326372380.28"Regarding Obama being the Anti-Christ..."daulton17:10
60232616311900.26Boo Hoo, McCain complains about the mediaRKA11:09
6123171027620.25GOP and Detainees Want Deathdrational08:51
622211536503980.33POW Wives For Truth About John McCainAttorney at Arms14:42
6322421431820.25Free Speech On Trialsheddhead14:52
64223522373580.28Note to the Media: This is Not a Hillary Clinton Supporterblueintheface20:33
6522311530870.25ANWR Drilling : No Way Says Rick Noriegaalpolitics00:02
66222518311240.25McCain Surrogate Graham:  McCain more of the samemobilio31614:19
67222118354060.27Romney: Obama Will Defeat McCain(1/8/08)HEAT19:47
6822149261860.24Hillary's Concession, Rachel's Bat Mitzvah, and Defying GravityNWTerriD02:43
692111958674070.40Mark Penn: "Superdelegates, Caucuses, Media to blame"ayjaymay14:37
7021451128910.24The Electromagnetic Spectrum V - Visible LightTranslator23:56
71201610271280.23"Settlement" in CSU Loyalty Oath CaseValtin21:17
721915568805180.45Alegre Answers the call to come homesecond gen13:24
73195825382170.26Katha Pollitt, Hillary Clinton, and 18 Million CracksGOTV07:47
741813546563730.33Not Webb; Not Clark; Not ClintonMarie18:03
75187647574610.34Obama's 35-state strategyAdmiralNaismith21:45
76183815281040.22CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE: Clinton Didn't Lose, Obama Wonmac Cumhail21:01
77183626404410.26Obama is not qualifiedSteve Everett07:07
781811822850.20From Across the Pond - Step forward George Bushjimstaro06:05
79179144533040.31Feinstein LYING, Graham proves McSamebutchcjg10:44
80177740483750.29I Know This Will Be Controversial, But...Caringthinkingperson22:50
81176339464760.28Barack Obama goes on a bike ride!islandinthesun16:27
82171711241770.20Obama, Clinton, the Internet, and Not Accepting RealityDCDemocrat07:37
831610721271000.20WAYWO 6-8-08 - Dead (Sock) Warrioremeraldmaiden18:35
84164524351380.23Unity is a two-way street: it's time to get over ourselvesVirginiaDem11:49
85164017261100.20Outsourcing - a story that the MSM will not tellbluegrass5011:24
86163021342670.23Big Unity Bounceclambake10:33
87162715262090.20Hit job on Obama by winger Iranian immigrantsFlorida Democrat19:10
88162015263570.20David Mendell Shows Why Obama Won and HRC LostRFK Lives15:42
8916201423780.19Be My Guestedscan12:47
9016159201140.18This is a call to armsswampsparrow20:18
91161310231790.19Olbermann's show inspired my little boyrhubarb23:48
921612920960.18419 House Races filledBENAWU04:36
931512054615100.34THIS IS DAILYKOS??????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????mcdave00:16
94155430421630.26Sen. Feinstein Pushing False Clinton "Popular Vote" Mememonitor12:28
95154627352880.23Obama up by 8% in new Rass pollHuwcs13:09
9615109201720.17One Shining Moment for the DemocratsCenk Uygur15:39
971585181080.16About that rise in retail spending last month: it wasn'tSanJoseLady23:32
98157618650.16Iraqi Legislators Call For Timetable For U.S. Withdrawaljethrock17:08
99149548583550.33Should Obama Offer Clinton the VP? dKos Tracking Poll #2rerutled07:38
100143116271140.19Enough with the Welcome Back to Cruel World  Diariesorganicdemocrat15:01
101142919302490.20Bye Bye KittensLarry Madill10:11
102141612221550.17A Plea: No More "President Obama" Diariesdansac13:43
10314161021900.17Mount Flushmore: S.F. Tribute to Bushletsgetfree23:19
10414151018580.16John McCain: A record of opposing the interests of GLBT Americansdavidkc14:33
1051415918610.16Stop. Think. Stay on message.chicagovigilante23:24
10614121220610.16McCain Reverses Position on Balancing the Budget. Again.Avenging Angel12:55
1071311562719370.39Hillaryis44.com Has Gone Off the Deep EndRed Star17:20
10813722231590.20Why Clinton lost:  Iraqbear8814:43
109134636453630.26So ABC Wants to Host a Town Hall - HELL NO! - with PollEntrWriter18:30
11013451321520.16How I would fix schools in NYC.Why do kids in poor neighborhoods get all of the gimmicky solutions?futurebird11:04
11113411420520.16Invoking the Responsibility to Protect in ZimbabweShane Hensinger18:44
112132411221780.16Clinton's speech was a Rorschach testdawnt14:51
1131388201080.16Obama: "The whole country is counting on you"ScientistSteve09:54
1141210156653420.35Alegre, Beware Fair-Weather FriendsThe Sinistral07:23
115126833381100.22What's Your Favorite Summer Wine?arquebus17:33
116124322281990.18new repub talking point:   William Who?OrdinaryGal16:12
117123520282580.18Chuck Todd Raises McCain's Expectations - Good thing, or bad?pheedthemonkey13:26
118112918262310.17He Never Tried to Bloody Hertintinspry20:28
119112518264550.17Obama at 50%Howaboutthetruth13:57
120107932391450.22Barack Obama - Is He Metaphorically Black or Literally Black?Brown Man ATL09:57
121106133383120.22NPR's All Things Considered -- Biased Election Coverage?stevenh22:07
122105727352620.20Why McCain will lose by a landslidejedley03:44
123103523312960.18Webb On Face The Nationwebranding11:02
124103325333090.1918 Million, My Ass!Wilder K Whyte14:30
12598527321700.18Anyone from Mississippi (or know Mississippi well)?ObamaManiac200802:15
12696431361360.20Forgive and Forget?TiredOfTheGOP02:11
12794625281130.17Who is the Future of the Democratic Party?Sven at My Silver State15:10
12885528341350.19Praise for the PriusWisteacher09:52
12984431373740.20Hillaryis44 is the new NaderWoodwards Friend19:23
13083724281970.16I believe--and it scares meeaglehoo01:47
13177025321560.18An open letter to those disgruntled Hillary Supporters:Vera Lofaro11:59
13276128334010.18Clinton-ites detonate on Clyburnobamagramma03:49
133610444461910.24Stop It, Now! None of the Obvious, Popular VP Choices Will Be SelectedThe Plainsman13:01
1346773131790.17Who Are Your Political Heroes?Zelbinian07:40
13564627312130.17Guess What Repubs...MARXISM IS AWESOME.Megatron00:42
136511037381320.20Open Thread--VP speculationBradF01:21
13758335381550.205 p.m. PDT Daily Open Obama V.P. Thread #25 (w/poll)ourprez0820:00
13857135391690.21The unspoken racism Obama facesMsLibrarian14:08
139566515210820.27Breaking: Michelle Obama Shock Taperobin66615:06
14056528311600.17Electoral Votes - What side of the Aisle will YOUR State land?funluvn108:36
14156330311870.17More Obama VP Conjecturebrdc422:55
14254527311100.17What Clinton Still needs to SayAPI in DC13:44
14354430332350.18We have a nominee: thank you John Edwardszimmie09:35
14446530331590.17John Kerry & Frank Lautenburg - Dishonored by Demsglennmid14:59
14536740423090.22HRC's supporters continue to rantKyman12:45
146212353543670.28A Bosnia of Heroism ??? McCain Can't Comb His Hair.vets7415:30
14726545463960.24Every last person at Kos has attention deficit disorder!qmastertoo19:43
148114836372590.19"As I suspend my campaign..."indeterminate cutlery01:15
14917930303250.16Down Goes Hillary Party - Suck it Terry!rev2417:30
15014532333870.17Germans newspapers racist coverAlex van Hussein17:20

