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Changed, thanks.

Not there because I am too lazy. You're right though, and I will add them eventually.

Good point, changed. Thanks.

I don't think you can really do much better than Google. If the competitor/originator isn't on the first few pages, then you have an advantage even if you weren't the first one to make it.

Quick question: should I remove the small Google ad so early-adopters aren't scared off, and then place it back in later?

These are amazing, thanks.

A visual theme, or a content theme?

Whoops, thanks for telling me. It seems I forgot to test the site in any IE - in IE8 it's completely messed up, and I can only assume it's worse in IE7. I'll try to fix it soon.

Good ideas, thanks. I haven't seen whitehouse2, which is really good, or allrise. Mine doesn't have a focus, it's basically a site where you can debate about anything, and tag it so it stays a bit organized. Or do you mean something else by focus? I'll add a quick feature matrix now.

Thanks for the great feedback. I'm looking mostly to have an active community, but one that generates some small revenue on the side. I'm just looking to pay back hosting etc. costs. I agree with the idea that a project should never be finished, and that's what I used to think, but then I read a few hacker news articles about fail early etc., and I realized I was spending way too much time on little features. I went through a bunch of layout changes, and while this one is boring, I think it works.

I just added anonymous arguing, so that will help the site get some activity, I think. I don't want to do blackhat stuff/actively SEO it, but only if nothing else works.

I bought a Reddit self-serve ad, and I guess I'll see how that works, and I'll start making small comments on political forums or something.

Just want to let you know, that I've implemented this.

I'm trying to create a community for rational discourse - http://debate-zone.com

Very nice. You should use this same idea for things that most people would understand, like news from google news.

Really? You must have visited at the exact moment I restarted the server. Yeah, nginx is great, it's the default at WebFaction.

linkbait?

nice site, bad font choice, not very useful

what's piano?

1 is a delicious option, yet what has happened to the human race that we must rely on this stuff to get things done?

Well it's a new-ish idea that serves a single purpose and it's fully functional as far as I can tell. I don't really see the point in the answers section - it's not really related to the rest of the site, although it seems like people are using it. I would hire a designer if they're cheap and I think this site could gain some steam. Could you review my site that I'm trying to get off the ground? http://debate-zone.com

The logo makes me want to kill people. Nice site though.

Are you really posting this now?

True, they're great for a site like 4chan. I think I'll just keep arguing for users only for now.

Good idea, do you mean like a picture for each side of a debate?

Thanks for the input, I just made the quick css change. You're right about the multi-side layout, but I couldn't really think of any other way to do it. Actually, I think if I put all the sides above the arguments horizontally they would be easier to compare and more visible. I'll test something like that out.

I agree, and it is a part-time project I made for fun. Now I just want to get some users, and eventually make a few cents off of ads.

Thanks for that link, very interesting stuff. I increased the font size of sidebar lists, and I might change the word to categories eventually.

Thanks, I already have categories (called "zones" to fit the name), but do you mean add tags or something similar in addition to the broad zones?

Good idea, I'll probably add it some time this week.

what is this? i dont even