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Debate Score:126
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Ended:05/07/08
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What features should be added to CreateDebate?

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6 points

A chronological list of everything directly connected with contributions in one's profile page. Whenever I log in, I want to see all responses to my arguments, rebuttals etc. as well as new debate/popularity topics. Currently, I have to click the 'New argument/debate activity!' which seems to demand a lot of brain RAM.

Also, ditch the weird animated (AJAX?) login box. For some reason, I have to re-enter my credentials every visit despite telling Firefox (and ticking the form checkbox) to remember me.

Posted 216 days ago
- pic Loudacris(822) Favored
5 points

Good call. Take a look at your profile, my man. If there are new arguments that should interest you (either posted to your debate or responding to one of your arguments) so can now see them all in one place:

New Activity Quick Glance

You dig?

Posted 214 days ago
- pic Astroglide(19) Favored
2 points

Hooray!

Posted 214 days ago
- pic DebateMan(404) Favored
2 points

Nice work on the New Activity Quick Glance, this is something this site definitely needed. I really appreciate the fine folks at CD being so responsive to the community's requests.

Posted 214 days ago
- pic geoff(682) Favored
1 point  

Excellent, well done. It works as expected.

Posted 214 days ago
- pic pvtNobody(379) Favored
3 points

I'd also like to have a more detailed listing of my debate activity, perhaps not on my main profile page but it'd be nice to be able to see what arguments I've posted on various debates and when their scores have changed.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic derecola(41) Favored
2 points

Definitely. This should be priority number one.

Posted 215 days ago
4 points

An option to not oppose or favor an argument. A lot of people would like one. Although one could argue that contributing more arguments and rebuttals to a debate gives one's opinions greater weight for their side.

The ability to withdraw an up- or down-vote without having to do the opposite.

Just ran into someone who downvoted my arguments out of spite, I believe. I dunno what kind of safeguard there could possibly be, but it sucks :( Bye bye, 90% rating.

Posted 216 days ago
- pic pvtNobody(379) Opposed
4 points

I think that I may have also been a victim of such an attack at some point. It does suck. Then again at least you know that people are reading what you're saying. Usually a low(ish) score seems to mean that you're either a) annoying or b) provocative. Or at least that's how I choose to look at it.

Posted 215 days ago
4 points

Is there a private message feature? I would like to send a message to another user without it showing up in my "Conversations" on my profile.

Posted 210 days ago
3 points

Some kind of region coding (maybe just the tag) to facilitate debating local issues

Posted 216 days ago
- pic THEDert(188) Opposed
1 point  

Maybe for a different site. Still a good idea, but would break up debate activity within the main site.

Posted 214 days ago
3 points

Another type of debate, but actually more like a poll. Currently if you want to have more than 2 options, it's impossible, and it leads towards just a comment thread. You don't know what argument won, and what lost - so the solution could be for the debate creator to have 3-5 or whatever options instead of it just turning into a comment thread.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic blammo(166) Favored
2 points

I like that idea Jeff....multiple choices , istead of yes/no everytime! I think that is a fantastic idea!

Posted 215 days ago
- pic Loudacris(822) Favored
2 points

We have a very cool feature coming that directly ties into this idea. It is in the works now. I really think its going to make the site a lot better. Hopefully it will be in production in about 2 weeks or so.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic THEDert(188) Favored
1 point  

Jeff, good thinking man. I think it would be a hit!

Posted 214 days ago
3 points

-permalink for each argument within a debate

-sort by most votes option

-an easier way to see what activity was on my debate rather than re-reading an entire thread.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic Loudacris(822) Favored
2 points

Try the Sort By Newest and let me know if that is an easier way to see what activity is new.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic jeff(48) Favored
2 points

much better, but it looks kinda broken for a 2 sided debate...

Posted 215 days ago
- pic Loudacris(822) Favored
1 point  

Each argument now has its own permalink. Click on the orange thought bubble (to the left of Favor | Oppose) to use it. Also, when reviewing arguments on a user profile, you can click on the permalink to jump directly to that argument within the debate.

Posted 211 days ago
3 points

Graying out the vote button after you've clicked it. I'm easily annoyed and that pop-up to tell me I've already voted seems unnecessary. Graying it out would allow people to easily see what arguments in a debate they've voted up/down.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic jeff(48) Favored
1 point  

definitely, it's annoying to not know what i've voted on or not.

Posted 215 days ago
3 points

Actually this is a feature removal request. The address book feature should not reveal the email addresses of your allies/enemies that you've made on createdebate.com. This is a privacy issue and should be resolved sooner rather than later.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic THEDert(188) Favored
2 points

Yea. Wouldn't be good to have your email open to the people you piss off on a daily basis.

Posted 214 days ago
- pic Loudacris(822) Favored
1 point  

More like a bug removal request. Thanks for the heads up, that should not have been happening and it does not any longer.

Posted 211 days ago
2 points

Tag labels for debates

Posted 216 days ago
- pic THEDert(188) Favored
1 point  

Very good suggestion. I think that would be awesome to have, or even a tag cloud.

Posted 214 days ago
2 points

RSS feed, so sites can feed the latest debates onto their own site.

Posted 216 days ago
- pic borme(549) Favored
1 point  

I'm happy to announce that now you can pipe CreateDebate directly to your favorite RSS feed reader. Check out the "RSS Feeds" section under the About tab.

Posted 214 days ago
- pic DebateMan(404) Favored
2 points

Awesome!

Posted 214 days ago
- pic THEDert(188) Favored
2 points

Works PERFECT!

Posted 214 days ago
- pic jwitter(84) Favored
1 point  

Can we get an RSS feed for the debates we participate in, create or for our Allies? As a teacher, this would make grading debates easier.

Posted 209 days ago
2 points

Ability to quote other arguments when crafting a rebuttal.

Posted 216 days ago
2 points

When I click new rebuttal or one up vote, take me to the precise argument instead of the debate page.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic Loudacris(822) Favored
2 points

Can you explain this problem better, please?

Posted 215 days ago
- pic Kaira(42) Favored
2 points

If I post multiple arguments on a page, I can't remember how many points they had the last time I logged on, and therefore I can't tell which ones have been voted up or down.

Posted 215 days ago
2 points

An announcement feature for moderators. For example, in a debate perhaps some new article pertaining to the debate has been found and the moderator wants to bring to everyone's attention without adding a new argument for either side.

Posted 215 days ago
- pic blammo(166) Favored
1 point  

I like that idea too PVTNobody!

Posted 215 days ago
2 points

I dont like that when you go to the debate page, the sides are organized by points, then you don't know what order they were enter and someone may be responding (without directly opposing or favoring but instead by adding a new argument) to something someone or referring to something someone said earlier, but you can't tell who they are referring to. It sould be in order of when it was entered.

Posted 215 days ago