{
  "id": 122347,
  "title": " Suspicious novices in TOP200",
  "url": "/competitions/ashrae-energy-prediction/discussion/122347",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-12-19T14:19:05.342721200Z",
  "votes": 27,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I hope the issue will be identified and if private sharing or any other rules break done, Kaggle will be able finally to identify and remove those accounts who did smth bad.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, not all of novices are suspicious. </p>\n\n<p>Just looking TOP200, in few days a lot new novices are appearing, the accounts are up to few years old but for most thus competition is the only one, strange? I think yes.</p>\n\n<p>Hope for best @inversion </p>\n\n<p><strong>Best wishes for all teams who worked hard.</strong></p>\n\n<p>P.S. \nWe lost up to 80 positions in this week (this is even gaining back some positions). For example, today we moved up by 7 positions and went down by 16 after that just in 6h. And a lot more new accounts around.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "698656",
      "postDate": "12/19/2019 14:19:05",
      "content": "<p>I hope the issue will be identified and if private sharing or any other rules break done, Kaggle will be able finally to identify and remove those accounts who did smth bad.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, not all of novices are suspicious. </p>\n\n<p>Just looking TOP200, in few days a lot new novices are appearing, the accounts are up to few years old but for most thus competition is the only one, strange? I think yes.</p>\n\n<p>Hope for best @inversion </p>\n\n<p><strong>Best wishes for all teams who worked hard.</strong></p>\n\n<p>P.S. \nWe lost up to 80 positions in this week (this is even gaining back some positions). For example, today we moved up by 7 positions and went down by 16 after that just in 6h. And a lot more new accounts around.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I hope the issue will be identified and if private sharing or any other rules break done, Kaggle will be able finally to identify and remove those accounts who did smth bad.\n\n Of course, not all of novices are suspicious. \n\nJust looking TOP200, in few days a lot new novices are appearing, the accounts are up to few years old but for most thus competition is the only one, strange? I think yes.\n\nHope for best @inversion \n\n**Best wishes for all teams who worked hard.**\n\nP.S. \nWe lost up to 80 positions in this week (this is even gaining back some positions). For example, today we moved up by 7 positions and went down by 16 after that just in 6h. And a lot more new accounts around.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "698844",
      "postDate": "12/19/2019 19:01:23",
      "content": "<p>how many accounts are suspicious..according to you ballpark ?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "how many accounts are suspicious..according to you ballpark ?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "698849",
      "postDate": "12/19/2019 19:10:14",
      "content": "<p>70-80 in 50 teams minimum (within TOP10%)\nsome teams have 3 guys with activity 1 month ago ))) and total &lt;10 submissions for the entire team.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "70-80 in 50 teams minimum (within TOP10%)\nsome teams have 3 guys with activity 1 month ago ))) and total &lt;10 submissions for the entire team.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "698852",
      "postDate": "12/19/2019 19:15:46",
      "content": "<p>thanks <a href=\"/muhakabartay\">@muhakabartay</a> </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "thanks @muhakabartay",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "698900",
      "postDate": "12/19/2019 20:59:18",
      "content": "<p>If there are massive private sharing existing... I don't understand if they are really satisfied with being medalist without their own solid methodology. It should be such a shame if I were. This does not help to them.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "If there are massive private sharing existing... I don't understand if they are really satisfied with being medalist without their own solid methodology. It should be such a shame if I were. This does not help to them.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "698916",
      "postDate": "12/19/2019 22:07:58",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/hanjoonchoe\">@hanjoonchoe</a> I even don't know why they need that? empty accounts with medals for what?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "hanjoonchoe I even don't know why they need that? empty accounts with medals for what?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "698941",
      "postDate": "12/19/2019 23:23:51",
      "content": "<p>its too  hard\n🤕 </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "its too  hard\n🤕",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "699206",
      "postDate": "12/20/2019 06:45:49",
      "content": "<p>Half of the teams just vanished!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Half of the teams just vanished!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "699269",
      "postDate": "12/20/2019 08:53:48",
      "content": "<p>For me, 2 possibilities : reset username and sell the account to someone who need. Use novice account to have more submissions.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "For me, 2 possibilities : reset username and sell the account to someone who need. Use novice account to have more submissions.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 698844,
      "author_name": "frtgnn",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/19/2019 19:01:23",
      "content": "<p>how many accounts are suspicious..according to you ballpark ?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 698849,
          "author_name": "muhakabartay",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/19/2019 19:10:14",
          "content": "<p>70-80 in 50 teams minimum (within TOP10%)\nsome teams have 3 guys with activity 1 month ago ))) and total &lt;10 submissions for the entire team.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 698852,
          "author_name": "frtgnn",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/19/2019 19:15:46",
          "content": "<p>thanks <a href=\"/muhakabartay\">@muhakabartay</a> </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 698900,
      "author_name": "hanjoonchoe",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/19/2019 20:59:18",
      "content": "<p>If there are massive private sharing existing... I don't understand if they are really satisfied with being medalist without their own solid methodology. It should be such a shame if I were. This does not help to them.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 698916,
          "author_name": "muhakabartay",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/19/2019 22:07:58",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/hanjoonchoe\">@hanjoonchoe</a> I even don't know why they need that? empty accounts with medals for what?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 699269,
          "author_name": "vicioussong",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/20/2019 08:53:48",
          "content": "<p>For me, 2 possibilities : reset username and sell the account to someone who need. Use novice account to have more submissions.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 698941,
      "author_name": "pp2file",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/19/2019 23:23:51",
      "content": "<p>its too  hard\n🤕 </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 699206,
      "author_name": "frtgnn",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/20/2019 06:45:49",
      "content": "<p>Half of the teams just vanished!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "698656": "I hope the issue will be identified and if private sharing or any other rules break done, Kaggle will be able finally to identify and remove those accounts who did smth bad.\n\n Of course, not all of novices are suspicious. \n\nJust looking TOP200, in few days a lot new novices are appearing, the accounts are up to few years old but for most thus competition is the only one, strange? I think yes.\n\nHope for best @inversion \n\n**Best wishes for all teams who worked hard.**\n\nP.S. \nWe lost up to 80 positions in this week (this is even gaining back some positions). For example, today we moved up by 7 positions and went down by 16 after that just in 6h. And a lot more new accounts around.",
    "698844": "how many accounts are suspicious..according to you ballpark ?",
    "698849": "70-80 in 50 teams minimum (within TOP10%)\nsome teams have 3 guys with activity 1 month ago ))) and total &lt;10 submissions for the entire team.",
    "698852": "thanks @muhakabartay",
    "698900": "If there are massive private sharing existing... I don't understand if they are really satisfied with being medalist without their own solid methodology. It should be such a shame if I were. This does not help to them.",
    "698916": "hanjoonchoe I even don't know why they need that? empty accounts with medals for what?",
    "698941": "its too  hard\n🤕",
    "699206": "Half of the teams just vanished!",
    "699269": "For me, 2 possibilities : reset username and sell the account to someone who need. Use novice account to have more submissions."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}