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How to quote Hubdub
As well as being a fun place for people to make their own predictions, Hubdub also provides real value to anyone looking for numerical forecasts of the way a news story will turn out.
At its core, Hubdub is a prediction market, which means the probabilities given for any of the hundreds of news stories we track are a combination of the thousands of pieces of information brought to bear on each question by our users.
While Hubdub is still a young service building a track record of the accuracy of its forecasts, similar prediction markets (both play and real money) have found a very strong relationship between the forecast chances and reality.
When quoting one of our forecasts, the correct terminology is to describe the percentage as a "percent chance" or "probability", not what a percentage of our users think, as this is not what is measured. For example, "Hubdub is forecasting that Obama has a 67% chance of getting the nomination" is correct, whereas "67% of Hubdub users forecast that Obama will win the nomination" is incorrect. If in doubt please contact us
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Latest press coverage
Elevator Pitch: Hubdub says it can predict the news
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DEMO: Presenters Bet on Predictive Capabilities
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New Site Has Users Wager on News Stories
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New Site Has Users Wager on News Stories
Nigel Eccles, a news junkie and former online betting site employee, wanted to try pursuing both interests at once...
HubDub creates ‘fantasy league’ for news
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TechWeb: The Business Technology Network
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Demo presenters bet on predictive capabilities
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Hubdub Launching Predictive News Aggregator
Hubdub, a UK-based startup, is launching at DEMO08 to put a new spin on the traditional news aggregator landscape...
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