Metaculus FAQ

Metaculus CEO Deger Turan on Lawfare's Scaling Laws podcast, [talking AI and jobs](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forecasting-ais-impact-on-the-economy-with-deger-turan/id1607949880?i=1000767352724).

# Metaculus FAQ

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## Basics

- [What is Metaculus?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whatismetaculus)
- [What is forecasting?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whatisforecasting)
- [When is forecasting valuable?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whenforecastingvaluable)
- [Why should I be a forecaster?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#aim)
- [Who created Metaculus?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whocreated)
- [What are Metaculus Tournaments and Question Series?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whattournaments)
- [Is Metaculus a prediction market?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#predmarket)
- [Are Metaculus questions Polls?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#justpolling)

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## Metaculus Questions

- [What sorts of questions are allowed, and what makes a good question?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whatsort)
- [Who creates the questions, and who decides which get posted?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whocreates)
- [Who can edit questions?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whoedits)
- [How can I get my own question posted?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#question-submission)
- [What can I do if a question I submitted has been pending for a long time?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#pending-question)
- [What can I do if a question should be resolved but isn't?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#admins-resolution)
- [Where are my private questions?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#question-private)
- [What are the rules and guidelines for comments and discussions?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#comments)
- [What do "credible source" and "before \[date X\]" and such phrases mean exactly?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#definitions)
- [What types of questions are there?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#question-types)
- [What are question groups?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#question-groups)
- [What are Conditional Pairs?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#conditionals)
- [How do I find certain questions on Metaculus?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#navigation-and-filtering)

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## Question Resolution

- [What are the "open date", "close date" and "resolve date?"](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#closers)
- [What timezone is used for questions?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#timezone)
- [Who decides the resolution to a question?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#who-resolves)
- [What are "Ambiguous" and "Annulled" resolutions?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#ambiguous-annulled)
- [Do all questions get resolved?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#allres)
- [When will a question be resolved?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#whenresolve)
- [Is the background material used for question resolution?](https://www.metaculus.com/faq/#resolvebackground)
- [What happens if the resolution criteria of a question is unclear or suboptimal?](https://www.metaculus.com/f

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