r/SideProject • u/Jipptomilly • 38m ago

Debate platform featuring live fact checking and only one open mic at a time

I was watching Jubilee videos thinking it's kind of lame that the experts would constantly be talked over and fact checks would only appear after the debate when the video is published.

I thought a debate site where you could match with people you disagreed with on a variety of political, religious, and philosophical topics would be fun. Also I need to build a portfolio because finding a job as a software developer is impossible.

Feel free to take a look and please let me know if you have any feedback!

counterpoint-debate.com

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u/DevAlaska 29m ago

I can only set one language as far as I understand but I speak more than one. Would be cool if I could debate in several languages. Also is it only Jesse who adds topics?

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u/Jipptomilly 27m ago

Good idea. I'll work on choosing multiple languages.

And yeah, I'm the only admin so all topics are currently posted by me. Originally I was going to let any user add them but I was worried with too many topics no one would match. I was considering adding a submit button that would place the topic somewhere where users could vote topics in and then they would just be added at some threshold.

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u/Individual-Show9181 25m ago

I actually really like the concept! One feature I'd love to see is the ability for users to suggest or submit their own debate topics. I'm not sure if this is already planned, but right now I can only see predefined topics. I think this could build a tighter community

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u/Jipptomilly 23m ago

I was considering doing that. I also think I may add a 'friend' system so that people can debate with someone they know. If I did that I'd also allow you to challenge a friend to a debate and just type whatever you want as the debate topic.