{
  "id": 54493,
  "title": "Do you see your private LB score?",
  "url": "/competitions/data-science-bowl-2018/discussion/54493",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-04-13T21:20:48.718738600Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 1,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hello, it's clear that we see 0.000 score for other teams. Do you see a 0.000 score as your <strong>private</strong> LB score even when you submit on your own as well? Did anyone manage to get a score higher than absolute zero?</p>\n\n<p>Thanks</p>",
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    {
      "id": "313809",
      "postDate": "04/13/2018 21:20:48",
      "content": "<p>Hello, it's clear that we see 0.000 score for other teams. Do you see a 0.000 score as your <strong>private</strong> LB score even when you submit on your own as well? Did anyone manage to get a score higher than absolute zero?</p>\n\n<p>Thanks</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello, it's clear that we see 0.000 score for other teams. Do you see a 0.000 score as your **private** LB score even when you submit on your own as well? Did anyone manage to get a score higher than absolute zero?\n\nThanks",
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    {
      "id": "313964",
      "postDate": "04/14/2018 07:22:28",
      "content": "<p>Well, now everybody knows the answer to my question except me. To clarify, yes I do see 0.000 for all my stage two submissions. I suspect Kaggle has disabled scoring because of LB probing. If somebody could confirm this that would be appreciated.</p>\n\n<p>P.S. Let's give credit where credit's due: We thank you Oleg Trott, and the like, who use their intellect not to win but to cheat <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/olegtrott/the-perfect-score-script\">https://www.kaggle.com/olegtrott/the-perfect-score-script</a>. We can also thank to all the LB probing copycats and endorsers, upvoters.</p>\n\n<p>Next time you upvote a post that's negatively affecting the competition you should think of the consequences. You think you can game the system? Well not anymore, not without the score!</p>\n\n<p>I am sure the Kaggle admin has had tears in his/her eyes before pressing the red button. Without the score the competitions will not be so fun, the gamification element is gone. The score wasn't a bug that needs to be exploited, it was a feature! R.I.P.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Well, now everybody knows the answer to my question except me. To clarify, yes I do see 0.000 for all my stage two submissions. I suspect Kaggle has disabled scoring because of LB probing. If somebody could confirm this that would be appreciated.\n\nP.S. Let's give credit where credit's due: We thank you Oleg Trott, and the like, who use their intellect not to win but to cheat https://www.kaggle.com/olegtrott/the-perfect-score-script. We can also thank to all the LB probing copycats and endorsers, upvoters.\n\nNext time you upvote a post that's negatively affecting the competition you should think of the consequences. You think you can game the system? Well not anymore, not without the score!\n\nI am sure the Kaggle admin has had tears in his/her eyes before pressing the red button. Without the score the competitions will not be so fun, the gamification element is gone. The score wasn't a bug that needs to be exploited, it was a feature! R.I.P.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 313964,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/14/2018 07:22:28",
      "content": "<p>Well, now everybody knows the answer to my question except me. To clarify, yes I do see 0.000 for all my stage two submissions. I suspect Kaggle has disabled scoring because of LB probing. If somebody could confirm this that would be appreciated.</p>\n\n<p>P.S. Let's give credit where credit's due: We thank you Oleg Trott, and the like, who use their intellect not to win but to cheat <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/olegtrott/the-perfect-score-script\">https://www.kaggle.com/olegtrott/the-perfect-score-script</a>. We can also thank to all the LB probing copycats and endorsers, upvoters.</p>\n\n<p>Next time you upvote a post that's negatively affecting the competition you should think of the consequences. You think you can game the system? Well not anymore, not without the score!</p>\n\n<p>I am sure the Kaggle admin has had tears in his/her eyes before pressing the red button. Without the score the competitions will not be so fun, the gamification element is gone. The score wasn't a bug that needs to be exploited, it was a feature! R.I.P.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "313809": "Hello, it's clear that we see 0.000 score for other teams. Do you see a 0.000 score as your **private** LB score even when you submit on your own as well? Did anyone manage to get a score higher than absolute zero?\n\nThanks",
    "313964": "Well, now everybody knows the answer to my question except me. To clarify, yes I do see 0.000 for all my stage two submissions. I suspect Kaggle has disabled scoring because of LB probing. If somebody could confirm this that would be appreciated.\n\nP.S. Let's give credit where credit's due: We thank you Oleg Trott, and the like, who use their intellect not to win but to cheat https://www.kaggle.com/olegtrott/the-perfect-score-script. We can also thank to all the LB probing copycats and endorsers, upvoters.\n\nNext time you upvote a post that's negatively affecting the competition you should think of the consequences. You think you can game the system? Well not anymore, not without the score!\n\nI am sure the Kaggle admin has had tears in his/her eyes before pressing the red button. Without the score the competitions will not be so fun, the gamification element is gone. The score wasn't a bug that needs to be exploited, it was a feature! R.I.P."
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}