{
  "id": 73213,
  "title": "Any idea where the \"promotions or discounts\" are hidden in the data?",
  "url": "/competitions/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/73213",
  "author_name": "Raúl Machado",
  "post_date": "2018-11-30T21:15:06.129000",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Any idea where the \"promotions or discounts\" are hidden in the data?</p>\n\n<p>Further clarifications: Promotions or discounts are those sent to the customers, weather they use them or not, which is supposed to be in the data. </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 430696,
      "postDate": "2018-11-30T21:15:06.130Z",
      "content": "<p>Any idea where the \"promotions or discounts\" are hidden in the data?</p>\n\n<p>Further clarifications: Promotions or discounts are those sent to the customers, weather they use them or not, which is supposed to be in the data. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Any idea where the \"promotions or discounts\" are hidden in the data?\n\nFurther clarifications: Promotions or discounts are those sent to the customers, weather they use them or not, which is supposed to be in the data. \n\n",
      "votes": 3
    },
    {
      "id": 431346,
      "postDate": "2018-12-02T04:49:41.683Z",
      "content": "<p>Seems to be another example of the many many data issues in this competition. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Seems to be another example of the many many data issues in this competition. "
    },
    {
      "id": 433197,
      "postDate": "2018-12-04T20:33:48.930Z",
      "content": "<p>I think the goal is to know if,  given  certain promotions and discounts , these works for  the customer or the Merchant.  Not to study promotions and discounts behavoir.  Perhaps now these only depends on the classification.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think the goal is to know if,  given  certain promotions and discounts , these works for  the customer or the Merchant.  Not to study promotions and discounts behavoir.  Perhaps now these only depends on the classification.",
      "isDeleted": true,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 434110,
          "postDate": "2018-12-05T22:42:56.377Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi Francisco.</p>\n\n<p>You wrote \"....given certain promotions and discounts,....\" but How do you those promotions? The issue is to study how the customers react to promotions and thereafter, predict the customer behavoir. But without knowing which variable(s)/item(s) representing the promotions in the data, the entire competition boils down to crunching numbers blindly, i.e. a guessing game :(</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi Francisco.\n\nYou wrote \"....given certain promotions and discounts,....\" but How do you those promotions? The issue is to study how the customers react to promotions and thereafter, predict the customer behavoir. But without knowing which variable(s)/item(s) representing the promotions in the data, the entire competition boils down to crunching numbers blindly, i.e. a guessing game :("
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 431346,
      "author_name": "whamp",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2018-12-02T04:49:41.683000",
      "content": "<p>Seems to be another example of the many many data issues in this competition. </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 433197,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2018-12-04T20:33:48.930000",
      "content": "<p>I think the goal is to know if,  given  certain promotions and discounts , these works for  the customer or the Merchant.  Not to study promotions and discounts behavoir.  Perhaps now these only depends on the classification.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 434110,
          "author_name": "Raúl Machado",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2018-12-05T22:42:56.377000",
          "content": "<p>Hi Francisco.</p>\n\n<p>You wrote \"....given certain promotions and discounts,....\" but How do you those promotions? The issue is to study how the customers react to promotions and thereafter, predict the customer behavoir. But without knowing which variable(s)/item(s) representing the promotions in the data, the entire competition boils down to crunching numbers blindly, i.e. a guessing game :(</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "430696": "Any idea where the \"promotions or discounts\" are hidden in the data?\n\nFurther clarifications: Promotions or discounts are those sent to the customers, weather they use them or not, which is supposed to be in the data. \n\n",
    "431346": "Seems to be another example of the many many data issues in this competition. ",
    "433197": "I think the goal is to know if,  given  certain promotions and discounts , these works for  the customer or the Merchant.  Not to study promotions and discounts behavoir.  Perhaps now these only depends on the classification."
  }
}