{
  "id": 16216,
  "title": "Mislabeled training data - \"Native ads\" that are not",
  "url": "/competitions/dato-native/discussion/16216",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2015-08-30T04:19:55.183Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 6,
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  "content": "<p>Just from initial manual viewing, It seems that a non-trivial number of html files are mislabeled as being native advertising.</p>\n\n<p>1003244_raw_html<br>\n1003711_raw_html<br>\n1005849_raw_html<br>\n1007047_raw_html<br>\n1007089_raw_html<br>\n1007172_raw_html<br>\n1007964_raw_html<br>\n1008219_raw_html ??<br></p>\n\n<p>That is 8 out of the first 19 I looked at.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "90926",
      "postDate": "08/30/2015 04:19:55",
      "content": "<p>Just from initial manual viewing, It seems that a non-trivial number of html files are mislabeled as being native advertising.</p>\n\n<p>1003244_raw_html<br>\n1003711_raw_html<br>\n1005849_raw_html<br>\n1007047_raw_html<br>\n1007089_raw_html<br>\n1007172_raw_html<br>\n1007964_raw_html<br>\n1008219_raw_html ??<br></p>\n\n<p>That is 8 out of the first 19 I looked at.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Just from initial manual viewing, It seems that a non-trivial number of html files are mislabeled as being native advertising.\r\n\r\n1003244_raw_html<br>\r\n1003711_raw_html<br>\r\n1005849_raw_html<br>\r\n1007047_raw_html<br>\r\n1007089_raw_html<br>\r\n1007172_raw_html<br>\r\n1007964_raw_html<br>\r\n1008219_raw_html ??<br>\r\n\r\nThat is 8 out of the first 19 I looked at.",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "90959",
      "postDate": "08/30/2015 19:57:08",
      "content": "<p>My understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising</a></p>\n\n<p>I don't think that every sponsored page is going to look like a traditional advertisement, since the SU system gives advertisers the ability to get automatic click-through, companies may pay for a sponsorship just to increase traffic to their site, not necessarily to sell anything. Also, some non-profit campaigns might also pay for sponsored listings in order to raise awareness.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "My understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\r\n\r\nI don't think that every sponsored page is going to look like a traditional advertisement, since the SU system gives advertisers the ability to get automatic click-through, companies may pay for a sponsorship just to increase traffic to their site, not necessarily to sell anything. Also, some non-profit campaigns might also pay for sponsored listings in order to raise awareness.",
      "votes": null
    },
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      "id": "90969",
      "postDate": "08/30/2015 22:26:32",
      "content": "",
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      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "91026",
      "postDate": "08/31/2015 14:32:08",
      "content": "<p>You aren't really predicting ads or not ads vs writing an algorithm that categorizes what they label as an ad or not an ad.</p>\n\n<p>So because you see it as something else is sort of irrelevant in the scope of this contest.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You aren't really predicting ads or not ads vs writing an algorithm that categorizes what they label as an ad or not an ad.\r\n\r\nSo because you see it as something else is sort of irrelevant in the scope of this contest.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "91029",
      "postDate": "08/31/2015 14:38:45",
      "content": "<p>I don't understand what this last message means.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I don't understand what this last message means.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "91038",
      "postDate": "08/31/2015 15:36:16",
      "content": "<p>I finally understood the problem ! Thanks !</p>\n\n<p>[quote=Nat S;90959]</p>\n\n<p>My understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising</a></p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I finally understood the problem ! Thanks !\r\n\r\n[quote=Nat S;90959]\r\n\r\nMy understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\r\n\r\n[/quote]",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "91039",
      "postDate": "08/31/2015 15:39:07",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Jeff Winchell;91029]</p>\n\n<p>I don't understand what this last message means.</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>It means that the actual ad is not in the page. On StumbleUpon you will have links, some of them are sponsored. When following the links, you arrive on the page we have. So the question is not is there an ad in the page but is this page likely to be sponsored on SU ? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "[quote=Jeff Winchell;91029]\r\n\r\nI don't understand what this last message means.\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\nIt means that the actual ad is not in the page. On StumbleUpon you will have links, some of them are sponsored. When following the links, you arrive on the page we have. So the question is not is there an ad in the page but is this page likely to be sponsored on SU ?",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
