tldr: Discussion of topics is fragmented in hundreds of market comment sections, and many markets appear to be ghost towns with no comments. New users have no good place to learn about things like AI, Israel v Palestine, SBF trial. Make top-level posts within topics where discussion can take place.

Directions to take Manifold

Social media vs News site vs Community forum

Social media (twitter)

• twitter-like feed where you get news updates from markets, comment on them, and they soon drop off the map
• Like markets, comments, follow other users, etc.
• 5 votes

News site (nyt)

• Make the site look more serious a la Base Rate Times.
• Prominently show the ‘about manifold’, & calibration chart and explain it as accuracy!
• Get breaking news via market updates, bookmark markets
• 5 votes

Community forum (reddit)

• The place to go for discussion about AI, technology, TV drama, cabbage
• You can learn about topics and
• Get to know the same people with similar interest to you
• 12 votes