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Mark Zuckerberg directed meta to create a prediction markets app

30 pointsby dgellowtoday at 5:01 PM27 commentsview on HN

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etothettoday at 6:07 PM

I've always felt that Mark Zuckerberg got lucky with Facebook and that he has no real lasting talent as a technologist or visionary. He seems to attempt to chase the latest "it" thing and has very few original ideas that actual stick long-term. He's quite the charlatan.

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throwa356262today at 5:59 PM

Hopefully it's the same geniuses that implemented his metaverse thingy.

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wnevetstoday at 6:12 PM

Whatever happened to that Facebook cryptocurrency?

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autoexectoday at 5:49 PM

He wants to collect and profit from insider info by joining in on the newest unregulated gambling scheme. I'm sure plenty of cheaters and suckers will be happy to make him more money.

ElProlactintoday at 5:14 PM

Polymarket: "Trade on anything."

Kalshi: "Trade the Future."

Meta Arena: "They 'trust me.' Dumb f^^ks."

NikxDatoday at 5:48 PM

I can‘t help but wonder what goes on inside of the upper management of these big companies, and why nobody ever stops for a moment to think about whether what they are up to does any good for the end users beyond making more money.

But then again, this is very on brand for Meta/Zuck, so I‘m not surprised.

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nertzytoday at 5:57 PM

I just directed my cats to make a cryptocurrency.

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Ancalagontoday at 5:41 PM

Holy mimic batman - Mark, its ok to have a little of your own innovation and not copycat nor buy every single good idea.

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