User blog:Batran99/Debate blog or thread

In order to boost activity, I am thinking of hosting (or other admins hosting) weekly debates regarding a certain topic or ongoing event. The debates can come in either two forms: "free-roam" or "controlled". Free-roam is where people who participate can discuss whatever they want in the topic and go into any direction they would like (so long it remains within the topic). Controlled is where there are pre-existing multiple arguments sides already presented and that players would either argue against or for.

an example is a (controlled) debate whether the wall should be built or not. My argument could be yes because it helps boost the economy through spending/investment in public projects (which the wall could be a public project), lowering unemployment (for a time), helps discourage/reduce/control illegal immigration, could bring a lot of people out of poverty.

And then you can try to refute or promote my argument.

this would also knock two birds with one stone since it would also push the use of the Discussion Moderator (as there are complaints there isn't much).

The debates can come in either thread or blog depending on the significance of the event (thread for minor events like the legacy of a certain figure, blog for major like Iranian protests)

what do you think?