{
  "id": 20819,
  "title": "clusters and countries",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-hotel-recommendations/discussion/20819",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-05-09T08:55:31.833Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 6,
  "views": 778,
  "content": "<p>It seems that many  countries have the same clusters.\nDoes it mean that a cluster can be bigger than a country?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "119329",
      "postDate": "05/09/2016 08:55:31",
      "content": "<p>It seems that many  countries have the same clusters.\nDoes it mean that a cluster can be bigger than a country?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It seems that many  countries have the same clusters.\r\nDoes it mean that a cluster can be bigger than a country?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119330",
      "postDate": "05/09/2016 09:10:35",
      "content": "<p>Yes, cluster id can span different countries.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, cluster id can span different countries.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119334",
      "postDate": "05/09/2016 09:21:28",
      "content": "<p>If this is the case, then clusters are a logical concept and not a physical one?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "If this is the case, then clusters are a logical concept and not a physical one?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119335",
      "postDate": "05/09/2016 09:26:28",
      "content": "<p>Hotels coordinates were not used to create clusters, if that's your question.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hotels coordinates were not used to create clusters, if that's your question.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119338",
      "postDate": "05/09/2016 09:33:21",
      "content": "<p>yes.\nSo 3 hotels belonging to 3 different countries (ex : South Africa, Japan and Canada) can belong to the same cluster?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "yes.\r\nSo 3 hotels belonging to 3 different countries (ex : South Africa, Japan and Canada) can belong to the same cluster?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119341",
      "postDate": "05/09/2016 09:41:50",
      "content": "<p>yes, it can happen, if these hotels have similar star rating, user review rating, price, popularity, etc.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "yes, it can happen, if these hotels have similar star rating, user review rating, price, popularity, etc.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "119342",
      "postDate": "05/09/2016 09:42:50",
      "content": "<p>ok, thank you</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "ok, thank you",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 119330,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2016 09:10:35",
      "content": "<p>Yes, cluster id can span different countries.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119334,
      "author_name": "mchahhou",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2016 09:21:28",
      "content": "<p>If this is the case, then clusters are a logical concept and not a physical one?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119335,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2016 09:26:28",
      "content": "<p>Hotels coordinates were not used to create clusters, if that's your question.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119338,
      "author_name": "mchahhou",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2016 09:33:21",
      "content": "<p>yes.\nSo 3 hotels belonging to 3 different countries (ex : South Africa, Japan and Canada) can belong to the same cluster?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119341,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2016 09:41:50",
      "content": "<p>yes, it can happen, if these hotels have similar star rating, user review rating, price, popularity, etc.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 119342,
      "author_name": "mchahhou",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2016 09:42:50",
      "content": "<p>ok, thank you</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "119329": "It seems that many  countries have the same clusters.\r\nDoes it mean that a cluster can be bigger than a country?",
    "119330": "Yes, cluster id can span different countries.",
    "119334": "If this is the case, then clusters are a logical concept and not a physical one?",
    "119335": "Hotels coordinates were not used to create clusters, if that's your question.",
    "119338": "yes.\r\nSo 3 hotels belonging to 3 different countries (ex : South Africa, Japan and Canada) can belong to the same cluster?",
    "119341": "yes, it can happen, if these hotels have similar star rating, user review rating, price, popularity, etc.",
    "119342": "ok, thank you"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}