Impact total:  101.3

 rank - Order based on number of recommendations.
 nrec - Number of recommendations
 ncom - Number of comments
 tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
 cnx - Number of connections, which is the total of commenters and recommenders, without duplication.
 impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
 Diary - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos diary displaying the title.
 Author - Hyperlink to the diary authors Daily Kos home page.
 Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.

NB: Some diaries on this list were still open for recommendation at the time it was compiled.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2007-06-09 00:00:15 - 2007-06-09 23:56:56
DailyKos diaries = 181;  181 per day;  7.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2731 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment1809105615767074
recommend105619547489874
write157741812474

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations181177993311
commentators181180118368
connections1811771456812

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 1

Impact statistics from all 181 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.157, average = 0.34, max = 4.62, total =   62.0 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 0.63 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7736
Maximum possible such pairs: 2731 x 181 = 494311
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.565%
Average degree (links/user) = 7736/2731 = 2.833

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
14085582615464.62Fun at the Creation Museum!!!! (my field trip to CrazyLand)cubswin3911:19
24072541234824.42Conyers to Cheney: Don't even think about itroute6609:20
33873261384484.17Leaving AgainNameless Soldier15:03
43342111053763.57As a Soldier, Fouad Ajami Sickens MeThe Angry Rakkasan17:55
52383321182832.59Rise Up and Be a Part of History!One Pissed Off Liberal16:43
62084901252752.35Abortion: Why Compromise Isn’t Possibleirishwitch16:46
7196227742352.14John Edwards: "Sounds like Karl Rove is writing Rudy Giuliani's script these days."TomP12:56
81832351032402.06Al Gore's "Green" Home Almost Ready.  Is He? (w/Poll)  JekyllnHyde02:49
9124115461381.32IGTNT: "I love you always and forever."noweasels21:32
10114112611431.26Fred Thompson - K Street's Presidential Candidatedavidsirota10:04

Double Bonus Election Year Bonanza Feature: One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2006-06-08 00:02:32 - 2006-06-08 23:57:06
DailyKos diaries = 313;  313 per day; 13.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 3286 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment22221191255892116
recommend119122041231006116
write25512331351116

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations3132841092312
commentators3133061513510
connections3132842066315

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 313 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.092, average = 0.22, max = 3.38, total =   69.7 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 0.53 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9266
Maximum possible such pairs: 3286 x 313 = 1028518
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.901%
Average degree (links/user) = 9266/3286 = 2.820

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
1318246823503.38The Department of Precrime and The Thought Police. UPDATED8ackgr0und N015e17:09
22773041693803.17Half Of You Will Hate Me For Thisartofstarving23:13
3265138763012.84[PM UPDATE w/ Video] 'Net-Neutrality': GOP Selling Out  to Corporate Giants (AT&T & Verizon)Rep Louise Slaughter10:19
42642631073282.91Kill Big Bird & Elmo - Next Big Thing In CongressAlegre14:24
52533081053242.82How to avenge Armando: Take down GOP propagandists.Eternal Hope22:53
62385752094063.00Armando's cred at dkos, the rightist witchhunt, and Paul de ManMoacir09:20
72332761483402.73Tips On How To Blog Anonymously And Safelybluerevolt10:50
82282951153002.57Estate tax repeal rejected.gmb12:12
92177101663292.59CATO writer answers Markos on "Libertarian Democrats"ztn18:18
10160152852201.83Read the RECENT DIARIES list - DAMMIT!!!SteinL07:37

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