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Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified for civility
- stestagg 11y agoIt'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
- justinlardinois 11y agoIs there any reason text selection is broken/impaired?
- justinlardinois 11y agoAlso it it just me or is the text slightly blurred?
- sevensor 11y agoI 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?
- Mtinie 11y agoLet'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.
- bbensch 11y agoThanks 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?
- Mtinie 11y agoI'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.
- rbcgerard 11y agoI 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