Is Reddit Politics a good place to debate?
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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
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/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
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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. Side: Yes
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