Mob intelligence for fantasy sports
By Andy Denton on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 11:59 am
A friend of mine, Asher Matsuda, has launched a new service. it’s called Pickheads. Asher is the same guy who brought us the home listing service Postlets.com. And what is even more amazing, is that these are both side projects for him. He’s still gainfully employed, working for one of the most popular internet sites on the web.
Pickheads is a web site which manages collaborative sports predictions. “Intelligence of the Mobs” and “Collaboritve Inetlligence” have been a hot concept recently in the internet world. The concept behind group-smart-websites is that any one person can be wrong more often than the overall judgement of many. So, if you are having issues with making a decision, it’s best to get the opinion of many rather than relying on your own discretion.
This is how our stock markets work, this is how political polling and elections work, and with Pickheads, this is now how your sports predictions work. 
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Comment from Matthew Denton
Posted on Wednesday, 18 October 2006 at 9:00 am
Andy… the going slang for this, as I have always known it, is WOM — Wisdom of the Mob. WOM is the “hot topic” right now, and quite trendy… Been around for a long time though.
Comment from Will
Posted on Wednesday, 18 October 2006 at 11:37 pm
Another great website, thanks to AD.
Comment from Asher
Posted on Thursday, 19 October 2006 at 12:56 am
“Wisdom of crowds” sites do seem to be getting a lot of attention these days. Wasn’t the case when we started developing 9 or so months ago. A couple of good examples I like include bullpoo.com and inklingmarkets.com.
Btw, Pickheads was covered in today’s WSJ. Have a read if you want to learn more about “fantasy wagering” sites:
Comment from Matthew Denton
Posted on Thursday, 19 October 2006 at 1:46 pm
The Colbert Report has a whole series of commentaries on WOM… Check out http://www.wikiality.com/Main_Page
“If enough people believe something is true…it is”
“Together, we can create a reality we all agree on.”
Comment from uno
Posted on Thursday, 23 November 2006 at 1:04 am
I hope you enjoy my site: http://www.wikiality.com
Comment from 911
Posted on Sunday, 26 November 2006 at 1:32 am
A lot of sites like pickspal has emerged. I wonder who would rise on top to take out the top dog, wagerline. Some other sites:
Fantasy Gambling:
http://www.bettorsave.com
http://www.faniq.com
http://www.nbx.com
http://www.pickspal.com
http://www.wagerline.com
http://www.wagertracker.com
