I think it is now appropriate to discuss how we are building ID. Building a rich site isn’t something that happens overnight. The speed of development is really a function of time spent working on the project.

For us, we have chosen to work at night and on the weekends while trying to balance our regular lives and jobs. To work effectively, we chose to segment our work. Meaning, we would take a segment of the site, sketch it, code it, then add function. This has worked very well for us.

We are taking a bit more time with this project than we would have liked, but it is just to make sure the quality is high. Our idea is new to the web and we want to represent it well.

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Greetings.

It is almost that time. Our site is coming together and with every bug we find and feature we successfully create, our anticipation grows.

As the political season heats up with the upcoming Presidential race, our site will be THE place to debate the issues of the day! I am very confident when I say that. At the same time, we will encourage debate of all things. Have an argument with your wife? Air you complaint on our site. The people will be the ultimate arbitration mechanism.

Other sites have tried, and will continue to try, to mimic us. However, our key differentiator is our creative spirit and our talent. Our team draws on a great synergy and the skill and talent the people involved in our site have is dramatic.

You will see.

Look for something from us very soon.

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I am happy to report our little project was mentioned on TechCrunch.

This is great news to all involved. We think our creation (although not yet public) certainly merits the mention.

For those who don’t know, I created this site for myself. I hated being limited to internet forums or crowded chat rooms to debate on where nothing gets accomplished and there is no outcome. Our site will be social, democratic, competitive, and in real-time.

Our site was mentioned in the same post as a profile for another debate site. After visiting this site, we feel our offering is in a great position. The features we will bring to the table, will make our site more usable, fun, and addicting. We will do (and have already done in our demo) many of the same things, but better.

I am looking forward to the day when I can announce our launch.

More news soon… Feel free to sign up for our RSS feed to keep up with our progress. To sign up for our beta testing, please visit IntenseDebate.com.

Also, I need to give major props to my programmer Jon, and designer Isaac. They are extremely talented people.

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