The intent of this post is to collect the fun Manifold stories into a place where interested readers can pick up the context from several years of the site.
Share something good in a comment below and we can link it from the top post. Or make a separate post and we can add it to the list.
I hope we can get an actual link for all of these eventually. I can't think of an exhaustive list right now so I will put in 5 and people can suggest more below.
Broad impact
PC got in trouble after winning Masters Season 4 and 5
Leagues ending "randomly"
LK-99 brought a lot of attention to Manifold and had high trading volume
Domer knew who the Speaker of the House would be
Manifold.love
Manifold got coal for Christmas (and daily stock markets got killed)
"The Pivot" (Major economic changes)
Re-pivot (Sweepcash announced)
Un-pivot (Sweepcash ends)
TSLABull was wrong, TSLA did not reach 275 before 8/8
Yuna crushing sports markets with one stupid trick
Tumbles Financial Complex
When will Jimmy Carter die?
Smaller items
That user who was accidentally marked as a bot and got their own division in Silicon league
Luigi Mangione
Proof School group
Mr. Basil
I don't currently have time to write up full narratives of the stories within, but for now here is a list of markets that I think have good manifold lore:
On further reflection this is not a set of stories...
Eliza being unusually dedicated about sumo and cycling markets
Does Yuna get a place?
That user who was accidentally marked as a bot and got their own division in Silicon league
Mira GPT-4 sudoku market
Manifold love, Bet on Love
Leagues that end 'randomly'
Sweepcash
MVP
Proof School
Not a story but Luigi Mangione had an account on this site
Before my time (in the “paying attention” sense) but I enjoyed this loan + Marcus’ amusing write-up afterwards for a look at Manifold culture:
Very obvious, but LK99.
The story of @MolbyDick and some of the biggest mana betting the site has ever seen
@Ziddletwix my single favorite bit of manifold lore is this market:
/JimHays/in-inside-out-2-will-riley-and-this
But I’m not sure anyone else is half as amused by it as I am (coii I’ll of write up that play by play at some point).
Manifold falls in love with Jimmy Carter Death Markets (I can expand on this later perhaps, but for now I'm just listing heavy Manifold-centric things I've noticed in my time here)
Peter is overconfident in Pierre and silences the doubters (maybe this has too heavy overlap with the TFC?, but I think no, since it's only a sub-chapter of the TFC)