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Something happened in Image Matching Challenge 2023 is similar to what happened in Open Problems - Multimodal Single-Cell Integration.
\nThese three are screen shots on a xiaohongshu post. On one hand, they claim to abide by the rules of the Kaggle community, but on the other hand, they claim to \"provide a high-scoring baseline and explanations\". Interestingly, they plan to provided the baseline and explanations for Image Matching 2023 on May 31st. It so happens that the deleted account, which rank 50th now, was deleted approximately 11 days ago. At that time, it ranked 19. Within 11 days, the deleted account dropped from 19th to 50th.
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This image is on Xianyu, which is not for IMC23 specifically, but for all Kaggle competitions, guaranteeing a silver medal or no charge.
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This screen shot is on Xianyu, which want to buy a gold or silver medal for imc23.
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There are more underground selling through private messaging apps like WeChat, which cannot be seen on public platforms.
", "messages": [ { "id": 2297285, "postDate": "2023-06-12T13:37:24.663Z", "content": "Something happened in Image Matching Challenge 2023 is similar to what happened in Open Problems - Multimodal Single-Cell Integration.
\nThese three are screen shots on a xiaohongshu post. On one hand, they claim to abide by the rules of the Kaggle community, but on the other hand, they claim to \"provide a high-scoring baseline and explanations\". Interestingly, they plan to provided the baseline and explanations for Image Matching 2023 on May 31st. It so happens that the deleted account, which rank 50th now, was deleted approximately 11 days ago. At that time, it ranked 19. Within 11 days, the deleted account dropped from 19th to 50th.
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This image is on Xianyu, which is not for IMC23 specifically, but for all Kaggle competitions, guaranteeing a silver medal or no charge.
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This screen shot is on Xianyu, which want to buy a gold or silver medal for imc23.
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There are more underground selling through private messaging apps like WeChat, which cannot be seen on public platforms.
", "rawMarkdown": "Something happened in Image Matching Challenge 2023 is similar to what happened in [Open Problems - Multimodal Single-Cell Integration](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/open-problems-multimodal/discussion/366313). \n\nThese three are screen shots on [a xiaohongshu post](http://xhslink.com/XZLv5q). On one hand, they claim to abide by the rules of the Kaggle community, but on the other hand, they claim to \"provide a high-scoring baseline and explanations\". Interestingly, they plan to provided the baseline and explanations for Image Matching 2023 on May 31st. It so happens that the deleted account, which rank 50th now, was deleted approximately 11 days ago. At that time, it ranked 19. Within 11 days, the deleted account dropped from 19th to 50th.\n\n\n\n\nThis image is on [Xianyu](https://m.tb.cn/h.UCD1TXu?tk=kbWTdJ0ZEKN), which is not for IMC23 specifically, but for all Kaggle competitions, guaranteeing a silver medal or no charge.\n\n\nThis screen shot is on [Xianyu](https://m.tb.cn/h.UyLUH3D?tk=qPuBdJ0bQ5c), which want to buy a gold or silver medal for imc23.\n\n\nThere are more underground selling through private messaging apps like WeChat, which cannot be seen on public platforms.\n\n", "votes": 50 }, { "id": 2297813, "postDate": "2023-06-12T20:30:42.713Z", "content": "2018 Kaggle -> If you can't beat the best public notebook, you are not good enough
\n2023 Kaggle -> If you can't beat medal sellers, you are not good enough
And despite the many startups promises, there is still no line like \"If you cannot beat Auto-ML, you are not good enough\".
", "rawMarkdown": "And despite the many startups promises, there is still no line like \"If you cannot beat Auto-ML, you are not good enough\".", "votes": 10 }, { "id": 2300491, "postDate": "2023-06-13T08:16:21.100Z", "content": "Exactly what the issue is.
