I truly don't know how you wake up, read this story with your morning coffee, and go to work at a company like this.
Psychopaths don't care about ethics, much less if money is involved. At best they feel indifference, at worst enjoyment.
Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
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Re: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
#72Man the moral degradation is off the charts. Prediction markets are easily the worst things to grace the internet by far and its not even close.
It’s not even close to being the worst thing in my opinion. There are people driven into suicide by blackmailing them over social media and people selling murder for hire on the Darknet. Some death threats are pretty harmless compared to that, assuming that nothing actually happens (which is pretty likely in my opinion).
As someone who has received death threats, I can tell you, the comfort from the fact that they're usually not acted on, while real, is not huge.
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Re: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
#74Yep, far worse than cryptocurrency
Wait until they ban prediction markets, then they will re-appear, and you will have to use cryptocurrency :)
I’d be surprised if there wasn’t already a huge crypto-only dark market where lots of rich criminals bet huge sums.
If you’re in that telegram channel, though, I imagine the threats on your life are a lot more credible than the ones discussed in TFA.
Re: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
#75Man the moral degradation is off the charts. Prediction markets are easily the worst things to grace the internet by far and its not even close.
I think CP is worse. Personally. Different priorities I guess.
it's a hyperbole dude. It accelerates the moral decay of a society, and the barriers for entry are very low. The one you mentioned is straight illegal and punishable in any jurisdiction across the globe.
Re: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
#76Yep, far worse than cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency itself was designed to enable crime. Why else would one want an end-run around governments and law-enforcement, unless one were a criminal wanting to prey on others risk-free?
> a criminal wanting to prey on others risk-free
E.g. a Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks?
Re: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand what your point is. What is the reader assumed to do about an article that does not bring any proof? The video of the missile exploding is also easy to fake, but it's an important element behind the reporting.
I'm assuming you've never read a news article before, because news articles routinely contain reported speech without having to provide extra evidence of that speech having taken place.
You're being dismissive and aggressive while dodging the questions.
I routinely read the news, and I've been taught in school that critical reading involves doubting and focusing on facts, sources and proofs. No sources and verifiable proofs? No facts.
Which is why the journalist put emphasis on his sources behind the missile attack: he knows how much sources and proofs are important.
If you can fake screenshots, why not fake them, which is something that can be at least analyzed for tampering?
Even more: the author mentions X public replies, where are the links?
Re: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
#78So, just to point it out: people don't get violent and criminal magically because they made a bet. They get violent and criminal to backstop a bet they can't cover . The story here isn't that horrible criminals are using Polymarket. It's that Polymarket bettors are overleveraged, and at the margin some of them turn to crime to avoid losing their shirts. We've all been looking around for the trigger for the market-cra…
This argument is sophistry, the nature of gambling is that gamblers over-leverage themselves compulsively.
Re: Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
#79One has to wonder if the people placing these bets didn’t have some plans of their own.
A million dollars for a single bet is extremely high stakes.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the idea behind a prediction market is pretty interesting, especially from an economics dataset point-of-view. And there's probably a lot of fun, harmless things to bet on. eg. "Will Conan lead an extravagent musical number at the Oscars?" But we're in an era of less and less responsible government oversight, so the whole thing naturally gets ruined if there's no guardrails to prevent peoeple without souls or…
>And there's probably a lot of fun, harmless things to bet on. eg. "Will Conan lead an extravagent musical number at the Emmys?" I cannot fathom what could be fun about that.
Kinda legal insider trading, I guess.