Rooms with rules
Live debate rooms that run themselves.
A room is a motion, two seats and a clock. Open one on any question worth arguing about, and the format handles the rest: whose turn it is, how long they get, and when the audience votes.
Speaking order is enforced, not requested
In most video calls turn-taking is a social convention. Someone talks over someone else, and the only remedy is asking them to stop.
Here the current speaker is the only participant whose microphone is open. The server closes every other microphone and reapplies that as the debate moves through its segments. It is not a mute button anyone can ignore; the audio genuinely does not leave their browser.
That single decision changes the character of the conversation more than any amount of moderation guidance would.
Pick the length before you start
Rooms come with three timings. Rapid gives each side a minute to open, a minute to rebut and thirty seconds to close, running about five minutes in total, which suits a light disagreement.
Standard is three, two and one, running roughly twelve minutes. Deep Dive stretches to five, three and two for a subject that genuinely needs it.
Every segment is spoken twice, once by each side, so both debaters get identical time regardless of who talks faster.
The audience decides, and the moderator keeps order
Viewers vote on which side made the better case. Debaters cannot vote in their own debate. The tally appears when the debate concludes, showing the split rather than declaring a winner.
If a room needs someone in charge, any signed-in viewer can take the moderator seat. Moderators can cut a rambling speaker short by advancing the segment, silence a debater for the rest of the debate, or close arguments early and open the vote.
Common questions
How many people can be in a room?
Two debaters hold the PRO and AGAINST seats. Everyone else joins as audience: they can watch, use the chat and vote, but they cannot speak. There is no fixed limit on the audience.
Can a room be moderated?
Yes. Any signed-in viewer can take the moderator seat if it is free. The moderator can advance the debate to the next segment, silence a debater who is out of line, and end the arguments early so voting opens.
What happens when the debate ends?
Speaking closes and a voting window opens, so people still listening to the closing argument get a chance to vote. After that the room shows the final tallies and the cameras stop.
Does it work if we are on different networks?
Yes. Media is carried by a dedicated global relay rather than sent directly between browsers, so debates work with one person on home broadband and another on mobile data, in different countries.