I made a doc & video about it:

It's the idea that market creators can pay USD so that manifold sets up "free shares giveaways" on markets they are interested in.

This would help solve the issue where there's no money-based market way to get more traders on markets which you want feedback on. Instead you have to build up lots of social capital via various means, then spend it in inconsistent ways to direct attention where you want information. I'd rather this just be a market (of mutually beneficial voluntary transactions)

The core new idea: once someone takes free shares, they can't SELL them, and only get paid once the market closes. BUT they can flip sides at any point, from YES to NO or vice versa.

Goal:

• expand market creator ability to pay for traders,

• allow new traders to get free stuff,

• allow new traders to get more involved w/out stress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3VbUrkaK7M

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YbqKv5fEbdz8CWAAzHU3G3_TB3GO2I3aqJLpfmkgHdk/edit?tab=t.0