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The prediction market platform Polymarket created fake viral videos showing people winning big bets by paying influencers to pose as winners and constructing dummy websites to fabricate legitimacy.
Polymarket, a prediction market platform, created fake viral videos of people winning big bets by paying influencers to pose as winners. The company also built dummy websites to fabricate the appearance of legitimacy and organic growth. This wasn't accidental or limited—it was a deliberate strategy to make the platform look more credible and active than it was.
This is a company manufacturing false social proof to drive user adoption. The fake videos and dummy sites are designed to make users think Polymarket is more established and successful than it actually is. It's a form of fraud dressed up as marketing. The fact that it's a prediction market—where users are making real money bets—makes the deception especially problematic: people are making financial decisions based on false signals about the platform's legitimacy.
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