{
  "id": 328361,
  "title": "Competition Launch email coming a month after launch",
  "url": "/competitions/smartphone-decimeter-2022/discussion/328361",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-06-01T05:05:46.130077400Z",
  "votes": 11,
  "comment_count": 6,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi Kagglers,</p>\n<p>Not sure if this is an issue or not, but folks like me based out of India are getting competition launch email notification almost a month after the competition actual launch. Is it some bug in the system or email notification is delayed based on user engagement or country of residence?</p>\n<p>Thanks and Regards,<br>\nOld Monk</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1807507",
      "postDate": "06/01/2022 05:05:46",
      "content": "<p>Hi Kagglers,</p>\n<p>Not sure if this is an issue or not, but folks like me based out of India are getting competition launch email notification almost a month after the competition actual launch. Is it some bug in the system or email notification is delayed based on user engagement or country of residence?</p>\n<p>Thanks and Regards,<br>\nOld Monk</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Kagglers,\n\nNot sure if this is an issue or not, but folks like me based out of India are getting competition launch email notification almost a month after the competition actual launch. Is it some bug in the system or email notification is delayed based on user engagement or country of residence?\n\nThanks and Regards,\nOld Monk",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1807558",
      "postDate": "06/01/2022 06:32:58",
      "content": "<p>Well, you know, international mail is slow.  I got the announcement message yesterday at 22:01 my time.</p>\n<p>Jokes aside I'll guess that the announcement email is sent out to promote the competition when they are interested in more people joining.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Well, you know, international mail is slow.  I got the announcement message yesterday at 22:01 my time.\n\nJokes aside I'll guess that the announcement email is sent out to promote the competition when they are interested in more people joining.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1808704",
      "postDate": "06/02/2022 05:20:21",
      "content": "<p>That's a good hypothesis <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/edoneel\" target=\"_blank\">@edoneel</a> !</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That's a good hypothesis @edoneel !",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1809246",
      "postDate": "06/02/2022 14:42:24",
      "content": "<p>I concur that it must be to promote the competition since I also just received an email invite on May 31, 2022, and I'm in the USA.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I concur that it must be to promote the competition since I also just received an email invite on May 31, 2022, and I'm in the USA.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1809850",
      "postDate": "06/03/2022 05:19:16",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for confirming, so I am not the only odd one out :D</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for confirming, so I am not the only odd one out :D",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1812741",
      "postDate": "06/06/2022 06:56:54",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/saurabhbagchi\" target=\"_blank\">@saurabhbagchi</a> </p>\n<p>You might find this useful or over-engineering :)</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/kagoole\" target=\"_blank\">https://twitter.com/kagoole</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22020/is-there-a-way-to-get-email-notifications-when-someone-tweets\" target=\"_blank\">https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22020/is-there-a-way-to-get-email-notifications-when-someone-tweets</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @saurabhbagchi \n\nYou might find this useful or over-engineering :)\n\nhttps://twitter.com/kagoole\nhttps://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22020/is-there-a-way-to-get-email-notifications-when-someone-tweets",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1813644",
      "postDate": "06/07/2022 05:00:14",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/faisalalsrheed\" target=\"_blank\">@faisalalsrheed</a> !</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing @faisalalsrheed !",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1807558,
      "author_name": "edoneel",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/01/2022 06:32:58",
      "content": "<p>Well, you know, international mail is slow.  I got the announcement message yesterday at 22:01 my time.</p>\n<p>Jokes aside I'll guess that the announcement email is sent out to promote the competition when they are interested in more people joining.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1808704,
          "author_name": "saurabhbagchi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/02/2022 05:20:21",
          "content": "<p>That's a good hypothesis <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/edoneel\" target=\"_blank\">@edoneel</a> !</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1809246,
      "author_name": "wizard2none123",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/02/2022 14:42:24",
      "content": "<p>I concur that it must be to promote the competition since I also just received an email invite on May 31, 2022, and I'm in the USA.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1809850,
          "author_name": "saurabhbagchi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/03/2022 05:19:16",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for confirming, so I am not the only odd one out :D</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1812741,
      "author_name": "faisalalsrheed",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/06/2022 06:56:54",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/saurabhbagchi\" target=\"_blank\">@saurabhbagchi</a> </p>\n<p>You might find this useful or over-engineering :)</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/kagoole\" target=\"_blank\">https://twitter.com/kagoole</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22020/is-there-a-way-to-get-email-notifications-when-someone-tweets\" target=\"_blank\">https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22020/is-there-a-way-to-get-email-notifications-when-someone-tweets</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1813644,
          "author_name": "saurabhbagchi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/07/2022 05:00:14",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/faisalalsrheed\" target=\"_blank\">@faisalalsrheed</a> !</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
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  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1807507": "Hi Kagglers,\n\nNot sure if this is an issue or not, but folks like me based out of India are getting competition launch email notification almost a month after the competition actual launch. Is it some bug in the system or email notification is delayed based on user engagement or country of residence?\n\nThanks and Regards,\nOld Monk",
    "1807558": "Well, you know, international mail is slow.  I got the announcement message yesterday at 22:01 my time.\n\nJokes aside I'll guess that the announcement email is sent out to promote the competition when they are interested in more people joining.",
    "1808704": "That's a good hypothesis @edoneel !",
    "1809246": "I concur that it must be to promote the competition since I also just received an email invite on May 31, 2022, and I'm in the USA.",
    "1809850": "Thanks for confirming, so I am not the only odd one out :D",
    "1812741": "Hi @saurabhbagchi \n\nYou might find this useful or over-engineering :)\n\nhttps://twitter.com/kagoole\nhttps://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22020/is-there-a-way-to-get-email-notifications-when-someone-tweets",
    "1813644": "Thanks for sharing @faisalalsrheed !"
  },
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}