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Re:Show HN: A social platform to record and debate predictio... by wiggler00m on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:04AM (#19475071)
Suggestion: require "skin in the game" ie. make predictors risk something of value (with commensurate chance of gain if their prediction manifests).

This would likely increase prediction quality/accuracy.

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Re:Show HN: A social platform to record and debate predictio... by HHalvi on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:07AM (#19475075)
Whenever you get stuff wrong show "Oh, That was a Black Swan" somewhere ;)
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Re:Show HN: A social platform to record and debate predictio... by Geee on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:40PM (#19477590)
There's Augur https://www.augur.net/ that's a decentralized protocol for predictions. You can bet on predictions or use the prediction and outcome data in your decisions.
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Re:Show HN: A social platform to record and debate predictio... by unusximmortalis on Sunday March 24, 2019 @05:01AM (#19475271)
Who will validate the predictions? Manual validation will not scale.
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Re:Show HN: A social platform to record and debate predictio... by MRD85 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @06:21AM (#19475490)
Who will determine the odds of predictions?
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Re:Show HN: A social platform to record and debate predictio... by Y_Y on Sunday March 24, 2019 @07:13AM (#19475676)
People can offer bets, those with differing views can take the bets. You can even make a market with floating odds like BetFair used to.
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