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InfernalMachine replied on September 08, 2008 03:09 to the idea "Allow Bettors to Consolidate Multiple Bets of Differing Amounts" in Hubdub:

This would be great, but only if there was also the ability to cash in partial holdings. At the moment, one way to have a little control over how much you are holding is to predict in smaller amounts repeatedly, so that you can reduce your holdings without removing them all at a later date.

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A comment on the question "How do we encourage good question creation?" in Hubdub:

This is an interesting idea. – InfernalMachine, on September 06, 2008 15:24

A comment on the question "Here is the problem with category editors make decisions on questions they have heavily wagered on" in Hubdub:

I missed the suspend date. That's unfortunate that the question lacks an option. As for the vote as endorsement, I understand an endorsement as something distinct from a vote. The very difficulty in ascertaining her convention vote suggests that whatever she voted, she did not endorse him, in the sense of "formal and explicit approval". – InfernalMachine, on September 04, 2008 03:55

InfernalMachine replied on September 04, 2008 03:27 to the question "Here is the problem with category editors make decisions on questions they have heavily wagered on" in Hubdub:

A vote for is not an endorsement. I don't understand how that came to be the "decider". I'm with MRaleigh on this one. The scope of the question is until the end of the convention. Therefore, the lack of a known endorsement should settle this as the last option. (This is just my personal opinion on this, and I have no wagers at all on the question.)

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A comment on the question "How do we encourage good question creation?" in Hubdub:

Interesting idea. – InfernalMachine, on August 19, 2008 00:48

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InfernalMachine replied on August 12, 2008 17:51 to the question "How do we encourage good question creation?" in Hubdub:

I do see Bayoubear's point about new users. Did you realize that of the 9000+ names on the net worth leader board, 1000 have a $0 balance? Now some of this may be gaming-related, but it's possibly also players who give up when the money runs out, or at least just sign up for a new account. It would be a good idea to have a little incentive at the very start for a good question (one that settles), in the form of H$.

One thing we might do for question excellence is to invent a parallel currency like "lightbulbs". Many games have several types of thing you can or must collect (tiberium and gas from c&c for example). This way we could measure question quality & contribution without affecting the H$ as predicting-ability measure.