[random4369]

> As a company that deals with data analysis, Kaggle can surely tell between different levels of user participation.

Kaggle outsources data analysis to bright students willing to work for a tiny fraction of their actual worth. Their business model has nothing to do with their own analytics talent.

[has2k1]

> Their business model has nothing to do with their own analytics talent

I recall — some years ago — when they were advertising for Jobs, some of the criteria for potential technical fitness was a high placement in some of the competitions. Plus, I have engaged in a few of the competitions and you have to have a team of capable data scientists to design them. They are not clueless people.