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Re:Show HN: I built a stock market game based on the top 50,... by kyro on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @09:54PM (#4605412)
Related idea time!

So this is really great, and for a while I've been thinking about what a stock market game for pop culture would be like. It'd serve as a great discovery tool, like searching for that penny-stock that's going to blow up, and it'd be a great way for fans and haters of particular celebrities to duke it out in the market place (think of the 50 Cent / Kanye competition, or the rabid fans of Chris Brown and those who detest him). You could gather information from across a whole host of resources (imdb, movie ticket / record sales, tabloid sites, twitter, spotify plays) to come up with predicted performance forecasts for each celebrity. Something like that would make people feel they played a direct part in a particular success story. Early "investors" would be considered more loyal fans, you could incentivize using concert tickets and schwag, etc, etc - there are lots of ways to 'gamify' it.

Re:Show HN: I built a stock market game based on the top 50,... by davejazz on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @08:33AM (#4607026)
I made this idea for viral videos, its here: http://vvx.io - The Viral Video eXchange
Re:Show HN: I built a stock market game based on the top 50,... by mshang on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @10:00PM (#4605439)
Sounds a bit like Fat Dog Exchange. Does anyone know what happened to that site?
Re:Show HN: I built a stock market game based on the top 50,... by stevesearer on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @11:03PM (#4605607)
Also similar to Hollywood Stock Exchange: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Stock_Exchange
Re:Show HN: I built a stock market game based on the top 50,... by cing on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @12:50AM (#4605901)
Hollywood Stock Exchange also holds a patent for the core principles behind prediction market games like these (http://www.google.ca/patents?id=n2sXAAAAEBAJ).
Re:Show HN: I built a stock market game based on the top 50,... by GarethX on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @04:09AM (#4606378)
And the BBC's now defunct CelebDAQ
Re:Show HN: I built a stock market game based on the top 50,... by Dramatize on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @11:07PM (#4605618)
I tried to find out what happened to that site. Doesn't seem to be much info out there.