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by moneyrich4 4628 days ago
so are the first 4 hours the most important? or very important?
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Let's say that the way the project starts is important. How long really depends on the campaign duration. After 4 hours on average, the accuracy is 76%, meaning that you can tell quite accurately pretty early. We focus on early predictions because this is when they are helpful, i.e. the creator has time to react. We have very high accuracy near the end, but this does not help so much...