How forums work

You can enter the discussion forum in several ways. The most direct way is by clicking on Discussions in the left-hand side panel:

Figure 4.1: Entering the Discussions page from the main menu

The top section contains Forums, which are aggregations of general topics. Perusing those is useful whether you are participating in your first competition, have a suggestion to make, or just have a general question because you feel lost.

Below the forums, you can find the combined view of discussions across Kaggle: mostly conversations related to competitions (which form the bulk of activity on Kaggle), but also Notebooks or notable datasets. By default, they are sorted by Hotness; in other words, those with the highest participation and most activity are shown closer to the top. This section is where you can find content more relevant to the dynamic nature of the field: a collection of discussions from different subsets of Kaggle, with the ability to filter...