Face to face debates

[Noir]

Ive been thinking about something like this for a while so thought I'd throw it out there, the idea is simple, we are ofcourse a social species and are ever developing new tools to had the process of having discussions, and there is a steady stream heading back to interactive face to face discussions (which are ofcourse what we are specialised at)

So, to this end I thought I would be interesting to suggest a debate were instead of posting text, one posts an embeded video for the post content. There are several advantages, a 5 min video can have much more content than a very long post, as it's much more dynamic nothing is lost in translation etc.

Though there are obvious disadvantages, the two main ones being either people not wanting to have their face seen on a public forum or a lack of knowledge (or hardware) to make it possible for someone to do it. But if anyone does, I'm game :)

[chloe]

Ive been thinking about something like this for a while so thought I'd throw it out there, the idea is simple, we are ofcourse a social species and are ever developing new tools to had the process of having discussions, and there is a steady stream heading back to interactive face to face discussions (which are ofcourse what we are specialised at)

So, to this end I thought I would be interesting to suggest a debate were instead of posting text, one posts an embeded video for the post content. There are several advantages, a 5 min video can have much more content than a very long post, as it's much more dynamic nothing is lost in translation etc.

Though there are obvious disadvantages, the two main ones being either people not wanting to have their face seen on a public forum or a lack of knowledge (or hardware) to make it possible for someone to do it. But if anyone does, I'm game :)

I suspect people don't want there face shown on a public forum, because political beliefs can be controversial and if a boss got a hold of the video and felt a serious disagreement with a viewpoint it could be held against you.......tips the fedora:rolleyes:

[PostmodernProphet]

besides, it's bad enough having to look at your avatars.....

[chloe]

besides, it's bad enough having to look at your avatars.....


not a lollipop fan huh?

[PostmodernProphet]

not a lollipop fan huh?

/shrugs....I'm sure some of the lesbians around might find him sexually attractive......

[chloe]

/shrugs....I'm sure some of the lesbians around might find him sexually attractive......

As well as Moby fans !!!

[Noir]

I suspect people don't want there face shown on a public forum, because political beliefs can be controversial and if a boss got a hold of the video and felt a serious disagreement with a viewpoint it could be held against you.......tips the fedora:rolleyes:

Yeah I thought that'd be the main 'block' as it were, in any end (personally) if I held a private belief that someone would fire me over, for example being an atheist, then I wouldn't want to work for them anyway,

[Noir]

/shrugs....I'm sure some of the lesbians around might find him sexually attractive......

Come'on, let your inner lesbian out pmp ;D

[PostmodernProphet]

Come'on, let your inner lesbian out pmp ;D

I'm just a lesbian trapped in a man's body.....

[Noir]

I'm just a lesbian trapped in a man's body.....

IIRC that's how Eddie Izzard describes being a transvestite, 'a tomboy lesbian in a mans body' :laugh: