Comments on: HubDub launches feature to track pundit predictions

By: HubDub’s news ‘game’ secures it a $1.2m Series A funding

HubDub’s news ‘game’ secures it a $1.2m Series A funding — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:31:30 +0000

[...] ad market. HubDub is also planning some premium products for later this year. In June it launched Pundit Watch – tracking predictions from pundits like TechCrunch’s Mike [...]

By: Indy partners with HubDub for news prediction market

Indy partners with HubDub for news prediction market — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:06 +0000

[...] need it at this point. However it does have a deal with Reuters. And they are already tracking Mike Arrington’s predictions, poor [...]

By: Ian B

Ian B — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:52:06 +0000

Steve Ballmer: 2001 called. They want their joke back.

By: jas

jas — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:46:43 +0000

cannot believe the cash invested pikum.com i can see it going into the deadpool soon the site looks dead cya.

By: Prediction Market Nerd

Prediction Market Nerd — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:25:55 +0000

Keep in mind, regarding The Standard, that the current consensus (like the 50% you quote above) means nothing. For instance, the $199 iPhone “stock” is currently halted at 48.75%, but if you look at the stocks history:

Life Time High: 62.25%
Life Time Low: 19.78%

What that means is, a week away from WWDC, people really have no clue if there will be an iPhone for $199, not that the stock isn’t getting bets.

Current probabilities are not a reflection of volume. The same holds true for HubDub.

In BluBet’s case, you can bet on practically any worthless topic on the planet. Hence, more volume. And, more junk data (like you say, it’s not really a prediction market, more a poll, which means very little from a data standpoint).

By: steve ballmer

steve ballmer — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:35:34 +0000

Steve Ballmer is not on this list!

By: HubDub launches PunditWatch. We don’t do so well (so far)

HubDub launches PunditWatch. We don’t do so well (so far) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:48:08 +0000

[...] There are a few out there already: BluBet (more of a game than a market), The Industry Standard re-launched (with mixed results) aiming at tech, Pikum is majoring on sports, and HubDub is aiming at general US news (though it happens to be based in the UK). Today HubDub has launched a new feature which will be of particular interest to the tech community and one which should prove both fun and interesting at the same time (reports TechCrunch UK). [...]