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How many of you (the community, not just the admins) would like a debating section of this social media platform? I'm not talking about the "debating strategies" category of posts. I'm talking about an actual function of the sight which allows users to have organized, formal 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 debates with each other.
"1000 words for the affirmative, 1000 words for the opposition, 600 word rebuttal..." stuff like that. Also, if I had it my way, it wouldn't be timed. We would actually have plenty of time to refer to the internet to improve their arguments. It's online, which raises connectivity issues and the possibility of environmental issues getting in the way, some people can't type as fast as others, but, most importantly, that would be the whole point; to help each other become sharper by improving their arguments real-time. We can talk about whether or not there would be a winner decided but I think it best to not keep a "win record" on our profile.

Admins and Developers of this site: this post is for you to see. Sorry if this question is pointless and you already have this kind of thing on the site; It's only my 3rd day using it.

BFrydell 5 Mar 15
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I kinda thought that was what was occurring within a lot of posts--and is a justified function of such a group as this.

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I think it's a good idea.

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Can I just scream RACIST 1000 times for the win?

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Yes please

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I would be less interested in 'real time' debating, and more interested in formal written debate. Copyright issues would have to be discussed.

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Thats exactly my view too.

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You could start your own debate group and invite others. The realtime debating is what you are suggesting though, and I get that. Something is in the works already that would be for what you mentioned above, but I'll leave that one for @Admin to go into details on.

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