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Probably dumb, but I noticed a small energy symbol underneath my profile in the forums. Same for ILikePie5. What does it mean?
It means you are online :)
What are your political leanings? I want to know all you have to (if you want to) answer with is left, right, center.
Probably between center and right.
Will you ever add a section for polls? like debate.org?
Probably not, most people don't really miss it and I don't really see any utility of it.
How is most active members on forums determined?
I think by the number of posts per week or something like that ^_^
Why cant vote? i have been trying to vote in recent debates but for some reason it wont give me the option.
Most likely it's due to not having met the requirements for voting, I believe it requires some number of forum posts and/or participated debates, but I'd need to check it to be sure, I will do it later tonight and get back to you via DM.
Is there a reason I can not make a rated judicial decision debate?
That's a good question. So my logic was that if you can assign anyone as a judge and make the debate rated, it opens an opportunity for people to abuse the system by asking their friends (or second accounts) to be the judges and therefore have a win in each debate. But I also have this idea of creating "guilds" of judges or "verified" judges whose decisions can affect the rating, but that still needs to be discussed and implemented.
I cannot comment on a challenged debate. Is this intentional or not?
Yes but I will change that in the near future
What is the thread with most posts?
I don't know but you can go through each forum category and sort the topics by the posts number and find it out
Why is the erase function on the argument non-reversible? I just typed a long thing and one accidental press makes 1 hour of work gone.
Wow, I had no idea, it looks like a bug, I sincerely apologize for that, I will fix it as soon as possible.
If you ever choose to debate one day can I be the first to debate you?
You got it :)
What do the green coins on the profile page do?
Those are the coins that can be used to use some "advanced" features, say lifting your forum topic or highlighting your forum post. At this point I give those only to those who donate and the mods and frankly, they don't give that much extra functionality but I will be extending their use as we go.
Why are there colored strips moving around profile pictures? I have been noticing these within Virtuoso, DebateArt.com(User), RationalMadman, Ramshutu, and Castin. What did these users contribute to the site to have these "decorations"?
It's given to the site's mods and to people that have donated via Patreon or any other way.
Why do you not debate, and if you don't debate, why do you create a website like this one?
Well, I am a developer by profession and this project is just my hobby, I enjoy working with new tech and creating something interesting. I just happened to pick a debating platform as an idea for my hobby project :) And frankly, with my work schedule, I wouldn't be able to properly debate anyway :/
how do you disable email notifications
In your profile's office space
How is ELO ranking calculated?
I am afraid I don't have time to look into the code at the moment but I think I took the formula from Wiki and just modified it a bit
How do I get my debate to show up in misc. Mine is awaiting the judge's acceptance but it won't show up in public.
Because it's not public until all the judges accept it.
Where did you learn to get so good at coding?
I am not exactly that good at coding, I just try to implement things properly, even if it takes time. The good thing about this website is that we don't have any investors or partners or anyone who would want to speed things up at the cost of quality. But anyway, I am completely a self-taught dev coz my education was crap and I had to learn everything on my own.
As a Russian, what's your brutally honest opinion of America? And is your opinion the norm in Russia?
Well, I don't really have any negative feelings about America, in fact I think you've done many things right and Russia must follow the example. That is, except for the health care and the guns control, I think those things are definitely not exemplary. I don't think my opinion is the norm because I don't live in Russia anymore and I've seen what it's like outside, but most people that live there they are affected by propaganda and quite a few of them are not the brightest people, to say the truth.
I got to say, this is a really cool community you made here! Anyway, just one question for you. I noticed that you don't do any debates. So do you have another secret account in which you debate with, or do you just not like debating?
Thank you, glad you like it here :)
I am afraid I am not any good at it and my passion is more about web development and creating something interesting, like this website, so I basically spend all my free time on that :/
How do you get a girlfriend?
First you gotta find somebody who you truly like. After that it's just improvisation.
Were they afraid to speak out their opinions because the government reads and oppresses?
Nah, it's just nobody knows about things like debating and therefore they don't know how it's done so it was meh.
What led you to make the Russian DDO Emulation before this website?
I needed some idea for a site that I could implement while learning how to program and also to have something that I could show to my potential employers, as a nice additional to the resume. And also debating is not that popular, if at all, in Russia so I thought I could do some good and help people discover how amazing it is. Well, that didn't work out as expected, which is not a surprise, I guess, in a country where even the president refuses to debate.
Do you consider yourself a funny guy, a serious guy or a friendly guy?
I guess I am all of those things but usually it depends on the context, but I guess I am more on the serious side.
What draws you to computing?
That I can be sitting on a chair in my underpants pushing some buttons and a few hours later seeing a result of my work, which is available to most people on the planet. It's not that easy in many other fields.
Why is your Life Priority Entertainment?
Well, I don't believe in any higher power so after I die, I guess that will be it for me so it makes sense to enjoy the life as much as possible. Career, fame, power, all those things they don't really matter when you are getting closer to your end.
Would you like to permanently move to another country? If so, which one would you prefer?
Yeah definitely, I guess Germany or Austria would be nice, the climate is not bad and the economical situation is also rather good.
Do you feel that Russia is becoming more secular and perhaps Liberal as time is progressing?
I think it's going exactly the opposite direction, I even believe that this country is doomed, at least economically wise and the situation is definitely not gonna get better any time soon.
What do you think about Donald Trump as a president?
I am not sure, I don't really follow him so it's hard to say. He's a weird guy, that's for sure but I can't say anything about his productivity and quality as a president.
What made you interested in debating?
Frankly, I am not that much into debating as I am into web development. I needed some idea to start a project and debating just seemed like a good one, because it's a deep niche and even one guy can create something that would be used by other people. Most projects these days require investments and a team of developers, marketing people and all that.
Do you ever regret starting the website?
Not really. Not only we have a great community here but it's also a nice sandbox for me to play with the new tech stuff that I can't try on the client projects at work.
Do questions only appear after they have been answered? Because that might explain some things ...
Yes, only the answered questions appear on the participants pages. Until then, they are available only for the sender and the receiver.
I'm testing on you if the question feature currently works for me. I tried asking AvoidDeath a question a while ago, wouldn't work, tried again now, still won't work... If this works, why can't I ask AvoidDeath a question?
It should be working just fine. I agree it's a bit raw feature though but it will be improved in the future.
I am considering donating to DART's Patreon, as I have been thoroughly enjoying the website more than all other similar websites. I would like to see DART's fruition come. Why don't you promote the Patreon more to help with development?
I am glad that you like it here :)
Well, I do try to bring this up here and there and I think most people know about the whole donations story but it's their choice not to help so as I can see, there's not that much I can do, especially considering that I can barely provide any gifts for the donations :/
What are your priorities for the future development for this website
Frankly, I am not sure yet, at the moment I just try to come up with the features that would be interesting to implement, because otherwise I will start burning out and may lose interest in the project, especially considering that I can't even make people help me cover the hosting expenses ...
How does this feature work?
It just allows you to ask other people questions and get their replies, just like I am doing here :)