Is this really official? I don't think it is a good idea. The information shared in the wechat group may not be available to other kagglers. This is against the rule of private sharing, isn't it?
", "rawMarkdown": "Is this really official? I don't think it is a good idea. The information shared in the wechat group may not be available to other kagglers. This is against the rule of private sharing, isn't it?", "votes": null }, { "id": "291920", "postDate": "03/07/2018 04:50:29", "content": "Yes, it should not be a good idea. All official information should be reported in kaggle site.
", "rawMarkdown": "Yes, it should not be a good idea. All official information should be reported in kaggle site.", "votes": null }, { "id": "291922", "postDate": "03/07/2018 04:53:54", "content": "Yes, it is official, but any information about the competition itself will stay in kaggle, the chat group is for the purpose of helping those Chinese competitors who have trouble in English. \nAny questions abuot the competition that bring up in chat group will be synchronized in kaggle as well. \nWe will check it again with kaggle, if it is against the rule, we will shutdown the chat group immediately.
", "rawMarkdown": "Yes, it is official, but any information about the competition itself will stay in kaggle, the chat group is for the purpose of helping those Chinese competitors who have trouble in English. \nAny questions abuot the competition that bring up in chat group will be synchronized in kaggle as well. \nWe will check it again with kaggle, if it is against the rule, we will shutdown the chat group immediately.", "votes": null }, { "id": "291923", "postDate": "03/07/2018 04:56:36", "content": "Thank you very much for the clarification. That's reasonable. good luck :)
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you very much for the clarification. That's reasonable. good luck :)", "votes": null }, { "id": "291929", "postDate": "03/07/2018 05:19:44", "content": "English couldn't be an issue for any Chinese competitors, at least in writing or reading for Chinese data scientists. Further, well, google can help. For an official kaggle game, the kaggle community could be the best place for any discussions, not wechat group.
", "rawMarkdown": "English couldn't be an issue for any Chinese competitors, at least in writing or reading for Chinese data scientists. Further, well, google can help. For an official kaggle game, the kaggle community could be the best place for any discussions, not wechat group.", "votes": null }, { "id": "291961", "postDate": "03/07/2018 06:17:27", "content": "Attention: We had an internal meeting and decided not to go forward with the WeChat group. All official communication will take place in the Kaggle forum. If Chinese participants want to ask questions in Chinese, we will respond to those questions in both Chinese and English so everyone can see.
", "rawMarkdown": "Attention: We had an internal meeting and decided not to go forward with the WeChat group. All official communication will take place in the Kaggle forum. If Chinese participants want to ask questions in Chinese, we will respond to those questions in both Chinese and English so everyone can see.", "votes": null }, { "id": "292277", "postDate": "03/07/2018 18:49:53", "content": "So what about other outside communication channels? Those have been proliferating in recent months. I know of at least two major ones where participants \"share tips and help\" with Kaggle competitions. Those used to be frowned upon by Kaggle, but recently they seem to allow them. Apparently \"private sharing\" as interpreted by Kaggle these days only refers to code and solutions.
", "rawMarkdown": "So what about other outside communication channels? Those have been proliferating in recent months. I know of at least two major ones where participants \"share tips and help\" with Kaggle competitions. Those used to be frowned upon by Kaggle, but recently they seem to allow them. Apparently \"private sharing\" as interpreted by Kaggle these days only refers to code and solutions.", "votes": null }, { "id": "292507", "postDate": "03/08/2018 03:58:49", "content": "I think as long as the sharing won't affect the competition too much, and it is not organized by the host itself, it should be fine.\nWe cancel the group chat because after a internal meeting, we decide that a offical group chat about competition is a bad idea, no matter what the group chat is about, it would be unfair to competitors who are not in the group chat.
", "rawMarkdown": "I think as long as the sharing won't affect the competition too much, and it is not organized by the host itself, it should be fine.\nWe cancel the group chat because after a internal meeting, we decide that a offical group chat about competition is a bad idea, no matter what the group chat is about, it would be unfair to competitors who are not in the group chat.", "votes": null }, { "id": "303062", "postDate": "03/25/2018 12:07:36", "content": "Bojan, what are these channels? I see WeChat mentioned but this is being addressed fairly it seems.
