This question was published which asked about CNN making a prediction on the Ohio. A time was given as 10pm. There was no time zone indicated, so I asked for varification on time zone. Assuming all time zones unless otherwise stated are PST. I was told PST was time zone, so I wagered money on this question, then noticed the question kept getting edited more to cause confusion. Then this morning the question is edited to read EST, this is a 3 hour difference in time and greatly impacts the outcome of this question. Can we please get the question voided. I agree it is a good question, but people need to wager on a question with a certain set of circumstances and feel comfortable that thier question isn't going to change dramatically. I might still wager on the question but not to the points I did with the original terms of the question.
I hope this can lead to a distinct policy that questions in which editing requires changing potential results will be voided and re-submitted.
Link to question: http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Will_C...
Read the comments to see how clarification has been sought all along.
I think there should be a mechanism implemented for joining duplicat markets without voiding them. Particularly if in both markets already significant bets have been placed.
A pretty good example (which made me personally feel rather unhappy) is the recent voiding of several "Who will be the next President of the United States?"-markets. What I found especially annoying was the fact that older markets were voided in favor of a newer one (correct me if I am wrong).
So my suggestion for similar situations in the futur is to join the markets, i.e. people who already staked in one market keep their share and the new market values are calculated as the weighted avarages of the individual markets. Shouldn't be challenging in terms of the maths involved.
Ferdi
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