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Yes, (in a way) SN is going parabolic! 60k+ items created in the last 24 hours and still counting! At this rate SN will reach to 1.5M items within 5 days, all before the end of August, 4 months before the year end.
@247bf84fda is the hero behind, creating +33k items out of 60k+.
However what's his intention behind deleting all the items is still unknown. Maybe repeating a @nemo?
But one thing is sure that he's a sleazy shoddy bum. He's creating freebie items and doing it all for the sake of a few thousand Sats from Predyx.
Those who don't know, Predyx has two Prediction markets related to SN toal item in 2025.
A few hours ago the stakes were below 50% on both these markets but now they've swelled and even if you sell, lower down the odds, he'll buy back. I checked it on both markets. You can also confirm the trades made by him under the order book for each market.
Alright, so it's a real deal here for sats, I get it. But is it worth?
Currently @247bf84fda is only gonna be winning 26k Sats on both of these markets. But that's only when the "No Share Holders" don't panic sell. In case anyone sells, he's gonna prey on them by making another bet and increasing his pot.
ATM, I really don't know what and how to stop this cheating/manipulation on what has been a source of joy for many of us. I was thinking of buying all the 'Yes Shares' before he does but that would be his win as he'll sell his shares and take me under a temporary loss.
Anyways, @ek knows it and I urge him to make him pay for the items and if possible reverse the item number back to reality.
I'm feeling so pissed and I'm sure @ek would also be very furious, though we both are on the 'Yes team'.
The script is stopped now.
It still worked (and works) after the freebie change.
This user is a throwaway, the script works with any new user.
I haven't bet on Predyx myself. @029463f22... is someone else.
Buy no now?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 1h
Why did you stop?
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157 sats \ 0 replies \ @247bf84fda 1h
I don't want to ruin the bet, quite the opposite.
Only wanted to see if it could be done, and 100k was mentioned as the ballpark figure to make it interesting again.
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Strict limits on freebies seems like the obvious place to start. @ek is incentivized to solve this issue after 1.5M though.
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63 sats \ 8 replies \ @ek 4h
We already removed free comments
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What’s this character up to, then?
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 4h
They explained themselves in #1115516 and they stopped after we removed free comments
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So we basically just went into hyperdrive for a bit?
Will it be enough for you to win the market?
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We're still in the hyperdrive. Check item no. for this post and then check the item number for the most recent comment/post.
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I’m looking forward to @denlillaapan’s next update.
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Haha, that would be seriously funny. He'll come out all pens (guns for him) blazing towards Yes guys. God save me from his wrath, but I'm not the culprit this time..
Thank you so much. But looks like the item numbers are still increasing.... now at 1191000+
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148 sats \ 8 replies \ @grayruby 4h
He is deleting them so we can't downzap them and get him outlawed.
If it continues I suggest the market is removed from Predyx and everyone gets there money back.
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That's why I tagged @mega_dreamer, but it should be the last option.
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Yes - I'm all ears, please let me know what to do. Lets try to find a better way to handle this.
Obviously deleting the said market should be the last option.
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Hopefully it doesn't come to that.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 4h
Yes. I am all for people legitimately trying to spur activity on the site to get their side to win like @ek did with his contest (as annoying as it did become).
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I also tried it with 'Spin the threads. our legitimacy is that we are rewarding in sats for creating items. @ek saying that they have stopped but the count of items is still increasing recklessly.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 4h
He is deleting them so we can't downzap them and get him outlawed.
Oh, interesting point
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I wouldn't agree with that. Although I don't agree with bot or glitch-based manipulation of the outcome, I also think it was implicitly one of the possibilities in Yes's favor the whole time, and I think most bettors understood that.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 3h
I get your point I am just looking at it from Predyx side of things. I don't think it makes business sense for them to host markets that can be cheated.
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I was remembering an old online zombie game, I think it was called Zombòia or something like that. It had a curious system: if a player behaved badly or the community saw them as having bad intentions because they stole resources, etc., they could be hanged. All it took was enough people voting for them to be blocked and unable to continue bothering the public.
I think something similar could work on Stacker News. Today there's an outlaw mode, but the truth is that spam still appears. Imagine a system where, if a user accumulates enough downvotes from the community, they're blocked from posting for a while. It would be like "hanging the spammer," a collective punishment decided by the community itself.
Ultimately, Stacker has always had that spirit of self-governance and decentralization. Perhaps giving the community that tool would be a more organic way to curb spam without relying solely on central moderation.
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All it took was enough people voting for them to be blocked and unable to continue bothering the public.
Can't happen on SN because you can't be sure if 1 person is voting or more. With nyms (without KYC) it's impossible.
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just like you have dawnzap when you reach a certain amount of them you could silence that user.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 2m
Even though it's blatant manipulation, it's still kinda funny!
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Why work so hard for only 26k sats? That's the moment where my saying that people don't really know to appreciate the value of their time applies once again. And yes, the user did tried a kind of result manipulation in my opinion. Happy to hear it got stopped. I hope the bet is not ruined.
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I posted something about it in the Saloon today.....
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