Wikipedia market 🚀 Monday Dec 13 🚀 (12/13)
Hey Propheteers,
The Wikipedia market invites the public to answer the question, “What should the whole world be Googling right now?”
Any Wikipedia page can be your answer.
The Wikipedia market will go live Monday December 13 at 9am PT, with some really cool features.
New listing pages
Wikipedia listing pages will include
The full text of the article itself, so you don’t have to leave Ideamarket to read it
Graphs of Wikipedia pageviews and Google Trends data for the article’s title. Here’s a sneak preview:
Data like this allows us to experiment with fundamental analysis for information itself.
For example, “Ghislaine Maxwell” was the 112th most-viewed Wikipedia page in all of 2020, edging out JFK, Tom Hanks, World War I, and Anthony Fauci.
Yet as Eric Weinstein points out, her ongoing trial is nowhere to be found on the New York Times homepage:
In a mature Ideamarket, this might indicate an attention-arbitrage opportunity, where users could capitalize on the difference between what deserves public attention, and what’s getting it.
Operation SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT
To save you hassle & fees, we'll list the most in-demand Wiki pages before launch (without buying).
Make a shopping list of Wikipedia articles that answer “What should the whole world be googling right now?” and submit here (will be kept secret): https://forms.gle/jHG7U1pZ5Z798jem6
More coming soon — stay tuned.
—Mike
PS — Here’s the announcement tweet — help spread the word!
