It looks like if I signed up for ultra rated debate I could get signed up for a topic I have no interest in, so for that reason I would not be willing to. If it had a place where I could choose the genre (like religion, Christianity, or philosophy) and I could just choose the genres I was interested in and within that category there would be a random debate, then I would sign up.
I understand if thats not really the point of ultra rated; thats just why it doesn’t appeal to me.
I just looked up something akin to debate website and this was one of the first that I saw. Video/voice chat debates in the future would definitely be an encouragement to primarily use this site over others. Also, if you were to contact YouTubers (@InspiringPhilosophy for example) and offer them opponents to debate topics that they are interested in, as well as an approved moderator, that could be an easy way to boost the site’s popularity as the viewers will all see the site.
You could also add something like skill based matchmaking so that as the site grows it isn’t super cluttered. People would primarily have access to people around their skill/knowledge level, though people could of course choose to manually invite someone at a much lower or higher level to debate them.
I think if a specific section for debates over voice chat was added, the site would be improved. Certain members could be approved as unbiased moderators in order to keep debates in order, and much like the written debates, the rules would be agreed upon before hand. It would also add potential for this site to gain widespread popularity as YouTube videos of the voice chat debates could be recorded, which would encourage the viewers to participate.
Also, some kind of indication that shows whether a person is online or offline if they choose to enable that setting.
I think if a specific section for debates over voice chat was added, the site would be improved. Certain members could be approved as unbiased moderators in order to keep debates in order, and much like the written debates, the rules would be agreed upon before hand. It would also add potential for this site to gain widespread popularity as YouTube videos of the voice chat debates could be recorded, which would encourage the viewers to participate.
Just food for thought.
