March 11, 2009

• Xanga Debate Tournament

  EDIT: VOTING CLOSES AT 11:00 AM EDT! 3/12
  
   Xanga Debate Tournament 
  ROUND 1 - DAY 2
  Round 1-Are eprops and credits beneficial to xanga?
  

  Well the xanga debate tournament is in full swing people.

  Yesterday TheBigShowAtUD and saintvi hosted the first two debates.
  Today I have the honor of hosting the tournaments along with vanedave.

  Below are two opening statements and rebuttals.
  Please read the entire debate and then vote,
  not for the one with whom you agree,but for the one who, in your opinion,
  presents the strongest argument.
  Debaters were assigned both their topic and the stance they were to take,
  so the arguments presented are not necessarily their actual opinions.
  Debaters will remain anonymous.
  The first two rounds will be decided by public vote, only one per blogger please.

  
  The topic for this one:
  Are eprops and credits beneficial to xanga?
  Openings:
  6 Seed: Eprops and credits are absolutely beneficial to xanga. They are a part of what makes the xanga blogging experience so unique. When used properly, eprops are a way of showing a bit of appreciation for a good post. Giving no eprops can also be a way of showing disapproval of a post. Like it or not, that 0 eprop option at least breaks up the monotony. Credits encourage people to write. They give people incentive to write more often and to seek out others in their community. Also, they can be used to buy fun things like minis or even free premium.

  11 Seed: I don’t think eprops/credits are beneficial to Xanga’s system. Aside from being a reward for good blog posts, I don’t see the reason behind the system of ‘credits’ that Xanga use. In other sites, you are able to change your screen name for free, premium offers a lot of features that you could do for free with some tweaks of some HTML/scripts, and aside from that, they don’t provide any real need of value for Xanga. The community can still do well without these credits. Long as there’d still be blogging, social interaction, and the other free provided services, credits aren’t much of a necessity.

  Rebuttals:
  6 Seed: You are correct that many other social networking sites do not use a credit system such as xanga's. Did you ever think that eprops and credits are part of what sets xanga apart? Do you want xanga to be more like facebook, where you have to pay actual money just to send someone a fake box of chocolates? The fact that there is some small reward for being an active part of this community can only be good. Credits and eprops are xanga's way of giving back to us.

  Also, I like the fact that it is not so easy to change your username here. On other sites you see people change screen names more often than they change their underwear. It's confusing and annoying. The fact that it is a bit more difficult to change names here on xanga makes people value their names. This is the way it should be.

  11 Seed: Well, what already sets Xanga apart from all the other sites was having a good Featured/Top Blogs system in place. Also, apps have never been an essential part of blogging. Sure there may be the MINIs that have been implemented, but most people have already claimed their dislike for such trivial things. Do we want Xanga to become another site filled with useless modules? There are already other things that Xanga can provide for entertainment, and why should we clog the site with more apps to annoy a lot of users?

  I've had plenty of times for when I've wanted to change my online title. You can always send out a notice to people when you do something as drastic as changing your online title. Some people do it once per three months, while others change their title per week. It's only your screenname, it's not like you're changing your real name altogether.
  

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