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Suggestion to Help RFDs
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7/31/2013 3:59:34 PM Posted: 6 years ago What if, like in the Opinions section, you added a word requirement for RFDs. Each RFD has to be x number of words long (30? 50?). This would require voters to at least give a more in depth cursory vote and would prevent one line RFDs and the continual back and forth of "it's not long enough" or "you need to elaborate".
I know this won't eliminate bad RFDs but it would at least incentivize giving longer explanations per vote. No one normal accomplished anything meaningful in this world. |
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7/31/2013 4:34:24 PM Posted: 6 years ago At 7/31/2013 3:59:34 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote: what about forfeits? |
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7/31/2013 4:38:03 PM Posted: 6 years ago At 7/31/2013 4:34:24 PM, TUF wrote:At 7/31/2013 3:59:34 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote: Spam letters until you reach the character limit then type FULL FORFEIT! I kinda like the idea. However, I think it would slow down voting and it would just makes noobs have to repeat their terrible RFD's with different words to reach the character limit. Nolite Timere |
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7/31/2013 4:38:14 PM Posted: 6 years ago At 7/31/2013 4:34:24 PM, TUF wrote:At 7/31/2013 3:59:34 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote: Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Full forfeit Debate me: Economic decision theory should be adjusted to include higher-order preferences for non-normative purposes http://www.debate.org... Do you really believe that? Or not? If you believe it, you should man up and defend it in a debate. -RoyLatham My Pet Fish is such a Douche- NiamC It's an app to meet friends and stuff, sort of like an adult club penguin- Thett3, describing Tinder |
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7/31/2013 4:40:07 PM Posted: 6 years ago At 7/31/2013 4:38:14 PM, ClassicRobert wrote:At 7/31/2013 4:34:24 PM, TUF wrote:At 7/31/2013 3:59:34 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote: exactly. |
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7/31/2013 4:40:42 PM Posted: 6 years ago Some people can say what they need to say in a few characters.
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7/31/2013 4:41:25 PM Posted: 6 years ago The character max in the opinions always annoys me though. Normally I exceed the char limit anyway in RFD's, but I don't think it is necessary.
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7/31/2013 5:38:49 PM Posted: 6 years ago It could however do with a higher maximum characters, as well as a small bit of formatting (such as line breaks)
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7/31/2013 5:38:50 PM Posted: 6 years ago At 7/31/2013 4:41:25 PM, TUF wrote: This. It's annoying, especially in stupid opinions like "Should all buffalos be run over by a tractor" where you don't need a long RFD. Wall of LOL "Infanticide is justified as long as the infants are below two" ~ RoyalPaladin "Promoting female superiority is the only way to establish equality." ~ RoyalPaladin "Jury trials should be banned. They're nothing more than opportunities for racists to destroy lives." ~ RoyalPaladin after the Zimmerman Trial. |
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8/1/2013 12:33:34 PM Posted: 6 years ago At 7/31/2013 3:59:34 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote: This would further reduce voting, already way too low. Not many people want to write an essay to justify their vote. The more that's written, the more opportunity for one of the debaters to find something in it they want to argue. I don't mind arguing my RFD reasoning on hey-it's-debate-site grounds, but many people will view it as a homework assignment and avoid the hassle by not voting. |