", "rawMarkdown": "Bojan, what are these channels? I see WeChat mentioned but this is being addressed fairly it seems.", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 291915, "author_name": "jiweiliu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/07/2018 04:42:53", "content": "Is this really official? I don't think it is a good idea. The information shared in the wechat group may not be available to other kagglers. This is against the rule of private sharing, isn't it?
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 291920, "author_name": "fengari", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/07/2018 04:50:29", "content": "Yes, it should not be a good idea. All official information should be reported in kaggle site.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 291922, "author_name": "aaronyin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/07/2018 04:53:54", "content": "Yes, it is official, but any information about the competition itself will stay in kaggle, the chat group is for the purpose of helping those Chinese competitors who have trouble in English. \nAny questions abuot the competition that bring up in chat group will be synchronized in kaggle as well. \nWe will check it again with kaggle, if it is against the rule, we will shutdown the chat group immediately.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 291923, "author_name": "jiweiliu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/07/2018 04:56:36", "content": "Thank you very much for the clarification. That's reasonable. good luck :)
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 291929, "author_name": "xiumugengmu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/07/2018 05:19:44", "content": "English couldn't be an issue for any Chinese competitors, at least in writing or reading for Chinese data scientists. Further, well, google can help. For an official kaggle game, the kaggle community could be the best place for any discussions, not wechat group.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 291961, "author_name": "aaronyin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/07/2018 06:17:27", "content": "Attention: We had an internal meeting and decided not to go forward with the WeChat group. All official communication will take place in the Kaggle forum. If Chinese participants want to ask questions in Chinese, we will respond to those questions in both Chinese and English so everyone can see.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 292277, "author_name": "tunguz", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/07/2018 18:49:53", "content": "So what about other outside communication channels? Those have been proliferating in recent months. I know of at least two major ones where participants \"share tips and help\" with Kaggle competitions. Those used to be frowned upon by Kaggle, but recently they seem to allow them. Apparently \"private sharing\" as interpreted by Kaggle these days only refers to code and solutions.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 292507, "author_name": "aaronyin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/08/2018 03:58:49", "content": "I think as long as the sharing won't affect the competition too much, and it is not organized by the host itself, it should be fine.\nWe cancel the group chat because after a internal meeting, we decide that a offical group chat about competition is a bad idea, no matter what the group chat is about, it would be unfair to competitors who are not in the group chat.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 303062, "author_name": "cpmpml", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/25/2018 12:07:36", "content": "Bojan, what are these channels? I see WeChat mentioned but this is being addressed fairly it seems.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "291913": "", "291915": "Is this really official? I don't think it is a good idea. The information shared in the wechat group may not be available to other kagglers. This is against the rule of private sharing, isn't it?", "291920": "Yes, it should not be a good idea. All official information should be reported in kaggle site.", "291922": "Yes, it is official, but any information about the competition itself will stay in kaggle, the chat group is for the purpose of helping those Chinese competitors who have trouble in English. \nAny questions abuot the competition that bring up in chat group will be synchronized in kaggle as well. \nWe will check it again with kaggle, if it is against the rule, we will shutdown the chat group immediately.", "291923": "Thank you very much for the clarification. That's reasonable. good luck :)", "291929": "English couldn't be an issue for any Chinese competitors, at least in writing or reading for Chinese data scientists. Further, well, google can help. For an official kaggle game, the kaggle community could be the best place for any discussions, not wechat group.", "291961": "Attention: We had an internal meeting and decided not to go forward with the WeChat group. All official communication will take place in the Kaggle forum. If Chinese participants want to ask questions in Chinese, we will respond to those questions in both Chinese and English so everyone can see.", "292277": "So what about other outside communication channels? Those have been proliferating in recent months. I know of at least two major ones where participants \"share tips and help\" with Kaggle competitions. Those used to be frowned upon by Kaggle, but recently they seem to allow them. Apparently \"private sharing\" as interpreted by Kaggle these days only refers to code and solutions.", "292507": "I think as long as the sharing won't affect the competition too much, and it is not organized by the host itself, it should be fine.\nWe cancel the group chat because after a internal meeting, we decide that a offical group chat about competition is a bad idea, no matter what the group chat is about, it would be unfair to competitors who are not in the group chat.", "303062": "Bojan, what are these channels? I see WeChat mentioned but this is being addressed fairly it seems." }, "source": "meta" }