{
  "id": 175587,
  "title": "LB gets cleaned up?",
  "url": "/competitions/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/175587",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2020-08-18T17:40:10.928711500Z",
  "votes": 9,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>It seems like Kaggle team is not playing games anymore.<br>\nWhen i was leaving the office 2-3 hours ago I was 204 (same as night/morning), but now I'm 173 already.<br>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F2861255%2F6edc674919bf48bd482ded7edcb0f571%2F49583b6614cee7535cb09303e9de595b.jpg?generation=1597772383542845&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "976182",
      "postDate": "08/18/2020 17:40:10",
      "content": "<p>It seems like Kaggle team is not playing games anymore.<br>\nWhen i was leaving the office 2-3 hours ago I was 204 (same as night/morning), but now I'm 173 already.<br>\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F2861255%2F6edc674919bf48bd482ded7edcb0f571%2F49583b6614cee7535cb09303e9de595b.jpg?generation=1597772383542845&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It seems like Kaggle team is not playing games anymore.\nWhen i was leaving the office 2-3 hours ago I was 204 (same as night/morning), but now I'm 173 already.\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F2861255%2F6edc674919bf48bd482ded7edcb0f571%2F49583b6614cee7535cb09303e9de595b.jpg?generation=1597772383542845&alt=media)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "976202",
      "postDate": "08/18/2020 17:52:06",
      "content": "<p>Yes, it is. I've asked hosts about this <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/175521\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. And it seems like they got it. However, it's not the end yet. You can easily make sure that there are still a lot of empty accounts in the medal zone.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, it is. I've asked hosts about this [here](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/175521). And it seems like they got it. However, it's not the end yet. You can easily make sure that there are still a lot of empty accounts in the medal zone.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "976250",
      "postDate": "08/18/2020 18:37:29",
      "content": "<p>thx for info!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "thx for info!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "977001",
      "postDate": "08/19/2020 08:15:43",
      "content": "<p>I think it has a ways to go still.  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/chrisden\" target=\"_blank\">@chrisden</a> is like 4 spots from the medal he deserves, and there are plenty of people above him that are clearly fraud.  Many are in Wheat too, and set to medal there as well.  Team yikououbao is pure fraud, look at the people yikououbao teams with, look how yikououbao has gotten medals, look at all the accounts involved in her comp history.  Totally part of the network of fraudsters and keeping honest people from medaling.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think it has a ways to go still.  @chrisden is like 4 spots from the medal he deserves, and there are plenty of people above him that are clearly fraud.  Many are in Wheat too, and set to medal there as well.  Team yikououbao is pure fraud, look at the people yikououbao teams with, look how yikououbao has gotten medals, look at all the accounts involved in her comp history.  Totally part of the network of fraudsters and keeping honest people from medaling.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "977399",
      "postDate": "08/19/2020 13:03:08",
      "content": "<p>Thank you a lot <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/brianfeeny\" target=\"_blank\">@brianfeeny</a>, I do feel honored 👍.<br>\nI would consider it a great success to get a medal - 2nd medal finally means getting a competition rank.<br>\nBut if I fail after the competition cleanup (and it look's like it, as I dont see any further cleaning) I know why: I choose the wrong submissions because I was not careful enough with checking for CV and CV improvements.<br>\nI guess many people have better scoring submissions than what they chose.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you a lot @brianfeeny, I do feel honored 👍.\nI would consider it a great success to get a medal - 2nd medal finally means getting a competition rank.\nBut if I fail after the competition cleanup (and it look's like it, as I dont see any further cleaning) I know why: I choose the wrong submissions because I was not careful enough with checking for CV and CV improvements.\nI guess many people have better scoring submissions than what they chose.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "979016",
      "postDate": "08/20/2020 15:11:36",
      "content": "<p>Choosing wisely has always been an important part of Kaggle :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Choosing wisely has always been an important part of Kaggle :)",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 976202,
      "author_name": "vadimtimakin",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/18/2020 17:52:06",
      "content": "<p>Yes, it is. I've asked hosts about this <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/175521\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. And it seems like they got it. However, it's not the end yet. You can easily make sure that there are still a lot of empty accounts in the medal zone.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 976250,
          "author_name": "stanislavblinov",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/18/2020 18:37:29",
          "content": "<p>thx for info!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 977001,
      "author_name": "brianfeeny",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/19/2020 08:15:43",
      "content": "<p>I think it has a ways to go still.  <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/chrisden\" target=\"_blank\">@chrisden</a> is like 4 spots from the medal he deserves, and there are plenty of people above him that are clearly fraud.  Many are in Wheat too, and set to medal there as well.  Team yikououbao is pure fraud, look at the people yikououbao teams with, look how yikououbao has gotten medals, look at all the accounts involved in her comp history.  Totally part of the network of fraudsters and keeping honest people from medaling.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 977399,
          "author_name": "ChristianDenich",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/19/2020 13:03:08",
          "content": "<p>Thank you a lot <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/brianfeeny\" target=\"_blank\">@brianfeeny</a>, I do feel honored 👍.<br>\nI would consider it a great success to get a medal - 2nd medal finally means getting a competition rank.<br>\nBut if I fail after the competition cleanup (and it look's like it, as I dont see any further cleaning) I know why: I choose the wrong submissions because I was not careful enough with checking for CV and CV improvements.<br>\nI guess many people have better scoring submissions than what they chose.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 979016,
          "author_name": "stanislavblinov",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/20/2020 15:11:36",
          "content": "<p>Choosing wisely has always been an important part of Kaggle :)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "976182": "It seems like Kaggle team is not playing games anymore.\nWhen i was leaving the office 2-3 hours ago I was 204 (same as night/morning), but now I'm 173 already.\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F2861255%2F6edc674919bf48bd482ded7edcb0f571%2F49583b6614cee7535cb09303e9de595b.jpg?generation=1597772383542845&alt=media)",
    "976202": "Yes, it is. I've asked hosts about this [here](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/175521). And it seems like they got it. However, it's not the end yet. You can easily make sure that there are still a lot of empty accounts in the medal zone.",
    "976250": "thx for info!",
    "977001": "I think it has a ways to go still.  @chrisden is like 4 spots from the medal he deserves, and there are plenty of people above him that are clearly fraud.  Many are in Wheat too, and set to medal there as well.  Team yikououbao is pure fraud, look at the people yikououbao teams with, look how yikououbao has gotten medals, look at all the accounts involved in her comp history.  Totally part of the network of fraudsters and keeping honest people from medaling.",
    "977399": "Thank you a lot @brianfeeny, I do feel honored 👍.\nI would consider it a great success to get a medal - 2nd medal finally means getting a competition rank.\nBut if I fail after the competition cleanup (and it look's like it, as I dont see any further cleaning) I know why: I choose the wrong submissions because I was not careful enough with checking for CV and CV improvements.\nI guess many people have better scoring submissions than what they chose.",
    "979016": "Choosing wisely has always been an important part of Kaggle :)"
  },
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}