{
  "id": 1995,
  "title": "Anymore information on how the edges were removed?",
  "url": "/competitions/FacebookRecruiting/discussion/1995",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2012-06-06T00:37:21.027Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 3350,
  "content": "<p>Can you share at all how the edges were removed or how many were removed? This would be really useful for generating data for a fitness test.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "11413",
      "postDate": "06/06/2012 00:37:21",
      "content": "<p>Can you share at all how the edges were removed or how many were removed? This would be really useful for generating data for a fitness test.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "11414",
      "postDate": "06/06/2012 01:23:41",
      "content": "<p>And, when an edge was removed, was it always removed in both directions, or just one?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "11428",
      "postDate": "06/06/2012 19:09:28",
      "content": "<p>In a very similar competition (IJCNN) it made a huge difference whether you could reproduce the edge removal algorithm for internal testing. I think it resulted in a 5% to 10% difference in your score.\r\n</p>\r\n<p>In my view, this sort of guesswork and reverse engineering is not a good use of competitor's time. It would be much better if the organizers would just post information on what the edge removal algorithm is.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 11414,
      "author_name": "dynamic24",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/06/2012 01:23:41",
      "content": "<p>And, when an edge was removed, was it always removed in both directions, or just one?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 11428,
      "author_name": "solorzano",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/06/2012 19:09:28",
      "content": "<p>In a very similar competition (IJCNN) it made a huge difference whether you could reproduce the edge removal algorithm for internal testing. I think it resulted in a 5% to 10% difference in your score.\r\n</p>\r\n<p>In my view, this sort of guesswork and reverse engineering is not a good use of competitor's time. It would be much better if the organizers would just post information on what the edge removal algorithm is.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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}