", "rawMarkdown": "Exactly what the issue is.", "replies": [ { "id": 2300745, "postDate": "2023-06-13T12:06:55.060Z", "content": "Definitely
", "rawMarkdown": "Definitely" } ] } ] }, { "id": 2297308, "postDate": "2023-06-12T13:53:04.847Z", "content": "@forcewithme thank you for this information. Let's see what will happen tommorow. Kaggle team makes good job with teams that break Kaggle rulses (private sharing, multiaccount, etc.). Let them work on team verification.
", "rawMarkdown": "@forcewithme thank you for this information. Let's see what will happen tommorow. Kaggle team makes good job with teams that break Kaggle rulses (private sharing, multiaccount, etc.). Let them work on team verification. ", "votes": 17 }, { "id": 2297293, "postDate": "2023-06-12T13:41:59.393Z", "content": "Some other advertisements, which doesn't claim to sell medal directly, but very suspicious.
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You are a legend @forcewithme, thank you for researching this.
\nLet's hope the people from Kaggle can detect them all and take the appropriate actions!
", "rawMarkdown": "You are a legend @forcewithme, thank you for researching this.\n\nLet's hope the people from Kaggle can detect them all and take the appropriate actions! ", "votes": 12 }, { "id": 2818167, "postDate": "2024-05-17T10:15:38.233Z", "content": "True
\nAs far as I know, this often happens in China.
I often see various \"teachers\" selling team spots
", "rawMarkdown": "True\nAs far as I know, this often happens in China.\n\nI often see various \"teachers\" selling team spots\n\n", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 2310094, "postDate": "2023-06-20T05:30:15.173Z", "content": "7 days passed, the verification is still going. Given there are only 500 teams in this competition, it's the longest verification I have experienced.
", "rawMarkdown": "7 days passed, the verification is still going. Given there are only 500 teams in this competition, it's the longest verification I have experienced. ", "votes": 7 }, { "id": 2297790, "postDate": "2023-06-12T20:01:08.637Z", "content": "How much is a gold medal? :D
", "rawMarkdown": "How much is a gold medal? :D", "votes": 5, "replies": [ { "id": 2297816, "postDate": "2023-06-12T20:38:01.957Z", "content": "Cost is high β¦
\nSo I am stupid - I sould buy gold :)
", "rawMarkdown": "Cost is high ...\n- My wife and I have stopped communicating due to my constant absence π\n- I find it difficult to make friends since I can only talk about Kaggle and nothing else π\n- My projects for clients are being delayed because of my persistent insomnia π΄\n- To top it off, winning a gold medal on Kaggle comes with the hilarious side effect of a skyrocketing bill for enegry! π\n\nSo I am stupid - I sould buy gold :)", "votes": 28, "replies": [ { "id": 2297821, "postDate": "2023-06-12T20:40:53.823Z", "content": "Damn I'm at 40th place and my wife is already mad. I can't even imagine what would happen if I would grind for that.
", "rawMarkdown": "Damn I'm at 40th place and my wife is already mad. I can't even imagine what would happen if I would grind for that.", "votes": 11 }, { "id": 2297823, "postDate": "2023-06-12T20:41:35.697Z", "content": "ππππππππππ
", "rawMarkdown": "ππππππππππ\n", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 2300013, "postDate": "2023-06-13T01:48:34.613Z", "content": "But gold medals are never for sale π
", "rawMarkdown": "But gold medals are never for sale π", "votes": 3 }, { "id": 2300571, "postDate": "2023-06-13T08:59:15.087Z", "content": "you guys are hilarious π
", "rawMarkdown": "you guys are hilarious π", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 2301282, "postDate": "2023-06-13T18:57:17.323Z", "content": "Congrats! Gold is worth it and much valuable than physical gold)))
", "rawMarkdown": "Congrats! Gold is worth it and much valuable than physical gold)))\n", "votes": 1 } ] } ] }, { "id": 2299925, "postDate": "2023-06-13T00:20:04.413Z", "content": "This issue is particularly important for people like me who are on the border! If even one fraudulent entry is removed, I can win a bronze medal.
