Ratings and Problem Posting

Since personal subject ratings don't exist anymore (ex: you are Level 5 in Calculus), does that mean that anyone can post problems at any difficulty level, unconditionally?

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There's a level 5 Calculus problem

I think it takes time for the level of a problem to be "calculated" and displayed.

Pi Han Goh - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

I actually meant to say that personal subject ratings apparently don't exist anymore. The system no longer tracks whether I am level 5 or level 1 in calculus.

Steven Chase - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Oh I just realized this. Summoning @Brilliant Mathematics

Pi Han Goh - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

@Steven Chase In my experience, I can't post any problem in calculus with the difficulty "hard", only easy and medium. This is because I'm not a calculus level 5. I haven't done anything to do with number theory, so it only gives me an easy option to post a problem.

I don't know if you can post a really tough problem and pedal it as an "easy" difficulty problem. Maybe moderation would move it to where it's supposed to be. For example, I have a rather popular problem called Free Points. This was actually a test to see whether it will remain in the hard section or get moved by moderation. I tried to pedal it as a hard mechanics problem and it immediately got moved to the easy section.

The level that appears on a problem will be calculated based on the average level of the solvers of the problems at the subject. These levels that the solvers at, of course, are hidden at the current moment.

Usually, if the average solver of a problem is calculated to be a level 1, the problem will get moved to the easy section and level 4 and 5 are moved to hard but occasionally remain in medium. This is what I'm guessing, at least...

Krishna Karthik - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$