At the moment there are a ton of "questions" being asked if "this market will reach X traders by X date" or something like "will some arbitrary number associated with this market hit 0 at close".

These low effort questions clog the site and lower the quality on average. It's mostly as a way to get free trader bonuses from participation. I believe under certain conditions those markets will be set to private. At the moment it seems application is inconsistent and the markets are everywhere.

This will resolve yes if two conditions are met.
1. Manifold acknowledges the issue via a notification/email/blog post and adds a site wide rule

2. The rule needs to be enforced for at least 1 week.

I consider enforcement to be actively removing/delisting the markets, encouraging self report tools, and generally removing those threads from the main portion of the site, the feed. This will be ultimately my gut feeling on if I'm satisfied with the level of enforcement (more than lip service).

This will resolve no if there is no indication of rules put in place OR a lack of enforcement by Dec 31. 2359 2023.

Clarification on 28 June: if the "crackdown" rule doesn't seem to significantly impact things or be generally ineffective, this will not resolve yes. Enforcing a half measure for a week will not satisfy a yes resolution. If the change or enforcement doesn't seem to reduce/remove/quarantine/move to another section of the site, then the market remains open until EOY 2023.