6:47pm March 16th, 2009Downvoting Update

There has been much discussion on CreateDebate about the use / abuse of downvotes on the site and certain participants getting “mass” downvoted, causing their efficiency score to drop dramatically.  In order to combat this problem and provide greater transparency around voting, we have decided to implement the following:

1. Each downvote now costs the downvoter 1 Reward P...

8:14am March 3rd, 2009Mental Stimulus Package Contest Results

Congratulations to the winners of each of the three contests that CreateDebate ran as part of our  Mental Stimulus Package<...

11:59am February 7th, 2009The CreateDebate Mental Stimulus Package

While lawmakers are figuring out how they can take more of taxpayer’s money to give to Wall St. executives, CreateDebate wants to give YOU something free.  That’s why we’re officially bailing out our awesome debaters via CreateDebate’s Mental Stimulus Package.  We will be running three different contests this month, with tons of awesome prizes courtesy of our good frie...

8:16am December 23rd, 2008You Just Got Upgraded!

We just launched a new version of CreateDebate that will let personalize your debates more than ever!  Go ahead and create a new debate.  The new interface makes it easy to insert pictures, add videos from YouTube or

2:19pm December 14th, 20082008’s Most Popular Debates

As 2008 comes to a close, it’s time to take a step back and look at the topics, news stories, and people that consumed our thoughts and passion throughout the year on CreateDebate.  2008 was a remarkable year in every sense of the word.  From the launch of CreateDebate into the wild to a historic elect...

11:11am December 3rd, 2008CreateDebate is a Finalist!

After more than 50,000 nominations and 80,000 verified votes, we’re pleased to announce that CreateDebate is a finalist in Mashable’s 2nd Open Web Awards!

Mashable has selected the three start-ups in each category that have received the mos...

4:21pm November 19th, 2008We Need Your Vote!

Thanks to you, CreateDebate has been officially nominated in Mashable’s 2008 Open Web Awards in the Politics category!  You can read the official announcement

1:34pm November 13th, 2008Nominate CreateDebate!

Mashable is once again holding the 2008 Open Web Awards.  Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology.

Help us win recognition by nominating us!  Nominations close Sunday, November 16th at 11:59 pm PST so there’s no time ...

7:42pm November 6th, 2008Election Book Contest Results

Election Book Contest Results 

After weeks of campaigning, mudslinging on both sides, maverick-like arguments for and against each candidate, promises of change, and too many late night

10:18pm October 15th, 2008Karma Bombing and dealing with Trolls

Recently on CreateDebate, we had a situation where a user, instead of attacking users’ arguments with logic and good rebuttals, decided it would be easier to try to karma bomb people they disagreed with.  They could have responded to specific points the users made, but instead went into the user’s post history and voted down almost 800 argument...