Debate Dev Log · Sep 30

For days the word "co-create" has been on the front door — but until today, ordinary users couldn't actually build a chart: pick the ranking type and the candidate input box simply never rendered, with the publish button stuck gray; anyone who squeezed past hit a missing validation branch; and the bar demanded at least 10 candidates to start. All three breaks got reconnected today, and 3 candidates are enough to open a chart now — the founder sets the tone, nominations fill in the rest. The minimal co-creation loop finally works. Also pried off the 200-entry per-chart nomination cap, letting rate limits and banned-word checks handle abuse, and entry sharing became a closed loop: links land right on the highlighted entry, and a visitor who votes before logging in keeps that vote once they sign in.

The other front: growth verification officially opens — a lifecycle ledger and a baseline snapshot, measure the baseline first so we can actually tell whether things grow. The monetization call is settled too: self-serve placements retired, AdSense leads. And the question-crafting skills made plain-language review a mandatory pre-upload gate, checked in zh/en pairs — change one side, the other must follow.