\nβ¦β¦Yes, indeed, the best thing is to submit a solution that could beat the medal sellersπ
", "rawMarkdown": "This issue is particularly important for people like me who are on the border! If even one fraudulent entry is removed, I can win a bronze medal.\n\n......Yes, indeed, the best thing is to submit a solution that could beat the medal sellersπ", "votes": 6, "replies": [ { "id": 2300205, "postDate": "2023-06-13T04:51:21.530Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": -4, "isDeleted": true, "replies": [ { "id": 2300283, "postDate": "2023-06-13T05:43:37.367Z", "content": "It's not about adjusting the parameter in the public notebook or not. It's about justice.
", "rawMarkdown": "It's not about adjusting the parameter in the public notebook or not. It's about justice. ", "votes": 6 }, { "id": 2300363, "postDate": "2023-06-13T06:54:57.280Z", "content": "Of course, I have also worked on parameter optimization of the baseline notebook.
\nHowever, considering the randomness of RANSAC and the differences between training, public and private data, choosing the optimal parameters is a difficult task. So I don't think it makes much sense to argue from the results.
Your team's result are excellent and I honestly admire you.
\nIt was a disappointing result, but I think I did the best I could in the situation I was in.
\nLet's praise each other!
In Weixin, XHS, Xianyu, such multiple platforms in China mainland, these situations are happening in a very frequent way. Kaggle does need a stricter system to maintain the equityβ¦
", "rawMarkdown": "In Weixin, XHS, Xianyu, such multiple platforms in China mainland, these situations are happening in a very frequent way. Kaggle does need a stricter system to maintain the equity..." }, { "id": 2303152, "postDate": "2023-06-15T05:48:42.937Z", "content": "The presence of individuals selling medals and offering services to manipulate rankings in Kaggle competitions undermines the integrity of the platform and the spirit of fair competition. Such actions are detrimental to the trust and credibility of the community and should be strongly discouraged and addressed by Kaggle administrators.
", "rawMarkdown": "The presence of individuals selling medals and offering services to manipulate rankings in Kaggle competitions undermines the integrity of the platform and the spirit of fair competition. Such actions are detrimental to the trust and credibility of the community and should be strongly discouraged and addressed by Kaggle administrators." }, { "id": 2302420, "postDate": "2023-06-14T14:39:49.277Z", "content": "done!!!!!!
", "rawMarkdown": "done!!!!!!" }, { "id": 2301459, "postDate": "2023-06-14T00:50:00.730Z", "content": "What currency do they accept? @forcewithme
", "rawMarkdown": "What currency do they accept? @forcewithme " }, { "id": 2300380, "postDate": "2023-06-13T07:12:45.283Z", "content": "The screenshots suggest potential cheating and unfair practices in the Image Matching Challenge 2023. It's important for the organizers to investigate and take action to maintain fairness and integrity in the competition.
", "rawMarkdown": "The screenshots suggest potential cheating and unfair practices in the Image Matching Challenge 2023. It's important for the organizers to investigate and take action to maintain fairness and integrity in the competition." }, { "id": 2297376, "postDate": "2023-06-12T14:31:12.807Z", "content": "good job!!!
", "rawMarkdown": "good job!!!" }, { "id": 2311204, "postDate": "2023-06-21T02:33:04.887Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 2301547, "postDate": "2023-06-14T02:36:45.437Z", "content": "Great Description :)
", "rawMarkdown": "Great Description :)", "isDeleted": true } ], "comments": [ { "id": 2297813, "author_name": "Gunes Evitan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T20:30:42.713000", "content": "2018 Kaggle -> If you can't beat the best public notebook, you are not good enough
\n2023 Kaggle -> If you can't beat medal sellers, you are not good enough
And despite the many startups promises, there is still no line like \"If you cannot beat Auto-ML, you are not good enough\".
