http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/05/10/hubdub-blog-prediction-market-journalism-alas/ Prediction Markets For All Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:25:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/05/10/hubdub-blog-prediction-market-journalism-alas/#comment-18620 Prediction market journalism can’t be practiced by the “mainstream media”. What we need is a revolution. | Midas Oracle .ORG Thu, 15 May 2008 09:19:35 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=6885#comment-18620 [...] cave) what InTrade does. The real thing is prediction market journalism —and to this day, only Justin Wolfers does practice it (once a [...] [...] cave) what InTrade does. The real thing is prediction market journalism —and to this day, only Justin Wolfers does practice it (once a [...]

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/05/10/hubdub-blog-prediction-market-journalism-alas/#comment-18527 Chris F. Masse Sun, 11 May 2008 22:38:35 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=6885#comment-18527 @Nigel Eccles: We need to talk ---we, the people in this field--- together to define what is prediction market journalism, and why it's important. @Nigel Eccles: We need to talk —we, the people in this field— together to define what is prediction market journalism, and why it’s important.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/05/10/hubdub-blog-prediction-market-journalism-alas/#comment-18525 Chris F. Masse Sun, 11 May 2008 22:34:10 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=6885#comment-18525 @Nigel Eccles: Publishing dynamic charts ---which give the latest prices, no matter when the reader download the page--- is one of the solutions. - I picked up this market because it has been established for a while. How come you're not citing odds generated by this prediction market? @Nigel Eccles: Publishing dynamic charts —which give the latest prices, no matter when the reader download the page— is one of the solutions.
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I picked up this market because it has been established for a while. How come you’re not citing odds generated by this prediction market?

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/05/10/hubdub-blog-prediction-market-journalism-alas/#comment-18522 Nigel Eccles Sun, 11 May 2008 21:37:42 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=6885#comment-18522 [Link bait taken] The reason we haven't moved to quoting market prices is nearly all of our blog posts related to new markets that have no price history (either on Hubdub or any other market). Therefore the blog post is written at the same time as the question is created. However, you are right that we could quote our opening prices in the posts. We will move to doing that more over the next couple of weeks. Also I am planning on doing a weekly post on market movements. [Link bait taken]
The reason we haven’t moved to quoting market prices is nearly all of our blog posts related to new markets that have no price history (either on Hubdub or any other market). Therefore the blog post is written at the same time as the question is created.
However, you are right that we could quote our opening prices in the posts. We will move to doing that more over the next couple of weeks. Also I am planning on doing a weekly post on market movements.

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