Hubdub.com: Parlor game or Wisdom of Crowds?

Submitted by SCJ on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 2:16pm.

A website getting some ink these days, Hubdub.com, is featuring the ability for users to place 'wagers' predicting the outcome of news events.

Beside the fact of being highly unscientific, is the motivation to gain points outweigh an attempt by users to game the system? Could there be any serious value to the news community in assessing these predictions? Does Joe Sixpack have a better innate news judgement and feel for how events play out than your average ND?

For your consideration...

SCJ

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