Show HN: Citizen Debate – head-to-head debate, gamified for civility (citizendebate.org)

15 points by bbensch 10y ago ↗ HN

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It'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

fndjdh 10y ago ↗

Or for that matter any mobile device. It's unusable.

bbensch 10y ago ↗

Thanks fndjdg. Fully aware and agreed. Lots of mobile design & debugging to do. Any thoughts on the core premise?

justinlardinois 10y ago ↗

Is there any reason text selection is broken/impaired?

justinlardinois 10y ago ↗

Also it it just me or is the text slightly blurred?

sevensor 10y ago ↗

I 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 10y ago ↗

Let'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 10y ago ↗

Thanks 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 10y ago ↗

I'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 10y ago ↗

I 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