“DIY debate week (April 28 - May 2nd)” by Toby Tremlett🔹, Will Howard🔹

We’re holding a DIY debate week on the Forum, from April 28–May 2nd.

What's a DIY debate week?

It's been great seeing and hearing people responding positively to debate weeks (1,2,3), writing posts, getting into discussions, and voting in large numbers.

I especially like that voting on the banner prompts people to leave a comment, which then starts discussions. I’d love to know if that vote→conversation pipeline holds if we let everyone make polls.

So… we are releasing a poll-making feature for everyone to use. We’re holding this DIY debate week to celebrate that release, during which we’ll ask users to make and discuss polls.

Throughout the week, the Forum team will promote polls we think are particularly valuable. This could be by pinning them on the Frontpage, linking them on social media, putting them in the Forum Digest, etc...

The polls will look like our debate week [...]

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Outline:

(00:18) What's a DIY debate week?

(01:27) How can I take part?

(02:04) How does the poll feature work?

(02:48) Putting a poll in your post

(03:33) Interacting with the poll as a reader

The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.

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First published:
April 16th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/pAYSK7voaNeDRDFCs/diy-debate-week-april-28-may-2nd

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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