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One interesting addition would be the ability to "short" companies who you think are overvalued.

• pyvpx 12y ago
  I would argue it's not a proper market place, fantasy or not, without such ability. (meaning, whatever values or data that comes from this is of near zero utility without the ability to short)
  • nodesocket 12y ago
    You can only short public companies, so why should you be able to short any company in fantasy investing?
    • eru 12y ago
      Why not? No need to restrict our fantasy investing to what people think is proper.
      • taylorwc 12y ago
        I'd guess the comment was less about 'what people think is proper,' and more about the fact that there are typically no mechanisms by which to short very early stage private companies.
        • eru 12y ago
          Yes. I guess I think games ought to be more awesome than life.
    • pyvpx 12y ago
      because fantasy investing is fundamentally a prediction market (IMO)
  • gcb0 12y ago
    last time i checked, every single fantasy football site also didn't allow you to borrow money from money sharks to try to bet against on a bad line up.
• ghall 12y ago
  We provide shorting at http://sandhill.exchange/ http://sandhill.exchange/, but it turns out most people are fundamentally optimistic about startups :)
  • emirozer 12y ago
    That is true, people are generally optimistic about startups but i really do wonder if i have a lack of vision or something, because when i look at this list at exchangel, i see a pile of useless stuff with only 1 or 2 diamonds and 3 or so useful ideas...
• findjashua 12y ago
  That'd make it less realistic
• zhoujianfu 12y ago
  for sure!
• hinkley 12y ago
  You can't short a company unless it's publicly traded, can you?