Polymarket Says It Deals Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are Filled with Falsehoods

Posted by thm on Friday March 20, 2026 @01:20PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/technology/polymarket-social-feeds-falsehoods.html

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Re:Polymarket Says It Deals Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are ... by quantified on Friday March 20, 2026 @03:22PM (#47459373)

It's backed by Jared Kushner, so expect some level of MAGA manipulation.

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Re:Polymarket Says It Deals Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are ... by razingeden on Friday March 20, 2026 @01:21PM (#47457683)

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Re:Polymarket Says It Deals Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are ... by sharp_runner_84 on Saturday March 21, 2026 @11:50AM (#47468123)

the social feeds being full of misinformation is a separate problem from the market prices tho. the prices themselves are set by people with money on the line which is a strong incentive to be accurate. the comment section is just randos posting opinions with zero stake. conflating the two is lazy journalism imo

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