Is CreateDebate or DebateIsland better than Debate.org for online debates?
CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
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I checked the site you mentioned and it seems to have very little activity compared to the 3 sites reviewed here. I personally cannot see How it is a contender, especially given overwhelming support For other options. But, thank you for pointing out another option to debate. I think other users pointed our reddit as another alternative they use to debate as well. There seems to be a long tail out there for what can be used. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
At the top of this page is an "About" in the menu bar - open it and it states :- "CreateDebate is a new social networking community built around ideas, discussion and democracy. We’ve done our best to provide our community with a framework that makes compelling and meaningful debates easy to create and fun to use. Our goal is to build CreateDebate into an incredibly useful learning tool that will help groups of people to sort through issues, viewpoints and opinions so that consensus and understanding can be reached and better decisions can be made". Unfortunately human intervention is predictable, if we used Create Debate for the purpose it was established then there would be no need to debate this topic. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
Mission statement and reality of execution as you pointed out don't always work out. Debaters are looking for the best overall debate exoerience, and that includes site features, community, and just-right level of moderation. The answer to that is imho is not debate.org. I do see many of the elements of the original mission on this site though, as well as the other 2 sites. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
Thank you all who participated so far. Wanted to provide a checkpoint since I posted this debate on all 3 sites yesterday: On Debate.org - winning 5 to 3 On debateIsland - winning 10-0 On CreateDebate winning 28-4 Please continue debating. Thanks. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
I've looked at debate.org and I'm not a fan of online 1-1 debates. There's too much time between arguments on this site, but to wait for one particular person on debate.org...no thanks. I've also seen many debates there become abandoned. As inactive as CreateDebate seems at times, DebateIsland is much worse. There have only been a handful of comments made in the past few days. Hell, someone made a debate about evolution and I was the only one to comment on it and that was 2 days ago (usually a topic most jump at). For me, CreateDebate is the winner. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
So completely with you on the debate.org. That was the exact point I argued on my debate - people don't want to wait so long. My debate.org opponent is trying to argue that both CreateDebate and DebateIsland are polling sites (not debate sites). I am confused by his argument. Even this debate got so much more traction on both other sites. I also agree that CreateDebate is more active than DebateIsland. Debate Island is much newer and has been growing fast, but it has not yet caught up to multi-year create debate audience. I have personally seen it grow so fast in participation in one month that I have been debating there, and at some point soon it will likely outgrow the other 2 sites. My preference is still DebateIsland, as I prefer simplicity and elegance of its user interface and it works better on mobile for me. I think they also have better foul language filtering and moderation, as so far I have not seen offensive content. I prefer a clean debating experience without being insulted or offensive material. I think CreateDebate is also a decent site and is my 2nd choice. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
And another point, I just looked at your evolution theory debate and replied to you there. I see that agsr replied to you as well. Not sure why that particular one was not too popular on DebateIsland, but I know that there are many other debates that get a lot more traction. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
I wanted to share my observation with others as I was moderating this debate on CreateDebate. I find it amusing that I have power to vote up and down any arguments made. I find it even more interesting that CreateDebate allows debate creater to ban users from his debate. I didn't realize about these features until I created this particulat debate, as this debate seems to be pretty popular. I would think that other poeple voting on debates here would find it really annoying, especially if they get banned for no good reason. I am thinking of Soup Nazi from Sienfield - "no soup for you" :) I even see someone posted a debate about specific CreateDebate user always banning arguments. I have no idea why CreateDebate would think this feature would be a good idea. The whole point is that it should be democratic, not some random guy (or gal) having full power to vote someone down or even ban without any rationale. Strange. Side: CreateDebate or DebateIsland.c
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I not a fan of any of them. Debate.org is too rigid and only allows 1 on 1 debates. CreateDebate is overrun with preachers, trolls, and puppet accounts who have no interest in actually debating. DebateIsland is by far the worst of them all. There isn't really any debating going on there. It's just people making 1 sentence comments, and I think most of them are just the owners of the site creating fake accounts to try to make it look like the site is active. Even if it had more people, without a threaded layout it's nearly impossible to follow conversations. Reddit is the best place for real debate . There are lots of people to debate with, and most of the debate subreddits are moderated to keep the trolls out and keep things civil. Here are some of the more active debate subreddits. https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateAnAtheist https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateAChristian https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateEvolution https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateReligion https://www.reddit.com/r/Religion Unfortunately, the subreddits for general debate aren't very active, so you're mostly limited to politics and religion. Side: Debate.org
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