Comments on: New information technologies for the friends of prediction markets? http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/ Prediction Markets For All Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris. F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16575 Chris. F. Masse Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:36:05 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16575 Indeed. When a blogger like me wants to insert many charts from many exchanges, it's a pain in the posterior. A plugin can help, if designed intelligently, and if the exchanges collaborate ---it's in their interest. Indeed. When a blogger like me wants to insert many charts from many exchanges, it’s a pain in the posterior. A plugin can help, if designed intelligently, and if the exchanges collaborate —it’s in their interest.

]]> By: Greg Knaddison http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16574 Greg Knaddison Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:32:42 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16574 Ah - I see now about wordpress, that does make sense. I have a hard time imagining features for it, but I'll believe you've got some good ones! Ah - I see now about wordpress, that does make sense. I have a hard time imagining features for it, but I’ll believe you’ve got some good ones!

]]> By: Chris. F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16573 Chris. F. Masse Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:15:46 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16573 Re: Knols will never "supersede Wikipedia" since it will not tap into collective intelligence. Re: prediction market plugin for wordpress - I meant a plugin that will make it easier to add prediction market charts, and, more generally, interact with the prediction markets from the blogs. I didn't mean a platform to build prediction markets and compete with InTrade or BetFair. I meant a way to make the life of bloggers easier when dealing with the current prediction markets. I have many ideas. Re: Knols will never “supersede Wikipedia” since it will not tap into collective intelligence.
Re: prediction market plugin for wordpress - I meant a plugin that will make it easier to add prediction market charts, and, more generally, interact with the prediction markets from the blogs. I didn’t mean a platform to build prediction markets and compete with InTrade or BetFair. I meant a way to make the life of bloggers easier when dealing with the current prediction markets. I have many ideas.

]]> By: Greg Knaddison http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16572 Greg Knaddison Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:06:47 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/12/17/new-information-technologies-for-the-friends-of-prediction-markets/#comment-16572 Re: Knols - I believe this is a decent decision. Wikipedia built a big knowledge base and people were willing to contribute partially because it brought traffic and PageRank to the pages that were cited in Wikipedia posts. Now that Wikipedia is the 800lb. gorilla and they get additions just for fun, they added nofollow to all links which pissed off many of their contributors. Enter knols. If managed properly it could supersede Wikipedia (and then adsense ads on the side increase google profit enormously). Re: wordpress prediction market plugin - I don't see it happening. Wordpress is a blogging tool that can be shoehorned to do other things. Taking it to the level of making it a platform for a predictive market seems like the old problem of "when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Re: Knols - I believe this is a decent decision. Wikipedia built a big knowledge base and people were willing to contribute partially because it brought traffic and PageRank to the pages that were cited in Wikipedia posts. Now that Wikipedia is the 800lb. gorilla and they get additions just for fun, they added nofollow to all links which pissed off many of their contributors. Enter knols. If managed properly it could supersede Wikipedia (and then adsense ads on the side increase google profit enormously).

Re: wordpress prediction market plugin - I don’t see it happening. Wordpress is a blogging tool that can be shoehorned to do other things. Taking it to the level of making it a platform for a predictive market seems like the old problem of “when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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