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The problem is advertising a service that’s illegal for large proportions of the audience being advertised at. That doesn’t seem particularly confusing. It’s il
by tene80i 2y ago
The problem is advertising a service that’s illegal for large proportions of the audience being advertised at. That doesn’t seem particularly confusing. It’s illegal in country X, so don’t advertise it to people in country X.
- sixhobbits 2y agoIt's not illegal for US people to view it and use it as a poll. Afaik polymarket doesn't currently charge fees, so they are trying to become a well known/respected alternative to official polls, economists etc on debatable topics. Seems ok to me that they want to build their brand in the US and assume US people will bet on other topics and take interest in viewing the election results. I mean I also think it's an open secret that most or at least many of their users are probably US using VPNs. But I don't think this necessarily changes anything about their official goals
- tene80i 2y agoYes fair point, although as you say the existence of VPNs does explain how the advertising could be driving uptake of illegal behaviour, and therefore why it could be viewed as undesirable or improper.