The Reaction Market is the primary Pseudomarket in World Paradise Domain (Location), tracking public attitudes.
Role of Reactions Brokers
Reactions Broker is a colloquial name given to a Registered Reactions Adviser. They have a fiduciary duty to their clients to help them navigate the Reaction Market and leverage their influence effectively. This means getting lots of reactions, and not being caught reacting the wrong way (unless you're long on Awk).
Currencies of the Reaction Market
The market issues and trades in a set of core currencies. Exchange rates are made to fluctuate so wildly that a user can simply refresh an interface and find an agreeable rate before they get bored. This is an essential skill for a Broker, or anyone else if they feel like it.
- Awk
- Bonker
- Congrat
- Oop
- Tote
- Whatev
- Yike
Cyclical Inflation
As in many pseudomarkets, the Reaction Market uses Cyclical Inflation as a means to simulate perpetual growth. Each currency has its own set of prefixes, each of which cycle at varied rates to avoid overlap. One week a Super-Oop might be worth 3.2 Millibonkers, and the next week a full Trillibonker might be worthless cmpared to a Sorta Yike. No one can be rich, but they can feel rich!
To reset the inflationary cycle of a currency, social currents are stoked to recall any of a list of Anchor Events which are held to have values so extreme that they reset society's perspective on that particular reaction. The Holocaust is generally agreed to be Maximum Yikes, but society does forget about it every few years. When they are reminded of how Yikes it was, the market for the Yike collapses and fortunes are made instantly worthless. Most Yike-focused investors at this point will pivot to the Awk, which reliably skyrockets as a result, rescuing their fortunes.