", "votes": 10, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2300491, "author_name": "Arhat Amitabh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T08:16:21.100000", "content": "Exactly what the issue is.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 2300745, "author_name": "Raksha Prabhu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T12:06:55.060000", "content": "Definitely
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] } ] }, { "id": 2297308, "author_name": "Remek Kinas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T13:53:04.847000", "content": "@forcewithme thank you for this information. Let's see what will happen tommorow. Kaggle team makes good job with teams that break Kaggle rulses (private sharing, multiaccount, etc.). Let them work on team verification.
", "votes": 17, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2297293, "author_name": "ForcewithMe", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T13:41:59.393000", "content": "Some other advertisements, which doesn't claim to sell medal directly, but very suspicious.
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You are a legend @forcewithme, thank you for researching this.
\nLet's hope the people from Kaggle can detect them all and take the appropriate actions!
", "votes": 12, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2818167, "author_name": "Horikita Saku", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2024-05-17T10:15:38.233000", "content": "True
\nAs far as I know, this often happens in China.
I often see various \"teachers\" selling team spots
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2310094, "author_name": "ForcewithMe", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-20T05:30:15.173000", "content": "7 days passed, the verification is still going. Given there are only 500 teams in this competition, it's the longest verification I have experienced.
", "votes": 7, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2297790, "author_name": "Gunes Evitan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T20:01:08.637000", "content": "How much is a gold medal? :D
", "votes": 5, "replies": [ { "id": 2297816, "author_name": "Remek Kinas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T20:38:01.957000", "content": "Cost is high β¦
\nSo I am stupid - I sould buy gold :)
", "votes": 28, "replies": [ { "id": 2297821, "author_name": "Gunes Evitan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T20:40:53.823000", "content": "Damn I'm at 40th place and my wife is already mad. I can't even imagine what would happen if I would grind for that.
", "votes": 11, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2297823, "author_name": "Remek Kinas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T20:41:35.697000", "content": "ππππππππππ
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2300013, "author_name": "Yuxiang Huang", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T01:48:34.613000", "content": "But gold medals are never for sale π
", "votes": 3, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2300571, "author_name": "jx", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T08:59:15.087000", "content": "you guys are hilarious π
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2301282, "author_name": "Kuts Alexey", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T18:57:17.323000", "content": "Congrats! Gold is worth it and much valuable than physical gold)))
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] } ] }, { "id": 2299925, "author_name": "bobfromjapan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T00:20:04.413000", "content": "This issue is particularly important for people like me who are on the border! If even one fraudulent entry is removed, I can win a bronze medal.
\nβ¦β¦Yes, indeed, the best thing is to submit a solution that could beat the medal sellersπ
", "votes": 6, "replies": [ { "id": 2300205, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T04:51:21.530000", "content": "", "votes": -4, "replies": [ { "id": 2300283, "author_name": "ForcewithMe", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T05:43:37.367000", "content": "It's not about adjusting the parameter in the public notebook or not. It's about justice.
", "votes": 6, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2300363, "author_name": "bobfromjapan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T06:54:57.280000", "content": "Of course, I have also worked on parameter optimization of the baseline notebook.
\nHowever, considering the randomness of RANSAC and the differences between training, public and private data, choosing the optimal parameters is a difficult task. So I don't think it makes much sense to argue from the results.
Your team's result are excellent and I honestly admire you.
\nIt was a disappointing result, but I think I did the best I could in the situation I was in.
\nLet's praise each other!
