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Demonstration of the List of Resources!
See how easy it is to use the list of resources to add whole discussions to rbutr! See the list of lists here: http://rbutr.com/2012/02/rebuttal-resources-for-contentious-subjects-seed-rbutr/
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rbutr Temporarily Down for Upgrades
Craig just needs to do some work on the database, which will interfere with the performance of rbutr, so we have taken the app offline for a few hours while he completes the upgrades. Everything should...
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A Unique Problem With Link Normalisation? (Canonical URLs!)
So we have hit a serious problem with rbutr which we need to overcome in order for it to be effective as it needs to be for it to deliver rebuttals reliably for arguments which have been rebutted, and...
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rbutr Plan Coming Together
Less than three weeks ago Craig got to work on building the first version of rbutr, and just this morning Craig informed me that he was basically ready to go. The app has grown substantially from my...
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Rational Debate
If only everyone could be forced to obey this poster… Found at Critical Thinkers
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The Ultimate Objective of rbutr
Not sure what rbutr is? Watch this video… The ultimate objective of rbutr, is to help bring online discussions to the best possible conclusion available with the known information. The method used to...
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What rbutr Could Do For Online Discourse…
So there is this really strong visual in my head about what rbutr could achieve, and I want to render it in to some sort of beautiful 3d flying websites animation – only I can’t animate. So I have used...
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Promoting Agendas With rbutr
I have been contacting people about rbutr over the past few weeks in an attempt to gauge community interest in the app and to see if anyone will actually use it (probably just about the most important...
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How Are Rebuttals Added to rbutr?
Rebuttals are added to rbutr by our users. Anyone is free to connect any webpage to any other webpage at any time and indicate that one is a rebuttal of the other. The rebuttals in the system are then...
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Why Should I Use rbutr?
Well the most obvious benefit of installing and using rbutr is the simplicity of finally being able to get ‘more information’ whenever you are unsure about a piece of information. Not only will it save...
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Life on Mars, racist architecture, and the Pope vs evolution. The best of...
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View ArticleTeach critical literacy with these real web argument pairs – Society
We’re looking for feedback from teachers who require good examples of arguments and counter arguments on various topics to use in classrooms, usually to teach critical literacy to their students. Below...
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Shuttle explosion, vaccination, and police corruption – The best of rbutr #11
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Net neutrality, Taylor Swift and a more inclusive KKK – The best of rbutr #12
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View Articlerbutr is about more than rebuttals
I’ve always loved the name rbutr. It works on many levels, and is very brandable. But unfortunately it very strongly ties us to the word rebuttal – which is really just a part of what rbutr does. rbutr...
View ArticleOpening Up – rbutr needs your help.
Please fill out our short questionaire! The rbutr Beta launch happened 3 years ago on the 1st of March. Since then we have grown to a peak of roughly 20,000 plugin users, 30,000+ rebuttals mapped, and...
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Article: Memetic Immune System for the Internet
I just published my most thorough explanation of the rbutr concept over at my medium.com blog the other day. It already has over 16,000 views. You can see it here. I take the time to explain why we...
View ArticleSome Survey Responses Are In…
So I went away for the weekend (I got to watch the Eagles in concert) and came back to 60 responses to our survey so far. There are still some more coming in, and feel free to respond if you still...
View ArticleMaking rbutr Open Source
After no small amount of deliberation and consideration, we have decided to make rbutr’s code open source. In order for this to happen we will need one or more people willing to take on the...
View ArticleWhat We have Achieved So Far
As we approach three and a half years since beta launch, I just wanted to take a moment to put together a post outlining some of our achievements. The biggest of which is the fact that rbutr is still...
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