Top posts of August 2017 from Crazy Eddie's Motie News

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The return of the bot traffic, which began on July 17th, ended on August 17th. That was enough to push my page views to 78,000+ over the 30-day period. The blog also passed 1,200,000 page views during the month. It's also the second month to pass 60,000 page views per month, the other being April 2017. It ended up setting a new record of 61,841 page views. However, there were only 27 comments.

1 (1). Lots of politics in nonfiction television at the 2...
Aug 2, 2017
1340 (1435)
(Shared at the Coffee Party USA Facebook page at 10 PM EDT on 8/2 with 35 page views before being shared. It earned 603 page views in the first two hours after being shared and 1158 in the first 24 hours afterwards.)

2. Vox explains the gerrymandering cases before the S...
Jul 31, 2017, 2 comments
1133 (Maxed out at 1182 default and 1269 raw page views at 7:59 P.M. on 7/30/17.)
(60 default page views before being shared at the Join the Coffee Party Movement page on Facebook at 10 PM on 8/1. It earned 506 page views in the first two hours. It earned 1023 page views in the first 24 hours after being shared.)

3. WXYZ on the Detroit Riots 50 years later
Jul 23, 2017
(Fell out at 664 at 7:59 P.M. on 7/30/17. Maxed out at 760 default and 838 raw page views on August 21, 2017 at 7:59 P.M.)
(130 raw page views before being shared at the Coffee Party USA Facebook page at 10 PM EDT on 7/31. Earned 608 default and raw page views in first 24 hours after being shared.)

4 (2). 'Gotham' leads superhero shows at the Primetime Em...
Aug 6, 2017, +6
337 (407)
(Posted to the Gotham groups and communities on Google+ and Facebook)

5 (3). Promoting 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power'...
Aug 1, 2017, 5 comments (most commented)
328 (398)
(Posted to the Environmental groups and communities on Facebook and Google+)

6 (4). 'Riverdale' leads television shows with seven Teen...
Aug 17, 2017
300 (311)
(Posted to the Riverdale communities and groups on Facebook and Google+)

7 (5). Scaramucci gets his wish as Bannon departs the Whi...
Aug 19, 2017, 2 comments
290 (297)
(Earned most of its page views after Infidel 753 shared it at Crooks & Liars, bringing in 184 page views.)

8 (6). "Fear the Walking Dead: Passage" contributes to di...
Aug 5, 2017
261 (296)
(Posted to the Walking Dead groups and communities at Facebook and Google+)

9 (7). Star Wars at the Primetime Emmy Awards
Aug 3, 2017
195 (279)
(Posted to the Star Wars groups on Facebook)

10 (8). 'Arrival' and 'The Expanse' win Best Dramatic Presentation at the Hugo Awards
August 13, 2017
178 (216)
(Posted to the science fiction groups and communities on Facebook and Google+)

11 (9). Religion and politics at the 2017 Television Critics Association Awards as 'The Handmaid's Tale'
8/8/17
141 (191)
(Entered top ten at 8:00 P.M. on 7/30/17. 141 default and 191 raw page views before being shared at the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page at 10 P.M. on August 31. It earned ~180 default page views in the first 2 hours and 333 default page views in the first 24 hours after being shared but that's a story for next month.)

(10). Observing Earth Overshoot Day 2017 two days late
August 4, 2017
(173)
(Posted to the environmental groups and communites on Facebook and Google+)

Honorable Mention

U.S. Space Corps and Orion -- rejected ideas for Moon Day
Jul 21, 2017
(Appeared at 5 PM then fell out at 8 P.M. on 8/18/17 with 180 default and 251 raw page views)
(Posted to the space groups and communities on Facebook and Google+)

Preserving lunar landing sites for National Moon D...
Jul 20, 2017, 2 comments
(Fell out at 8 P.M. on 8/18/17 with 303 default and 405 raw page views.)
(Posted to the space groups and communities on Facebook and Google+. Also shared by Infidel 753.)

Tipsy Bartender recipes for National Pina Colada Day
Jul 10, 2017
(Fell out on 8/22/17 at 8 P.M. with 202 default views.)
(Shared at the cocktail recipe communities on Google+)

Most saved at Pinterest
Two posts tied for most saved with five saves: Infidel 753 and I talk fossils from September 7, 2016 and Great Lakes cities and their roles in the regional economy from June 26, 2014. In addition, 'Pirates of the Caribbean' alignment chart from Aug 2, 2015 ended up with 127 default page views, almost all of which came in from Pinterest.

Twitter
Why recycle: Student Sustainability Video Festival 71 was the most retweeted with two retweets.