Epistemic status: I’m not the first person to think of this
I think one reasonable way forward would be to compile a list of as many previous attempts along the same lines as you can find, and then analyze what about them worked and what failed.
It’s my impression that there have been a lot of attempts.
Right off the top of my head, every debate website I’ve come across so far puts topics into simplified yes/no questions instead of considering multiple possible alternatives next to each other. That’s true of Kialo, DebateIsland, Debate.org, ProCon.org, CreateDebate, iDebate.org, and more.
I think one reasonable way forward would be to compile a list of as many previous attempts along the same lines as you can find, and then analyze what about them worked and what failed.
It’s my impression that there have been a lot of attempts.
Right off the top of my head, every debate website I’ve come across so far puts topics into simplified yes/no questions instead of considering multiple possible alternatives next to each other. That’s true of Kialo, DebateIsland, Debate.org, ProCon.org, CreateDebate, iDebate.org, and more.