Excluding big new features, what are the most impactful ways we can improve the core Manifold platform. Specifc suggestions will be prefered over vague-but-correct advice.
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A big feature, but still wanted to discuss.
Opening hours auction.
Instead of allowing the price to jump from 20% to 80% and back in small liquidity markets, run the NYSE-style opening hours auction to determine the fair price. This reduces first trader advantage. The auction stops when the liquidity reaches another tier, and after that the price is tracked normally.
Feature where you can assign or pay someone for resolving a market if it is clearly stated in the market description (ideally setting up such a market automatically leads to an inclusion of a statement detailing this at the top). May also include an LLM judge.
Just add the creator's resolution score to the market page. It will help to know if that creator has a history of controversial market resolutions immediately and will especially help newer users.
Additionally, add a filter on the answer sort for multiple choice questions that is "my bets" or "my position" so on large prop bet markets you can easily review your positions.
It could implement a better way to discover niche markets. Right now, valuable questions often get buried under meme or low-effort markets. A curated "Editor’s Picks" section or an upvote-based visibility system in which traders' opinion with success or reputation would be taken into account would help serious users find interesting markets faster making the platform feel more worthwhile without confusing and alienating casual users like myself who just recently got into manifold
I would like a way to sort questions by "Closest to 50%" - this will allow me to view the markets that have the highest uncertainty place bets there. It would be even better if it could be "Closest to 50%" and a high number of traders.