Tag Archives: Predictify

Google users are digging around to get the probability of a Swine Flu pandemy.

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- Interestingly, the results are very different with “swine flu predictions”. Predictify is above HubDub in both cases, you’ll notice. – External Links: – Google Trends – Google Insights for Search Previously: Swine Flu Prediction Markets

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HubDub (in blue) vs. Predictify (in red)

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse
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Predictify’s 2008 US electoral map

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Predictify’s 2008 US electoral map. $100,000 are at stake.

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Our play-money prediction exchanges should partner with non-profits.

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

CORRECTION: It’s Predictify who comes up with the $100k, not Rock The Vote. – Predictify (a prediction platform, not a prediction exchange) is partnering with Rock The Vote. As I understand it (BEWARE: the Press release is not that clear … Continue reading →

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Predictify gets the X Groups concept right.

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

#1. X Groups Predictify is unveiling a two-way interaction between their prediction platform and the blogs out there. FROM THE BLOGS TO PREDICTIFY: Number one, there is now a customized prediction widget that bloggers can embed in their blog posts … Continue reading →

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The “crowd” needs a good collective verdict mechanism. (At Midas Oracle, we value the market mechanisms, of course.)

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Chris F. Masse
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Why don’t prediction market people submit conference proposals for SXSW 2009?

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Predictify did it. – #1 – #2 Why don’t you do it too? -

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Each week, Predictify will ask a VIP to submit a question for the crowd to answer.

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Excellent idea. I told the CFTC that inputs from external, vertical experts are important. -

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Predictify is about building track records of human predictors.

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Robert Scoble interviews their CTO. Video – - Predictify is not a prediction exchange. We think prediction markets are superior to polls and surveys, don’t we? With Predictify, the mechanism delivering the collective verdict is simplistic: it’s a poll —with … Continue reading →

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Predictify v Pikum v Hubdub: Who will be top at the end of May?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Would it have been better if the contract tracked the cumulative usage, as opposed to the usage on a D day (here, the last day of May)? Or maybe the averaged (or cumulative) usage for all of May? -

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