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Is Reddit Politics a good place to debate?

While Reddit politics is extremely popular for discussions, is it a good place for debating? 
Some DebateIsland users didn't think so, and thought dedicated debate sites were better.
 


Reddit posts seems to be highly unstructured,and opinions often get lost.  Additionally there is a concern over too much moderation.

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They still have a central moderation.

You must be new here if you think any subreddit (except r/gaming and r/anarchism) has worse moderation than what is possible, and sometimes used, here. It's a lot - though I expect it to be more transparent soon.

Side: Yes

In fact, some here are so terrible that I'd rather prefer their opinion be removed from here as soon as it would be on /b/.

Side: Yes
Debater411(44) Clarified
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I dont think that extreme moderation is the answer for a healthy online community. It is tricky though to fins the right balance. I find it interesting that a user who creates a debate on createDebate can ban and fully moderate opinionsof any user who replies to a debate. That is a unique feature for moderation, but I can see how that can backfire.

Voat has a less strict moderation policy than reddit, especially for politics, and in terms of moderation it works better.

The core issue to me is that reddit has discussions that are really unstructured, and there is a big difference between casual debates and a discussion forum. DebateIsland got the right formula there, and I prefer to debate there for the most part. Many CD users, including top ones made te switch.

Side: Yes

/r/Politics is a great place to debate, although I prefer /r/NeutralPolitics. They have a team of moderators to keep the trolls at bay. You can actually have constructive and civil debates there, unlike the immature snarky assholes that seem to frequent sites like this. It has a great threaded format so it's easy to follow the conversations.

Side: Yes
Debater411(44) Clarified
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I also agree that neutral poitics is better than reddit politics.

I am somewhat concerned though about their heavy moderation. It takes too much effort to debate there. There is a thread om that very topic.

http://www.debateisland.com/discussion/623/reddit-neutral-politics-r-neutralpolitics-is-extreme-moderation-the-best-answer

Side: Yes
LittleMisfit(1745) Clarified
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A thread created by you in an attempt to bash your competition and praise DebateIsland. Even the comments are just shill accounts. Come on dude, give it up. You're not fooling anyone.

Side: Yes
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I think it's not a good choice.

1) too unstructured

2) too much moderation

Side: No
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No, I consider extreme moderation to be just too much for me as I find noncommittal, middle of the road arguments to be electrifyingly mind-numbing.

Side: No