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the numbers on polymarket's buttons have always been confusing to me.

it presents the price per outcome you want to bet, which is the least useful information, imho.

i always feel embarrassed by how much time it takes to realize that the price per bet corresponds to the percent of that outcome (i.e. 64¢ means 64% odds).

i also have no desire to think about betting in terms of "shares." i just want to bet $100 on yes or no and quickly determine how much i'd make if i win.

which of these button patterns accomplishes that?

https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x5abf0c04ab7196e2bdd19313b479baebd9f7791b/184

The UX of betting is pretty bad imo

No matter how many times I ask friends to explain it to me, I can’t get myself to intuitively understand what -220 means

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Imo, this is a good thing. Because it prevents people from betting money on shit they don’t really understand to begin with.

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Yeah except I’m sure these companies have already optimized for weaseling people out of their money

so maybe it’s designed to be somewhat opaque on purpose?