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That s look cool. I thought Brigade app was trying to do something similar. But appears it is more restrict to political debates.

by vit05 11y ago

SherlockeHolmes 11y ago
Thank you for bringing this up. There are a significant number of apps already in the debate space, as listed below. The presence of competition in this space means that the potential market size these startups are trying to tap into is large. However, none of the startups have been able to capitalize on the idea. As a result, most people still meet their "debating needs" by making long comments on ESPN or Huffington Post or Facebook. Dais/Agora is confident it can capture this market in a manner Google did with search engines, or Facebook did with networks for friends. Brigade - User scrolls through topics and scrolls through multiple one-line statements within said topics. Then user chooses between "Agree", "Disagree", and "Unsure". User bonds with others who share similar percentage agreement on various issues as decided. Dais/Agora is at least 70% different. Even though Brigade has an active blog section and claims that it "is a free app that lets you express your opinions on news and politics", it does not give voice to the issues the way Dais/Agora will. DebateMe - Last updated 10.6.2015. There were 4 total debates going on worldwide. They are one- or two-liners, with ability to include images. Dais/Agora is at least 40% different, and will work hard to be a more vibrant community. Debate.com - Has about 30 total "debates" and "polls" in database - ranging from super bowl ads, death penalty, gun control, math vs. english, Abraham Lincoln vs. FDR, Deadpool vs Starwars, etc. Few votes and views, very few comments. We are 60-70% different. State - Established app in this space. Shows "opinion mixes" that are one-liners and gives user following choices to act in response - i) pick up to 3 words, ii) search, iii) pick from words featured. Dais/Agora is 65% different. Lighthouse - One of the more similar ones. Hosts conversations on local and national issues. User feed and profile are adjusted by gaining agree/disagree/neutral feedback on one-line issues. Users participate in conversations via texts ranging 2 or more sentences. A point to note is that most of the apps have gone for instant gratification methods because they followed the success of Facebook and Twitter. These companies are not providing the debating population with what they want (which is why they haven't succeeded). Dais/Agora realizes it is a radically different company from the existing successful social networks, and has a vision for itself. Dais/Agora has the task of using technology to bring back conversations that used to exist in a village, but has been systematically alienated due to urbanization. In Dais/Agora, issues such as an incompetent teacher in some neighborhood school will be able to reach a larger number of people more frequently, thus gaining momentum in the community more often and being addressed as such. We only hear one or two such cases on nationally televised media every month, and perhaps the number increases to three or five - in local media. However, well-ingrained and systematically-inbred transparency in such a massive civic society as ours remains a major hurdle for human civilization to overcome. edit: cut text "(which is desired)"

That s look cool. I thought Brigade app was trying to do something similar. But appears it is more restrict to political debates.

by vit05 11y ago

That s look cool. I thought Brigade app was trying to do something similar. But appears it is more restrict to political debates.

SherlockeHolmes 11y ago

Thank you for bringing this up. There are a significant number of apps already in the debate space, as listed below. The presence of competition in this space means that the potential market size these startups are trying to tap into is large. However, none of the startups have been able to capitalize on the idea. As a result, most people still meet their "debating needs" by making long comments on ESPN or Huffington Post or Facebook. Dais/Agora is confident it can capture this market in a manner Google did with search engines, or Facebook did with networks for friends. Brigade - User scrolls through topics and scrolls through multiple one-line statements within said topics. Then user chooses between "Agree", "Disagree", and "Unsure". User bonds with others who share similar percentage agreement on various issues as decided. Dais/Agora is at least 70% different. Even though Brigade has an active blog section and claims that it "is a free app that lets you express your opinions on news and politics", it does not give voice to the issues the way Dais/Agora will. DebateMe - Last updated 10.6.2015. There were 4 total debates going on worldwide. They are one- or two-liners, with ability to include images. Dais/Agora is at least 40% different, and will work hard to be a more vibrant community. Debate.com - Has about 30 total "debates" and "polls" in database - ranging from super bowl ads, death penalty, gun control, math vs. english, Abraham Lincoln vs. FDR, Deadpool vs Starwars, etc. Few votes and views, very few comments. We are 60-70% different. State - Established app in this space. Shows "opinion mixes" that are one-liners and gives user following choices to act in response - i) pick up to 3 words, ii) search, iii) pick from words featured. Dais/Agora is 65% different. Lighthouse - One of the more similar ones. Hosts conversations on local and national issues. User feed and profile are adjusted by gaining agree/disagree/neutral feedback on one-line issues. Users participate in conversations via texts ranging 2 or more sentences. A point to note is that most of the apps have gone for instant gratification methods because they followed the success of Facebook and Twitter. These companies are not providing the debating population with what they want (which is why they haven't succeeded). Dais/Agora realizes it is a radically different company from the existing successful social networks, and has a vision for itself. Dais/Agora has the task of using technology to bring back conversations that used to exist in a village, but has been systematically alienated due to urbanization. In Dais/Agora, issues such as an incompetent teacher in some neighborhood school will be able to reach a larger number of people more frequently, thus gaining momentum in the community more often and being addressed as such. We only hear one or two such cases on nationally televised media every month, and perhaps the number increases to three or five - in local media. However, well-ingrained and systematically-inbred transparency in such a massive civic society as ours remains a major hurdle for human civilization to overcome. edit: cut text "(which is desired)"