What types of questions can I use Manifold Markets to answer?
There are loads of different ways you can use our markets to answer your questions. Most of our users tend to interact with a whole mixture of markets. Here are some of the top use cases for our markets, with corresponding examples.
Personal
- Fun wagers with friends about your interests or personal life.
- Recommendations - Similar to asking for suggestions from another site but with Manifold users are incentivized to give higher quality answers as they can profit from being helpful.
- Accountability/goals
- Betting YES on your own market and allowing people to bet NO to motivate you.
News & current events
Impactful causes / Research
- Effectiveness of current policies
- Effective Altruism
- Debate topics
Project management
Can be used for personal projects, startups, or even large intra-company processes.
- Predicting the success of your projects and using that knowledge to influence decisions.
- Community feedback on whether you should add a new feature
