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Steph started following the idea "Give us some Hubdub love!" in Hubdub.

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Oooh, good point! – Steph, on April 18, 2008 21:23

Steph marked one of kruijs' replies in Hubdub as useful. kruijs replied to the idea "Give us some Hubdub love!". Steph and 3 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Steph replied on April 18, 2008 20:08 to the idea "Give us some Hubdub love!" in Hubdub:

H$50? How about H$100K for each use, along with exclusive spokeswoman opportunities?

Hmmmm......

Steph replied on April 18, 2008 19:30 to the idea "Give us some Hubdub love!" in Hubdub:

Oh wow! Now I have to search for a really good pic.....

Steph replied on April 10, 2008 18:25 to the discussion "Hubdub in The New York Times ("Betting to Improve the Odds")" in Hubdub:

Wow, congrats Nigel and crew!

Steph replied on April 10, 2008 17:14 to the question "Result of the vote" in Hubdub:

Congrats to all! I'm satisfied with this, but I am disappointed that only 13 of us voted! I'm afraid of folks questioning the worth of this decision because of the low "voter turnout".

Steph replied on April 07, 2008 21:16 to the question "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming (part 2)" in Hubdub:

But, it seems like the easiest solution.

He is cheating by creating questions that he games. Remove his ability to create questions, and he can't cheat anymore.

I know that I'm very very very late with this suggestion. Sorry.

Steph replied on April 07, 2008 20:48 to the question "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming (part 2)" in Hubdub:

I think that barring this cheater from question creation indefinitely will cause him to just go away. Without the ability to game his own questions, he will have nothing to gain from playing on Hubdub.

Think about it....

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Steph replied on April 07, 2008 20:24 to the problem "I am on STRIKE" in Hubdub:

Thanks Nigel!

I'm not striking, but I am pushing for an agreeable resolution to this awful situation.

Quick question, what will the 2 week bar on question creation solve? Do you think 2 weeks will be enough time for lightening to strike the cheaters? In 2 weeks, will cheaters have a sudden realization that they should stop cheating? Are you at all concerned that, after the 2 weeks is over, the cheaters will continue their previous behavior?

Just a thought.

Hmmm......

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Steph replied on April 05, 2008 03:19 to the problem "I am on STRIKE" in Hubdub:

I think that allowing cheaters to continue to participate is doing the site more harm than good.

The scarlet letter treatment is like a slap on the hand, and a slap to the face for the rest of us.

Admins, please.....

LOCK cheaters' accounts. Prevent them from bidding, creating questions, and sending shout-outs.

BAN cheaters' IP addresses and email accounts. Prevent cheaters from creating new accounts as much as possible.

BAN the types of questions that allowed cheaters to cheat in the first place.

It seems pretty simple. Granted, I've never been an administrator of a public website, and I don't have much experience in internet security, but these are my best guess resolutions that can be handled on the applications side.

Humor me.

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Steph replied on April 05, 2008 02:41 to the problem "I am on STRIKE" in Hubdub:

Interesting. HD launched in January, had over 4900 users by mid-February, but only gained about 600 users since mid-February.

Hmmm......

Steph started following the problem "I am on STRIKE" in Hubdub.

Steph replied on April 05, 2008 02:14 to the problem "I am on STRIKE" in Hubdub:

Good points. But, "going on strike" won't work.

I've tried the same approach with another community-centered site, and it definitely didn't work. Their response was, "So what? Who are you anyway?"

Plus, look at your odds. HD has 5547 users. I'm guessing an effective strike would have to involve more than half of those users.

Or, maybe it's just the top leaderboard users -- those of us that are in Satyaki's "league" -- that even care that he cheats because we are near him in H$ and standings. The top 20 leaderboards only include .3% of HD's total users. Meaning, if we strike....so what? HD will still have 99.7% of their users to replace us. So, good luck with that.

I sympathize with you, and I agree with your that Satyaki should be BANNED. But, there has to be a more effective way then "going on strike" to convince HD that they should take a more aggressive stance against gamers.

I've got lots of good ideas that would definitely be effective, and might even be "news-worthy" (oh, the irony!), but my halo keeps getting in the way.

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Steph replied on March 24, 2008 21:00 to the idea "Leaderboards: the new solution" in Hubdub:

"c) we won't reset or rescale anyone's cash or predictions"

Thanks you!!!

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Steph replied on March 12, 2008 19:03 to the problem "Spitzer Market Issues" in Hubdub:

Let's look at the word resign:

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
re·sign (r?-z?n') Pronunciation Key
v. re·signed, re·sign·ing, re·signs

v. tr.

1. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable: I resigned myself to a long wait in line.
2. To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.
3. To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim). See Synonyms at relinquish.

So, as you see, the word resign could have the #2 meaning, which is the act of announcing the resignation by formal notification (Which Spitzer did today), or the #3 meaning, which is to relinquish power (Which Spitzer will do on Monday).

Amend the rules so that resignation questions explicitly address either the "I QUIT" announcement, or the loss of power/position/bragging rights.

Right?

Steph replied on March 10, 2008 14:21 to the problem "Settlement email problem with hedged bet gain reporting" in Hubdub:

Ditto the void email! And maybe a Leaderboard email when ranking changes?

Something along the lines of "Hello Steph. You have now dropped to #5000 on the overall leaderboard!" Or, "Congrats Steph, you have gained on the overall leaderboard, and are now #4999!"

Steph replied on March 10, 2008 13:53 to the problem "Settlement email problem with hedged bet gain reporting" in Hubdub:

Ditto the thanks for the email notifications! I was pleasantly surprised when I checked my Crackberry to find out how my settled bets made out! Plus it helps me track bets that were recently settled! This definitely helps to satisfy my Hubdub addiction when I am offline!

Next......any thoughts on a mobile version of the site? Let's put my unlimited data plan to good use!

Steph replied on February 28, 2008 12:06 to the discussion "hubdub addiction" in Hubdub:

Oh my! Beta has me this sprung? Can you imagine what the first release will do to me?

I'm scared.......yet foaming at the mouth at the same time.

*Searching Hubdub for a "When will the HD first relearse come out" question....*