Joshdude
One cool dude, indeed.
I recently finished a very good debate with br-, and I must say it fired me up. Sadly, I'm losing in the poll to decide who won. I guess less people see my point. Oh well, no worries. I enjoyed the experience immensely. br- proved to be quite a good debater, although as with all debates, points get repeated if it goes on too long.
What I'm proposing, and this is kind of pie-in-the-sky, I realize, is a debate section on the site. A seperate forum that allows users to have a civil, organized debate. Someone could introduce a point, and if someone opposes, a debate can begin. For example, I could say something like, "I think, overall, the iPod 4G is a worse purchase than the 3G." Someone who wants to step up could oppose me on the subject. The standard debate format would be followed: Introduction, rebuttal, closing argument. No more than that. At the end, people could vote via a connected poll thread (this may be impractical as it will cause another thread to tie up the boards) or simply by voting within the debate thread. Maybe it could even be judged by 3 moderators. I don't know. I'm just propsing an idea.
Anyway, as I said, I realize it's pretty much a wild suggestion that is hard to take seriously. I just thought I'd toss the idea out in the open. The reason I suggest it is that I feel passionate enough about Mac/iTunes/iPod/etc. to debate about them. And I know other people do, too, or else what would the be doing at a website especially for the iPod? So, at least consider it. I know that it wouldn't be easy or anything to put it together, but it could really be fun and interesting. Thanks!
What I'm proposing, and this is kind of pie-in-the-sky, I realize, is a debate section on the site. A seperate forum that allows users to have a civil, organized debate. Someone could introduce a point, and if someone opposes, a debate can begin. For example, I could say something like, "I think, overall, the iPod 4G is a worse purchase than the 3G." Someone who wants to step up could oppose me on the subject. The standard debate format would be followed: Introduction, rebuttal, closing argument. No more than that. At the end, people could vote via a connected poll thread (this may be impractical as it will cause another thread to tie up the boards) or simply by voting within the debate thread. Maybe it could even be judged by 3 moderators. I don't know. I'm just propsing an idea.
Anyway, as I said, I realize it's pretty much a wild suggestion that is hard to take seriously. I just thought I'd toss the idea out in the open. The reason I suggest it is that I feel passionate enough about Mac/iTunes/iPod/etc. to debate about them. And I know other people do, too, or else what would the be doing at a website especially for the iPod? So, at least consider it. I know that it wouldn't be easy or anything to put it together, but it could really be fun and interesting. Thanks!
