LinkDAQ
Games
stock market game
SHOW HN2012
184points
85comments
#91of 1,677 in 2012
Top 6%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
11 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and well-executed for a one-day project
From 3 comments
Mystery prizes are good, too! Maybe adding "mystery" in the copy somewhere would help clarify that. Or change "prize" to "surprise." In any case, it seems like a neat idea and…
amwelles on HNInteresting concept and nice site. But, built in 24 hours? If you did actually accomplish that, props.
dude3 on HNNeat idea, great implementation. Kudos
fudged71 on HN
Interesting concept, similar to prediction markets
From 2 comments
This actually would have a lot of value, if it were executed slightly differently. Online trading markets are excellent at exposing 'insider information', but the prices have to…
polemic on HNThis is fantastic! I've been considering this idea for a while - it 1) could become a legitimate way to invest in tech startups, and 2) could inform smarter investment - the best…
alexirobbins on HN
Objections
Requires Facebook or Twitter login; no regular registration
From 3 comments
No vanilla registration? I don't really want this linked to my Facebook or Twitter account. I also didn't see what the prize for "winning" is.
amwelles on HNRequires facebook or twitter login -> nonstarter
niggler on HNConsider this a second request ;) I don't have neither accounts, but would really like to register; it seems very interesting.
icebraining on HN
Easy to game with multiple accounts or negative share purchases
From 3 comments
You can buy a negative number of shares, resulting in you gaining ludicrous amounts of money very quickly (although my fraudulent purchases seemed to be removed after a couple of…
Baltoli on HNOne benefit of not having vanilla registration is that you're more or less going to have all unique users. One could imagine gaming the system using multiple accounts.
fudged71 on HNPrecisely. I'm not entirely sure how deep your site goes, but assuming it's like the actual stock market, one could potentially game the system by creating two separate accounts…
corwinstephen on HN
Prices not tied to real value
From 2 comments
This actually would have a lot of value, if it were executed slightly differently. Online trading markets are excellent at exposing 'insider information', but the prices have to…
polemic on HNI think you're thinking about this a bit backwards. In the study of e.g. prediction markets, the idea is that if the price is too low, lots of people will try to buy it. Then the…
bo1024 on HN
Requests
Add regular email registration
From 5 comments
No vanilla registration? I don't really want this linked to my Facebook or Twitter account. I also didn't see what the prize for "winning" is.
amwelles on HNConsider this a second request ;) I don't have neither accounts, but would really like to register; it seems very interesting.
icebraining on HNI'll make the third request in a comment since you can't see the upvotes.
csomar on HNIn for vanilla registration. I don't have either of the two services you allow.
RobotCaleb on HNI would like regular registration too. I signed up with a test Facebook account I use at work - not preferable.
kaolinite on HN
Allow short selling
From 2 comments
would love the ability to short some sites
nchuhoai on HNWould be nice if you added the ability to short...
brandoncapecci on HN
Mobile app
From 2 comments
Wow! Fun! Any hope for an app?
peterhajas on HNI think this would make a really neat mobile game! If you're interested in building it into one, drop me a line (ashu@makegameswith.us)
DesaiAshu on HN
Questions
How was order matching implemented?
From 1 comment
How did you implement order matching?
justinsoong on HN
How was the data collected and which APIs were used?
From 1 comment
Nice site. How did you manage to get the data? what are API used?
praveenhm on HN
Alternatives named
Blogshares
From 2 comments
http://www.blogshares.com has been around for years. I used to play that regularly.
jaxn on HNNice, years ago I used to enjoy playing with Blogshares. I also started coding something similar to this years ago, while I was wondering how one could make money from it. I…
kokey on HN
Urladex
From 1 comment
Looks similar to Urladex (http://www.urladex.com), which uses the Alexa API. I used to have a lot of fun designing my own naive trading algorithms and terminal based dashboards,…
ashleyw on HN
Hollywood Stock Exchange
From 1 comment
Also similar to Hollywood Stock Exchange: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Stock_Exchange
stevesearer on HN
Fat Dog Exchange
From 1 comment
Sounds a bit like Fat Dog Exchange. Does anyone know what happened to that site?
mshang on HN