4 years ago, at the start of August
Answers site that specialises in a particular category of question - Prediction Markets
Posted by pbirnie under technology
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Predictify.com - Specializes in prediction market questions - a special category of question - something that we don't know the answer to now but will be able to definatively know the answer to in the future.
This can be used for :
- predicting future events - Will Yahoo remain an independent company through the end of 2009
- as part of a company promotion eg. "Will Dark Knight be the top selling movie in 2008?"
Supports reporting the current prediction by user demographic or by area of expertise of the user
Other random features:
- You are able to start asking a question straight away - T&C + reg are deferred to end
- Popup tips while you are asking the question
- Question ask progress meter
- Outcome is either multiple choice or numeric
- User chooses "end date" and "verification date"
- Option to upload an image associated with the question
- They mention getting a group of people together who are specialized in a particular area - for example: creating Brittany Spears page
- No community moderation features - questions are sent to the "predictify team for review"
- Because of the time nature and fact that it is based around answer options options - The questions are poor for SEO
more info in this video - The rise of crowdsourcing
