A week ago if you dared to say anything critical of polymarket you would be drowned out in replies talking about the "wonderful societal benefits" of gambling on daily life and how it "informs decision making" and helps the "common people".

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nilamo 31 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

What in the revisionist history? Polymarket has been getting shit on here since it debuted.

	▲	freejazz 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Not really. I can recall countless threads where everyone said that this improves information availability. Do you want me to go through my post history to find them?

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mahboi 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I liked it for political races as an alternative to polls. Was terrible for several other things. 99% of it was really just sports betting, which I can't see being a good thing.

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baggachipz an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The genie's way out of the bottle with sports betting. Nonstop ads, branding tie-ins, billboards, podcast ads, on and on.

And it's terrible and going to destroy sports.

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kube-system 41 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We don't need more financial incentive to influence the outcome of elections, there's already enough as it is.

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rbanffy an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> I liked it for political races as an alternative to polls.

With enough funds, smaller political races can be gamed.

	▲	mahboi an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah that too, so only the big ones. Obviously the law can't distinguish since it's all the same kind of gambling.

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