Comments on: Wired News prediction markets at Inkling http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/01/03/wired-news-prediction-markets-at-inkling/ Prediction Markets For All Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:16:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Mike Linksvayer http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/01/03/wired-news-prediction-markets-at-inkling/#comment-500 Mike Linksvayer Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:52:14 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/01/03/new-wired-prediction-markets-at-inkling/#comment-500 CFM is right. Worse, the Open Democracy markets are not very creative. I'm happy to see them try but I expect them to be disappointed in the results. CFM is right. Worse, the Open Democracy markets are not very creative. I’m happy to see them try but I expect them to be disappointed in the results.

]]> By: Chris Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/01/03/wired-news-prediction-markets-at-inkling/#comment-498 Chris Masse Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:08:22 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/01/03/new-wired-prediction-markets-at-inkling/#comment-498 Google's corporate prediction markets are designed for internal use. The Open Democracy prediction markets are about public topics. If they want these virtual markets to work, they should draw traders in, and for this, they should attract external attention ---unless Open Democracy is an Internet mogul like Yahoo! or Google, which I don't think. Make difficult for bloggers to link to your public prediction markets = a recipe for disaster. Mark my words. Google’s corporate prediction markets are designed for internal use.

The Open Democracy prediction markets are about public topics. If they want these virtual markets to work, they should draw traders in, and for this, they should attract external attention —unless Open Democracy is an Internet mogul like Yahoo! or Google, which I don’t think.

Make difficult for bloggers to link to your public prediction markets = a recipe for disaster. Mark my words.

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