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      "id": 90959,
      "author_name": "rayleighjeans",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/30/2015 19:57:08",
      "content": "<p>My understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising</a></p>\n\n<p>I don't think that every sponsored page is going to look like a traditional advertisement, since the SU system gives advertisers the ability to get automatic click-through, companies may pay for a sponsorship just to increase traffic to their site, not necessarily to sell anything. Also, some non-profit campaigns might also pay for sponsored listings in order to raise awareness.</p>",
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      "id": 90969,
      "author_name": "jeffwinchell",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/30/2015 22:26:32",
      "content": "",
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      "id": 91026,
      "author_name": "omgponies",
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      "post_date": "08/31/2015 14:32:08",
      "content": "<p>You aren't really predicting ads or not ads vs writing an algorithm that categorizes what they label as an ad or not an ad.</p>\n\n<p>So because you see it as something else is sort of irrelevant in the scope of this contest.</p>",
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      "id": 91029,
      "author_name": "jeffwinchell",
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      "post_date": "08/31/2015 14:38:45",
      "content": "<p>I don't understand what this last message means.</p>",
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      "id": 91038,
      "author_name": "pierregutierrez",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2015 15:36:16",
      "content": "<p>I finally understood the problem ! Thanks !</p>\n\n<p>[quote=Nat S;90959]</p>\n\n<p>My understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising</a></p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>",
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    {
      "id": 91039,
      "author_name": "pierregutierrez",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/31/2015 15:39:07",
      "content": "<p>[quote=Jeff Winchell;91029]</p>\n\n<p>I don't understand what this last message means.</p>\n\n<p>[/quote]</p>\n\n<p>It means that the actual ad is not in the page. On StumbleUpon you will have links, some of them are sponsored. When following the links, you arrive on the page we have. So the question is not is there an ad in the page but is this page likely to be sponsored on SU ? </p>",
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    "90926": "Just from initial manual viewing, It seems that a non-trivial number of html files are mislabeled as being native advertising.\r\n\r\n1003244_raw_html<br>\r\n1003711_raw_html<br>\r\n1005849_raw_html<br>\r\n1007047_raw_html<br>\r\n1007089_raw_html<br>\r\n1007172_raw_html<br>\r\n1007964_raw_html<br>\r\n1008219_raw_html ??<br>\r\n\r\nThat is 8 out of the first 19 I looked at.",
    "90959": "My understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\r\n\r\nI don't think that every sponsored page is going to look like a traditional advertisement, since the SU system gives advertisers the ability to get automatic click-through, companies may pay for a sponsorship just to increase traffic to their site, not necessarily to sell anything. Also, some non-profit campaigns might also pay for sponsored listings in order to raise awareness.",
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    "91026": "You aren't really predicting ads or not ads vs writing an algorithm that categorizes what they label as an ad or not an ad.\r\n\r\nSo because you see it as something else is sort of irrelevant in the scope of this contest.",
    "91029": "I don't understand what this last message means.",
    "91038": "I finally understood the problem ! Thanks !\r\n\r\n[quote=Nat S;90959]\r\n\r\nMy understanding is that this data comes from StumbleUpon, you can read up on their advertising system here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon#Advertising\r\n\r\n[/quote]",
    "91039": "[quote=Jeff Winchell;91029]\r\n\r\nI don't understand what this last message means.\r\n\r\n[/quote]\r\n\r\nIt means that the actual ad is not in the page. On StumbleUpon you will have links, some of them are sponsored. When following the links, you arrive on the page we have. So the question is not is there an ad in the page but is this page likely to be sponsored on SU ?"
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