Waterbongo

I’ve been a builder throughout my life. But it’s been a one-way path, where I find a problem and I fix it for myself. I bought EVs, a few things I hated about it… So what did I do? Just tore it apart and rebuilt it the way I wanted it to be. I turned frustration into engineering. That’s itch is what brought me to Web3. Prediction markets have been giving me trouble for so long, and I decided to fix it. More on that soon.

@realvoldemort__ @tradeonpear it was a small change, but it hit a pain people deal with daily

@waterbongo @tradeonpear 4 out of 5 is actually wild. what was the feature if you dont mind sharing

We built a feature for @tradeonpear last week that the whole team was proud of. Tested it with real users 4 out of 5 didn't even notice it was there. So, we killed it the same day. Our goal is to keep the product as simple as possible and if something is not useful, it has no place on the platform.

@is_that_sniff @tradeonpear indeed...

@waterbongo @tradeonpear lol most companies would've written a press release about it

@YieldJam @tradeonpear focus is harder than adding features

@waterbongo @tradeonpear simplicity is so underrated honestly. every product that tries to do to much ends up doing nothing well

@Ox_lucxy @tradeonpear be ready fam

@waterbongo @tradeonpear interesting, can’t wait for it to be shipped !

@ronyakaii they want clarity without sitting in the mess

@waterbongo you cant fix what you dont feel firsthand. this is literally the whole thing people skip

I spent months trading on prediction markets before touching my product. I used the product like crazy… took 100s of trades/week. That’s when I realized what’s actually broken.. There’s no shortcut for building a real product. Market analysis, and competitors research is secondary. The most important thing is to first understand what you’re dealing with. You can’t design for a frustration you haven’t felt.

@RavinduIsaiah spreadsheets don’t capture where people get stuck

@waterbongo Honestly more founders need to hear this. Sitting behind a spreadsheet telling you what users want is not the same as actually being the user

@serjaoplus i'm here to tell everyone

@waterbongo SO TRUE AND NOBODY TALKS ABOUT IT ENOUGH

@realvoldemort__ you know it well

@waterbongo felt

@is_that_sniff build experience first

@waterbongo data tells you what, experience tells you why

@dawnpredicts its the part of the process.. outcomes depends on the presentation

@waterbongo most people just copy competitors lol

@chalovablue this is the way

@waterbongo this is how real products get built

@TokeN_est you move faster when you don’t have to guess

@waterbongo you felt the friction first, that’s the edge

@RavinduIsaiah yeah, usage humbles you fast

@devcraft05 sure

@waterbongo This is so real . Mind if I send a dm ?

I watch 100s of people on X predict things perfectly. but it always ends with a QT…. “I called it” Here's what most don't realize: That call could have paid. Prediction markets don't run on speculation. It’s all conviction If you have strong conviction in even the smallest thing (a game, a market, a political outcome), prediction market is your obvious choice.

@triples_eth Do quality replies = higher retention

Do more replies = higher impressions? Not really. Replies can boost visibility, but impressions still depend largely on how good your posts are. Does that mean I stop being a reply girl? N O. I’ll always be here to support my fav people on this app 🫶🏼

@Naeven_0 Icos hasn't came back with better ui.. it came back with better liquidity

2026 CT recap so far: - icos came back just to rug with better ui - projects/insiders farming their own airdrops like it’s yield - pay $5 in fees to earn $7 (if lucky) - Nikita pressed the red button on infofi - coordinated "organic" pumps & insta dumps - colorful tier lists of pfps, projects etc - weekly exploits & post-mortems - Bitcoin & Ethereum saw a ~50% correction - political meta unlocked: Trump & friends extracting like it’s defi summer anyone who can make the flip side of this version?

@himgajria Prediction markets is Still so early but it's messy

Hyperliquid, polymarket and stablecoins are the most used and profitable products to come out of crypto. Ironically, none of them are decentralised.

@stacy_muur You missed @tradeonpear to add in it

The current state of prediction markets. And you’re telling me, “No, Web3 doesn’t have an idea crisis?”