Eh I didn't see any offer to bet anything, but in any case if someone on HN says "I bet that XXX happens" then it's safe to say they don't mean "I will bet anyt

Eh I didn't see any offer to bet anything, but in any case if someone on HN says "I bet that XXX happens" then it's safe to say they don't mean "I will bet anything that XXX, name your terms and I will match them, otherwise I concede since you have bested me using logic!" This is not a betting platform and tbh I think dang et al would get in trouble if it turned out HN was facilitating some form of gambling. In reality trying to make someone put money behind their predictions is a way to try to make them back down, look silly/small/cheap and as I said originally, it is childish. Don't do it.