Here's how this works. I'm trying to figure out what Manifold norms & consensus are on various behaviors.

A big reason I create markets is because nobody has created them yet, and I want to make bets on those conditions! But sometimes it's tricky to specify a super objective resolution criteria from the get-go, and sometimes you can't really escape subjective resolution criteria, but you CAN be honest and up front about it.

So this leaves me in a position where I want to know under what circumstances Manifolders generally consider it okay for a market creator like me to make big bets in a market I myself created, provided it has an subjective resolution criteria.

So I created a market about that question:
https://manifold.markets/LarsDoucet/is-it-acceptable-for-a-market-maker

THIS particular market, however, is about the other case: when a market creator's market has essentially an OBJECTIVE resolution criteria. Is it okay for them to make bets (even big ones) on those markets?

Resolution criteria for THIS market:

• I won't bet on this market

• I will resolve it -- subjectively! -- based on the most persuasive arguments I hear in the comments

• I will also take into account the voted probability, but just as weak additional evidence, so don't try to mechanistically manipulate the market resolution outcome on that basis

• I'll resolve as soon as I'm convinced or within a week from now

If you have an opinion you'd like to register, note that I take persuasive comments as much stronger evidence than just betting up/down. Betting up/down is essentially a bet about what you think I'll be convinced by and will only minimally influence my resolution.