u/Revolutionary-Rice90

I’ve been building https://rebuttal.live — a live debating platform where people debate topics in real time and climb ranked leaderboards through an ELO system.

The idea came from noticing that social media already revolves around arguments, except current platforms reward outrage and engagement farming more than actual reasoning. I wanted to make something that feels closer to a competitive game mixed with live discussion.

People can debate politics, philosophy, ethics, social issues, sports takes, or basically anything controversial. Winners gain rank, profiles track debate history, and the goal is to create a place where being articulate and persuasive actually matters.

Still early, but I’m curious what other indie hackers think about the concept.

https://rebuttal.live — it’s a competitive live debating website I’ve been building where people can debate politics, philosophy, social issues, or honestly anything controversial in real time.

There’s ranked ELO, live voice/text debates, and global leaderboards. I wanted it to feel more like a competitive game than a normal forum.

How it works: 2-20 people join a live room and debate a topic. Could be politics, philosophy, food, relationships — anything that gets people going.

Every argument you type gets scored 0-30 by an AI judge based on logic, evidence, depth, and vocabulary. You see your score instantly after every message.

The person with the most points at the end wins ELO and climbs a global leaderboard. Serious topics like philosophy and politics pay out way more ELO than casual ones.

There are ELO-locked competitive rooms for the top players, a 24-hour Debate of the Day where anyone can compete for +300 ELO, and a post-game breakdown of your logical fallacies and persuasion score.

The AI doesn't care how confident you sound. It cares how you articulate your points.

rebuttal.live — give it a try (although there is an outage with our host for the backend so servers are currently down)

How it works: 2-20 people join a live room and debate a topic. Could be politics, philosophy, food, relationships — anything that gets people going.

Every argument you type gets scored 0-30 by an AI judge based on logic, evidence, depth, and vocabulary. You see your score instantly after every message.

The person with the most points at the end wins ELO and climbs a global leaderboard. Serious topics like philosophy and politics pay out way more ELO than casual ones.

There are ELO-locked competitive rooms for the top players, a 24-hour Debate of the Day where anyone can compete for +300 ELO, and a post-game breakdown of your logical fallacies and persuasion score.

The AI doesn't care how confident you sound. It cares how you articulate your points.

rebuttal.live — give it a try (although there is an outage with our host for the backend so servers are currently down)