Recently I found myself making a rough list of the things the Metaculus platform does, and realized it might be useful to have a full list somewhere on the site. So here's my initial version; it's got a mid-level of detail. I've put some somewhat hidden or non-obvious features in parenthesis; I bet even some quite seasoned users will discover some things! Please chime in with what I've missed or what you think people should know about.
- List questions
- Display in table
- Switch between Metaculus and community prediction by clicking graph
- Express interest (affects interest and filter by interested)
- Search (recently much improved)(note use + and * to require or exclude categories)
- Filter & Order (note these are stored in URL so you can bookmark particular combinations you like.)
- Display in table
- Display a single question
- See predictions (Click predicted percentage to switch community <—> Metaculus predictions. Mouse-over graph to see other times.)
- Share question (you can use to get code to embed a Metaculus question as an iframe on any webpage)
- List partners (you can "partner" on a Metaculus question in various ways)
- List categories (click to get a list of all questions in that category)
- Set reminders (get email reminders of various types)
- Tachyonic powers (you can spend tachyons to undo some potential disasters.)
- Predict on a question
- If you "post as comment" your prediction will be displayed next to your comment.
- Discuss a question
- @ will pull up an auto*completed list.
- You can link to a particular comment. You can find all of your or a user's comments on their profile page (if you can view it.)
- Create new questions
- Public
- Discussion
- Private (private questions can be created, and shared with a few people. They appear in your own track record.)
- Display Metaculus track record
- (Accessible via "mapping the future" in header)
- Tons of functionality to geek out on. (Many things do something interesting if you click them.)
- Blog/News (Not well-known, but it exists.)
- FAQ (available in the footer. Lots of detail.)
- Rankings/Leaderboards
- Contests housed here
- Lots of filters on leaderboards
- Tutorials (available in the footer)
- Separate domains (see e.g. pandemic.metaculus.com. These can be public or private and can be offered as a service.)
- Profile
- Track record, powers, achievements, etc.
- You get achievements for doing various things
- You get powers at particular levels, but can buy them early using tachyons.
- Settings
- Lots of notification, privacy, and other choices. (e.g. you can turn off the community prediction being visible by default.)
- Email notifications (control via settings, and via "notifications" you set up on questions)
- List categories
- Resource list (available on footer)
- Discord (there is a public discord channel, fairly active)
- Patreon (we have one! See footer. Donating give you bling and some extra powers.)
- About (find out more about the team and the plan)