we did one recently and people went crazy. I assumed that's why OBD opted to do it on the forum.
I personally would prefer what we originally wanted with that discord debate and have a voice debate, but MB didn't wish to talk.
Exactly. We literally did this last time and everyone lost their collective sh*t, hence this 'compromise solution'.
That said, this experiment doesn't appear to be working super well. Perhaps next election (or in another debate this round) we could hold a Discord debate, and have a scribe transcribe the answers over to Atlas as they come in to keep everyone up to date?
It's been one person holding things up. That can be true no matter the format. As the saying goes, one bad apple can spoil the bunch. A rotten apple moved to a different set of apples is just as problematic.
That's why we have a time limit right now. Let OBD and I focus on moderating, we've done this before. We had similar issues then, so we're handling it. That way everyone else can focus on what matters, which are the answers.