Confused over uploading other people's code

Revision en1, by linkret, 2021-09-14 15:03:57

While checking out other people's submissions (too see what the simplest/shortest way to implement a problem is), I noticed that almost all of the last 10 submissions were... exactly the same. It's all just copy-pasted from one person.

https://codeforces.com/contest/1569/status/E

My question is, why would anybody do this? The contest is over. And by copy-pasting another person's solution and submitting it, you learn exactly nothing. Isn't it just a waste of time?

Can anybody explain this to me, am I missing something obvious? I can't think of any reason why anybody would do this.

Tags #why???

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en2 English linkret 2021-09-14 15:05:23 10 Tiny change: 'iced that almost all of the la' -> 'iced that many of the la'
en1 English linkret 2021-09-14 15:03:57 640 Initial revision (published)