{
  "id": 43555,
  "title": "Can we create our own churn and test data?",
  "url": "/competitions/kkbox-churn-prediction-challenge/discussion/43555",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2017-11-16T09:34:03.296326500Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n\n<p>It seems to me that many of the items marked churn by KKBOX are not churn per the rules (i.e renewal within 30 days). </p>\n\n<p>There are other examples in the discussion board, but user</p>\n\n<p>++9JUsaZioofS6Fb20Z0z2QOlWNzakO0PRF5GZ75yi4= </p>\n\n<p>is a good example. </p>\n\n<p>+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|                msno|transaction_date|membership_expire_date|is_cancel|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-01-10|            2017-02-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-10|            2017-03-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-19|            2017-03-10|        1|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+</p>\n\n<p>Can we create our own churn data - even if it s a 'subset' of the kkbox churn data?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "244436",
      "postDate": "11/16/2017 09:34:03",
      "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n\n<p>It seems to me that many of the items marked churn by KKBOX are not churn per the rules (i.e renewal within 30 days). </p>\n\n<p>There are other examples in the discussion board, but user</p>\n\n<p>++9JUsaZioofS6Fb20Z0z2QOlWNzakO0PRF5GZ75yi4= </p>\n\n<p>is a good example. </p>\n\n<p>+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|                msno|transaction_date|membership_expire_date|is_cancel|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-01-10|            2017-02-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-10|            2017-03-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-19|            2017-03-10|        1|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+</p>\n\n<p>Can we create our own churn data - even if it s a 'subset' of the kkbox churn data?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi,\n\nIt seems to me that many of the items marked churn by KKBOX are not churn per the rules (i.e renewal within 30 days). \n\nThere are other examples in the discussion board, but user\n\n++9JUsaZioofS6Fb20Z0z2QOlWNzakO0PRF5GZ75yi4= \n\nis a good example. \n\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|                msno|transaction_date|membership_expire_date|is_cancel|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-01-10|            2017-02-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-10|            2017-03-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-19|            2017-03-10|        1|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n\nCan we create our own churn data - even if it s a 'subset' of the kkbox churn data?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "244438",
      "postDate": "11/16/2017 09:44:52",
      "content": "<p>The purpose of providing &gt; 2-year  (2015-2017) worth of transaction log is to encourage people to discover insights among churned users. The test set from the data section is just a sample we generated. You are more than welcome to generate your own set of test data.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The purpose of providing &gt; 2-year  (2015-2017) worth of transaction log is to encourage people to discover insights among churned users. The test set from the data section is just a sample we generated. You are more than welcome to generate your own set of test data.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "244543",
      "postDate": "11/16/2017 14:38:30",
      "content": "<p>Thank you.</p>\n\n<p>What does it mean when a transaction row has an is_cancel, but the expiration date is one month out.</p>\n\n<p>Is the cancellation date the date of transaction or the date of expiration </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you.\n\nWhat does it mean when a transaction row has an is_cancel, but the expiration date is one month out.\n\nIs the cancellation date the date of transaction or the date of expiration",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 244438,
      "author_name": "ardenkkbox",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "11/16/2017 09:44:52",
      "content": "<p>The purpose of providing &gt; 2-year  (2015-2017) worth of transaction log is to encourage people to discover insights among churned users. The test set from the data section is just a sample we generated. You are more than welcome to generate your own set of test data.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 244543,
          "author_name": "vardhanv",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "11/16/2017 14:38:30",
          "content": "<p>Thank you.</p>\n\n<p>What does it mean when a transaction row has an is_cancel, but the expiration date is one month out.</p>\n\n<p>Is the cancellation date the date of transaction or the date of expiration </p>",
          "votes": null,
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        }
      ]
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    "244436": "Hi,\n\nIt seems to me that many of the items marked churn by KKBOX are not churn per the rules (i.e renewal within 30 days). \n\nThere are other examples in the discussion board, but user\n\n++9JUsaZioofS6Fb20Z0z2QOlWNzakO0PRF5GZ75yi4= \n\nis a good example. \n\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|                msno|transaction_date|membership_expire_date|is_cancel|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-01-10|            2017-02-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-10|            2017-03-10|        0|\n|++9JUsaZioofS6Fb2...|      2017-02-19|            2017-03-10|        1|\n+--------------------+----------------+----------------------+---------+\n\nCan we create our own churn data - even if it s a 'subset' of the kkbox churn data?",
    "244438": "The purpose of providing &gt; 2-year  (2015-2017) worth of transaction log is to encourage people to discover insights among churned users. The test set from the data section is just a sample we generated. You are more than welcome to generate your own set of test data.",
    "244543": "Thank you.\n\nWhat does it mean when a transaction row has an is_cancel, but the expiration date is one month out.\n\nIs the cancellation date the date of transaction or the date of expiration"
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