And the conversations were publicly accessible.
Unlike now, where anyone can not read them.
I looked in 2008, when the site was in beta and you used a different image.
There were also popularity contests, and no Clarify button but Oppose and Favour.
Though the website has changed a lot since its inception.
I looked at it in the wayback machine.
But mine is a more Heraclitean approach.
That's a problem, isn't it?
Debaters don't stay around for years, except a few who are exceptions to the rule, to the same website. Almost everyone who can debate naturally is bored by stagnation.