The eternal debate on prediction market resolutions comes down to whether event contracts should be resolved based on the “spirit of the market,” or based on textualism (the most literal definition of the rules). If I’m being completely honest, I don’t have a particular preference as both sides carry merit. What I think matters more is that once a market is created, the rules need to be immutable. Additional context and clarifications are strictly damaging. Why? Because they create inconsistencies in precedence. Polymarket sometimes issues clarifications in the “spirit of a market,” and other times lets markets resolve off flawed but literal interpretations of the rules. That approach just leaves all sides unhappy.