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debately

Live debate, refereed by the clock

Debate on
equal terms.

Agree on clear rules before you start. Share the same introduction. Let the system manage speaking time and microphones, with one record for both participants.

How it works
ExampleLive

“This house would ban private cars from city centres.”

Shared debate clock

2:47

Opening · Proposition

Proposition

Mic live

Opposition

Mic held

OpeningRebuttalClosing

Agree the rules once. Then the clock enforces them.

  1. 1

    Set the terms

    Write the motion, send your opponent a link, and agree a format. Both participants accept the same rules, check their audio, and review a shared introduction before starting.

  2. 2

    The clock runs the room

    When a turn begins, the server opens that side’s microphone and holds the other’s. When it ends, the floor passes on its own.

  3. 3

    Stream it anywhere

    Each side can send the debate to its own YouTube or Twitch channel, and both sides see every destination before anyone goes live.

Interruptions are asked for, not taken

The other side can ask to interject. The speaker decides, and saying nothing declines.

Pauses take both sides

Either side can ask for a pause. The clock stops only when the other agrees.

A dropped connection costs only you

If a speaker drops out, their clock stops and a grace period starts. It never eats into the other side’s time.

Microphones follow the floor

The media server itself mutes whoever does not hold the floor. It is not a button anyone can press.

One clock, one truth

Both screens count down to the same deadline, set by the server, so neither side is arguing with its own watch.

A record neither side keeps

Every turn, pause and interruption is written down as it happens, with the time it happened.

Ready when you both are.

Set up a debate in a minute. Your opponent only needs the link.