Hi there! I'm new here, and also to CP in general (started less than 2 months ago). I took the Round 1076 (Div. 3) which I enjoied :) I'm actually a Codechef refugee, and here rules are a little different... I looked around the blogs for info but I'm missing a few pieces so here are my two questions:
Why I still see N/A under other people submissions? (I can't see their solutions). Reading around, people were guessing that it was a measure to prevent crawling, but am I not supposed to see other people code at least during the hacking phase?
What measures are in place to prevent cheating (plagiarism, LLMs) and how can I report anyone violating the rules?
Thanks!
Update: for the people wondering about point 1, since It does not seem to be documented anywhere here's my guess: the code is visible if your contribution points are positive. That explains why I was not be able to see them in the beginning even during, after a context, and after being rated (had 0 contribution points). Then suddenly after this post I could see them all for a short time (had like 4 point for upvotes on this post) and now I cannot see them again since for whatever reason my points dropped to -6.
Update2: found this post: https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/141490 so the current actual heuristic is behind closed doors and I'll have to just deal with it :( submissions are an important part of learning for me but I do understand the situation better now. Maybe compiling a Q/A list of blog posts for general issues with the site would help newcomers, or they'll post the same stuff endlessly like I did...








For the first point , the answer is simple you have to participate in 5 or more rated contest, to see other people solutions.
I can see other people's solutions and I haven't done any contests though
Well that is strange, I think it depends on the time you are active on codeforces or your submissions.
thanks, mmhh I guess I'll wait a little bit more, and hopefully they'll show, but it's weird that it just show N/A and not like "You have to participate in 5 context..." or something similar
I believe the way that most people expose cheaters is by posting a blog.
I just saw a similar blog post just below mine, so basically the only way is shaming them??
yeah basically. it looks fun to shame them tho
report it to cheater's database
for the second point, u can refer to this blog: https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/133941
Thanks!
bro if you are new start with 800 and 900 problems and so Div 3 and 4 and do not hurry of Div 1 and 2 contests and 1100 to 1500 problems
I think so you should implement your advice on yourself first...
ok bro!!!!!!!!!!! thank you
np
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