penny-bot
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penny auction bot
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How HN took it
0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 0 for, 3 against
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What people liked
Maker reports winning several high-value items in two weeks.
From 1 comment
The automated bidding was randomly in the last ten seconds (from a brief look at Swoopo its the same). That was quite easily beaten my a bot that could bid at the last second. I…
qixxiq on HN
Objections
Bots make penny auctions unwinnable for naive users.
From 2 comments
Now that there are bots, they really aren't.
StrawberryFrog on HNbots really don't change anything about penny auctions Hm, surely they would put the naive users who don't have bots at a further disadvantage?
StrawberryFrog on HN
Bots do not really change the auction; users can bid multiple times manually.
From 1 comment
See my answer above but bots really don't change anything about penny auctions. Most allow for placing multiple bids which effectively automates the auto-bids and does what bots…
rubyrescue on HN
Calling the bots sniping bots is misleading; they act as autobidders.
From 1 comment
This is a good question. I've consulted for a penny auction site, and this set of scripts shouldn't be called "sniping" bots - the time restarts unless you're the last bidder,…
rubyrescue on HN
Questions
How does sniping work given bids reset the timer?
From 1 comment
If placing a bet increases the time remaining, then how does "sniping" work and what advantage does your bot give you?
shasta on HN
How long did auctions take, what did they cost, and how many were lost?
From 1 comment
i wrote up some content and code (just a greasemonkey script) for doing this on swoopo last year - http://jcs.org/notaweblog/2009/03/06/trying_to_game_swoopo_com/. i assume the…
there on HN
Alternatives named
Swoopo
From 1 comment
i wrote up some content and code (just a greasemonkey script) for doing this on swoopo last year - http://jcs.org/notaweblog/2009/03/06/trying_to_game_swoopo_com/. i assume the…
there on HN
Manual multiple bidding on penny auction sites
From 1 comment
See my answer above but bots really don't change anything about penny auctions. Most allow for placing multiple bids which effectively automates the auto-bids and does what bots…
rubyrescue on HN