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A different kind of online debate

> Kialo review

Brittney MacDonald
Life & Style Editor

 

I: this new-fangled age of computers
and the internet, it’s not hard to find
differing opinions if you're longing
for an intellectual debate. Finding
someone with a reasonable argument?
That’s a little trickier. Often, debating
anything on the internet can feel like
shouting into an echoing void that a
million different people are already
screaming into. Whatever point you had
is lost in all the noise, a din that also
disguises any valid counterarguments.
Kialo is a website dedicated to
changing that. It is designed specifically

to encourage intellectual and fair debate.

Armed with technology that lays out the
main points of a debate—both pros and
cons—in a visual web that can be edited

by people involved in either public or
private discussions, Kialo seeks to allow
its users to organize their thoughts and
points. This helps prevent debates from
derailing, as they so often do on forums.
Kialo also allows for mini-debates
within larger discussed issues. This
means that any point made can then be
argued to determine validity, while still
remaining connected and accessible
through the larger, all-encompassing
debate itself. This makes it a great
platform for classrooms or businesses.
This method of organization provides
the tools necessary for rational debate, as
opposed to relying on simple statements
made by users that can be either
uninformed or simply seeking to “troll.”
Having a separate platform, one that
requires an account in order to participate,
also further deters anyone whose main
motivation is to watch the world burn.

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Brittney MacDonald
Life and Style Editor

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and in case you haven't
guessed by now, we here at the Other Press are a bit of an eccentric
group. We spend most of our time locked away, writing articles on
anything from yummy vegan deserts to which sex position supports
the patriarchy, but even we need love. We just tend to express that love
incredibly awkwardly, and with a lot of dad-at-a-wedding dance moves.

Here’s our list of unconventional love songs for you to

enjoy, listen in on Spotify at http://spoti.fi/2nBwDH3

I’m Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to
Dance with You by Black Kids (Jacey)

Why I Cry by Ninja Sex Party (Ed)
Marry Me by St. Vincent (Lauren)
Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf (Chandler)
Me and My Bitch by The Notorious B.L.G. (Katie)
I Don't Love You by My Chemical Romance (Jessica)

I Don't Care by Apocolyptica (Caroline)

Closer by Nine Inch Nails (Brittney)

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