Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake

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• gnabgib 3 hours ago ago

  Original source (please submit) (42 points, 2 days ago, 4 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614715

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  • dang 25 minutes ago ago

    Thanks! Comments moved thither.

• ChrisArchitect an hour ago ago

  Source OP: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-b... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614715)

• PearlRiver 2 hours ago ago

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  • dang 24 minutes ago ago

    "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."

    https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

  • peyton 2 hours ago ago

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    • djeastm an hour ago ago

      > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken.

      https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

    • mh- 2 hours ago ago

      It's extremely disappointing to see where discourse has slipped to here. Have started looking for a "new HN" to have actual discussions on again.