Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified for civility

Posted by bbensch on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:10PM
from the show-hn dept.

http://www.citizendebate.org

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by Mtinie on Thursday March 31, 2016 @06:00PM (#11400907)

Let's have a civil, reasoned debate about the merits of hijacking a browser's default scroll behavior. If you don't mind I'll start:

Don't do it.

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by bbensch on Thursday March 31, 2016 @06:04PM (#11400942)

Thanks Mtinie. The site's definitely very much still a WIP, and agreed the slideshow style override of normal scrolling behavior is likely gonna have to go. Any other thoughts on the content/core premise?

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by Mtinie on Thursday March 31, 2016 @06:20PM (#11401040)

I'll definitely provide feedback when I've had a chance to get deeper into it. The page jumping makes it a lot harder to figure out what the platform does, but I'll do my best to look past the current state of the front page and dig in.

I'm a big proponent of open governance systems. If your platform is able to provide a measure of improvement in the quality of public discourse, I'll be thrilled.

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by stestagg on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:26PM (#11400330)

It's a noble idea, but the site has some significant usability issues. I would recommend the authors test it out on a mac with a touchpad

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by fndjdh on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:29PM (#11400354)

Or for that matter any mobile device. It's unusable.

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by bbensch on Thursday March 31, 2016 @06:05PM (#11400950)

Thanks fndjdg. Fully aware and agreed. Lots of mobile design & debugging to do. Any thoughts on the core premise?

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by sevensor on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:48PM (#11400460)

I don't buy that sitting through 30 minutes of online training will be enough to deter partisan judges. How else does this platform seek to encourage civil, reasoned political debate?

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by rbcgerard on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:45PM (#11413344)

I see a big problem in the way questions are crafted - its like polling you can get an answer by asking a question in a certain way

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by justinlardinois on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:42PM (#11400419)

Is there any reason text selection is broken/impaired?

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Re:Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified f... by justinlardinois on Thursday March 31, 2016 @04:42PM (#11400420)

Also it it just me or is the text slightly blurred?

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