Predict Number of Upvotes

Crowdsourced online content platforms have a constant need to identify the best content in time to appropriately promote and thereby improve the engagement at the website. This challenge involves a similar problem of predicting the upvote count for a queries posted and identify the parameters that affect it the most.

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Rules

• One person cannot participate with more than one user accounts.
• You are free to use any tool and machine you have rightful access to.
• You can use any programming language or statistical software.
• You are free to use solution checker as many times as you want.

FAQs

1. Are there any prizes/AV Points for this contest?

This contest is purely for learning and practicing purpose and hence no participant is eligible for prize or AV points.

2. Can I share my approach/code?

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