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by docdeek 116 days ago
"That “brand new account” was created in October 2024 and has 88 predictions based upon your own evidence.”

https://x.com/pearsonm103/status/2028176543264969145

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That same account[0] has also already lost at least 100k betting on similar middle eastern conflict markets. Not at all ruling out insider information, certainly looks suspicious, but it’s easy just to find one big win or winner.

[0] https://polymarket.com/@magamyman

Yes this is just survivorship bias.

Polymarket is huge some people are bound to have impressive runs.

This person hand multiple stacked bets for this outcome by varying dates.

  > Yes this is just survivorship bias.
If you're looking for insiders it's generally helpful to start with the "survivors". Not because insiders can't lose but because winning insiders are those effectively exploiting their unfair knowledge. You need filters, so concentrate on the worst offenders first.

Of course, not all winners are insiders. You still need to filter more, but it's definitely the first filter. Big winners are the second, for the same reason: scale of exploitation.

Her response is amazing. I am paraphrasing. "I lied who cares"
FTR, her actual response was

    “Already addressed this, wasn't on purpose and everything else still stands.”
Your "paraphrasing" is as much of a lie as her original post was.