{
  "id": 220004,
  "title": "Why are the number of teams still increasing?",
  "url": "/competitions/cassava-leaf-disease-classification/discussion/220004",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-02-17T06:15:24.385150500Z",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>The Rules Acceptance Deadline ended 5 days ago so that means no more teams can enter the competition but I can still see the number of teams increasing. An hour ago there were a total of 3850 teams, now there are 3,854. The total teams should be stagnant at this point because the merger deadline has passed and the Rules Acceptance Deadline as well.<br>\nIt would be great if someone could explain.<br>\nThanks and all the best :)</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1206038",
      "postDate": "02/17/2021 06:15:24",
      "content": "<p>The Rules Acceptance Deadline ended 5 days ago so that means no more teams can enter the competition but I can still see the number of teams increasing. An hour ago there were a total of 3850 teams, now there are 3,854. The total teams should be stagnant at this point because the merger deadline has passed and the Rules Acceptance Deadline as well.<br>\nIt would be great if someone could explain.<br>\nThanks and all the best :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The Rules Acceptance Deadline ended 5 days ago so that means no more teams can enter the competition but I can still see the number of teams increasing. An hour ago there were a total of 3850 teams, now there are 3,854. The total teams should be stagnant at this point because the merger deadline has passed and the Rules Acceptance Deadline as well.\nIt would be great if someone could explain.\nThanks and all the best :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1206080",
      "postDate": "02/17/2021 06:49:53",
      "content": "<p>Maybe some contenders have accepted rules, but have not made any submissions yet.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Maybe some contenders have accepted rules, but have not made any submissions yet.",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "1206128",
      "postDate": "02/17/2021 07:31:30",
      "content": "<p>Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1209853",
      "postDate": "02/19/2021 04:29:44",
      "content": "<p>I'm wondering why some people downvoted this thread.<br>\nMost kagglers know that why the number of teams increases after the Rules Acceptance Deadline?<br>\nI didn't know that until I checked this thread.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm wondering why some people downvoted this thread.\nMost kagglers know that why the number of teams increases after the Rules Acceptance Deadline?\nI didn't know that until I checked this thread.",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1206080,
      "author_name": "dannyelkallab",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/17/2021 06:49:53",
      "content": "<p>Maybe some contenders have accepted rules, but have not made any submissions yet.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1206128,
          "author_name": "aryankhatana",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/17/2021 07:31:30",
          "content": "<p>Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1209853,
      "author_name": "japandata509",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/19/2021 04:29:44",
      "content": "<p>I'm wondering why some people downvoted this thread.<br>\nMost kagglers know that why the number of teams increases after the Rules Acceptance Deadline?<br>\nI didn't know that until I checked this thread.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "1206038": "The Rules Acceptance Deadline ended 5 days ago so that means no more teams can enter the competition but I can still see the number of teams increasing. An hour ago there were a total of 3850 teams, now there are 3,854. The total teams should be stagnant at this point because the merger deadline has passed and the Rules Acceptance Deadline as well.\nIt would be great if someone could explain.\nThanks and all the best :)",
    "1206080": "Maybe some contenders have accepted rules, but have not made any submissions yet.",
    "1206128": "Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!",
    "1209853": "I'm wondering why some people downvoted this thread.\nMost kagglers know that why the number of teams increases after the Rules Acceptance Deadline?\nI didn't know that until I checked this thread."
  },
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}