In Weixin, XHS, Xianyu, such multiple platforms in China mainland, these situations are happening in a very frequent way. Kaggle does need a stricter system to maintain the equityβ¦
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2303152, "author_name": "Pooja Chauhan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-15T05:48:42.937000", "content": "The presence of individuals selling medals and offering services to manipulate rankings in Kaggle competitions undermines the integrity of the platform and the spirit of fair competition. Such actions are detrimental to the trust and credibility of the community and should be strongly discouraged and addressed by Kaggle administrators.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2302420, "author_name": "yamen hammad", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-14T14:39:49.277000", "content": "done!!!!!!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2301459, "author_name": "Fourat Rachid", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-14T00:50:00.730000", "content": "What currency do they accept? @forcewithme
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2300380, "author_name": "Pooja Chauhan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-13T07:12:45.283000", "content": "The screenshots suggest potential cheating and unfair practices in the Image Matching Challenge 2023. It's important for the organizers to investigate and take action to maintain fairness and integrity in the competition.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2297376, "author_name": "leon5566", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-12T14:31:12.807000", "content": "good job!!!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2311204, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-21T02:33:04.887000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 2301547, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2023-06-14T02:36:45.437000", "content": "Great Description :)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "2297285": "Something happened in Image Matching Challenge 2023 is similar to what happened in [Open Problems - Multimodal Single-Cell Integration](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/open-problems-multimodal/discussion/366313). \n\nThese three are screen shots on [a xiaohongshu post](http://xhslink.com/XZLv5q). On one hand, they claim to abide by the rules of the Kaggle community, but on the other hand, they claim to \"provide a high-scoring baseline and explanations\". Interestingly, they plan to provided the baseline and explanations for Image Matching 2023 on May 31st. It so happens that the deleted account, which rank 50th now, was deleted approximately 11 days ago. At that time, it ranked 19. Within 11 days, the deleted account dropped from 19th to 50th.\n\n\n\n\nThis image is on [Xianyu](https://m.tb.cn/h.UCD1TXu?tk=kbWTdJ0ZEKN), which is not for IMC23 specifically, but for all Kaggle competitions, guaranteeing a silver medal or no charge.\n\n\nThis screen shot is on [Xianyu](https://m.tb.cn/h.UyLUH3D?tk=qPuBdJ0bQ5c), which want to buy a gold or silver medal for imc23.\n\n\nThere are more underground selling through private messaging apps like WeChat, which cannot be seen on public platforms.\n\n", "2297813": "2018 Kaggle -> If you can't beat the best public notebook, you are not good enough\n2023 Kaggle -> If you can't beat medal sellers, you are not good enough", "2297308": "@forcewithme thank you for this information. Let's see what will happen tommorow. Kaggle team makes good job with teams that break Kaggle rulses (private sharing, multiaccount, etc.). Let them work on team verification. ", "2297293": "Some other advertisements, which doesn't claim to sell medal directly, but very suspicious.\n\n\n", "2297294": "You are a legend @forcewithme, thank you for researching this.\n\nLet's hope the people from Kaggle can detect them all and take the appropriate actions! ", "2818167": "True\nAs far as I know, this often happens in China.\n\nI often see various \"teachers\" selling team spots\n\n", "2310094": "7 days passed, the verification is still going. Given there are only 500 teams in this competition, it's the longest verification I have experienced. ", "2297790": "How much is a gold medal? :D", "2299925": "This issue is particularly important for people like me who are on the border! If even one fraudulent entry is removed, I can win a bronze medal.\n\n......Yes, indeed, the best thing is to submit a solution that could beat the medal sellersπ", "2818181": "In Weixin, XHS, Xianyu, such multiple platforms in China mainland, these situations are happening in a very frequent way. Kaggle does need a stricter system to maintain the equity...", "2303152": "The presence of individuals selling medals and offering services to manipulate rankings in Kaggle competitions undermines the integrity of the platform and the spirit of fair competition. Such actions are detrimental to the trust and credibility of the community and should be strongly discouraged and addressed by Kaggle administrators.", "2302420": "done!!!!!!", "2301459": "What currency do they accept? @forcewithme ", "2300380": "The screenshots suggest potential cheating and unfair practices in the Image Matching Challenge 2023. It's important for the organizers to investigate and take action to maintain fairness and integrity in the competition.", "2297376": "good job!!!", "2311204": "", "2301547": "Great Description :)" } }