HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
THE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET
THE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET
Nedding more players is not your problem...
There is a small number of very active users on this site that drive trading. Some of these users are in the industry, and most stay informed by the trades, blogs, and other info sources. They do various forms of analysis in order to value a security. You can look at the KaiGee top 100 to see who these users are. Most other users on this site are sheep traders who follow the trading of the informed users.
The first problem is the removal of the adjusts. Aside from the loss of entertainment value, there is now no way to value a stock. The adjusts provided a common point of analysis. If all users use a 2.7 (or other) adjust multiplier, for example, then trading activity based on this common point will drive the price of the security close to where it should be. This is imperfect to be sure, but it probably provides more accurate data for your business purposes then without the adusts.
With the removal of the adjusts, there is no common point of analysis. There are many factors that can affect the delist price, and these factors are impossible to predict in advance. All traders are now sheep traders. Users will trade not by using informed analysis, but rather by following the erratic movements of the security price. Since your business model probably relies on data in advance of a movie release, this decrease in the predictive value of your data will only hurt you.
Additionally, the decrease in the entertainment value of this site caused by the removal of the adjusts will likely cause the active and informed traders to lose interest and stop trading. Since these traders provide the most value to your predictive model, this can only hurt your business.
Suggestions for new Contests and Games Dec 28, 06:34
also, this gives other traders the opportunity to be recognized on a regular... the way people are recognized on Kaigee Dec 28, 06:41
people are leaving and many left are frustrated, so maybe a suit from cantor could get in here and at least tell us whats up Dec 28, 06:49
there's no doubt. it's very apparent. I hope for the same. {nm} Dec 28, 06:59
It's the holidays. Don't expect anything real soon {nm} Dec 28, 08:16
Players have become dependent on the adjust as a measuring stick for success. {nm} Dec 28, 08:55
They would have been even more underpriced if they had adjusted under the old rules. {nm} Dec 28, 09:05
Haha... You're a card. Direct question: what is your feeling about these postings with suggestions for the site ? {nm} Dec 28, 09:11
Good suggestions, some better than others. We know the site and demographics are aging. We need to attract more players. {nm} Dec 28, 09:22
I think you can by adopting some games/contests. make it a tad more social and give reason for people to conversate. Dec 28, 10:53
Nedding more players is not your problem... Dec 28, 11:16
An official app for Android and iPhone could pull players from the mobile app markets. {nm} Dec 28, 11:21
Speaking nothing of the logistics of creating such an app, this would absolutely attract new players. Dec 28, 11:29
What's the business model though? Unless you' {nm} Dec 28, 11:56
Yep, no market would ever target a pool of people with a vested interest in movies, television shows, and actors... ;-) {nm} Dec 28, 16:39
How much advertising does HSX attract now? {nm} Dec 28, 20:46
or maybe keeping the current players & bringing the thousands of inactive ones back somehow {nm} Dec 28, 11:31
Lobo=MVP :) {nm} Dec 28, 07:41
You probably need to stick to the predictive market aspect of the game, rather than build games along side it Dec 28, 11:58
hmm, i wonder why its skewing their data then. {nm} Dec 28, 12:54
yeah, that makes sense. but if the delist is really causing people to leave, then whats the common ground? Dec 28, 13:46
I don't think there are any easy answers here - otherwise we'd already have a solution. {nm} Dec 28, 20:45
you could build a contest prediciting the 4 week multiplier from OW as well. {nm} Dec 28, 13:40
maybe HSX crafts a survey with many options and allows users to vote on one, some or all options. {nm} Dec 28, 14:05
maybe, but i have yet to see an idea presented that, in my opinion, gives HSX the data they needs using the market HSX built. Dec 28, 14:58
Perhaps this has been discussed before, but how did the adjust compromise HSX's ability to generate pre-OW data? {nm} Dec 28, 19:08
Then stocks should be OW only priced...and derivatives should handle projected 4 week BO Dec 29, 14:20
Side games can be a fun addition, but it doesn't solve the main problem Dec 28, 12:50
Upping the stakes for the OW 's sounds ok to me. Maybe topping the normal stocks at the same time Dec 29, 01:27
One idea I've been thinking of is essentially flipping the moviestocks and the OWs. Dec 29, 08:28
thank you for the word you've put into these - thursday midnights contest sounds particularly interesting {nm} Dec 28, 13:24
