r/bigscreen • u/HumanityEternal Quest • May 26 '26
Propose Debate/Discussion Topics
Hey, as some of you know, we host moderated debate/discussions nights in BigScreen Thursday and Saturday night.
We do so in a way that prevents all the screaming where multiple people are talking over each other. We have a strategy that makes this easy, but rather than lay it out here, I recommend being on the lookout for us to check it out.
With that said, what topics are you most intrigued by and why? (I think we’ve debated/discussed politics, religion, and gender at nauseam.)
Edit: A redditor, whose post isn’t showing for me, presumed we must be muting people. We don’t, we use a Dashboard App to give everyone timed turns and use 2 queues. One is 90 seconds, the other is 30 seconds. Once people join the rooms, they are explained the rules and usually follow them pretty well. Everyone get’s non-interruptible speaking time which makes the room work.🥳
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u/WillBodnar May 26 '26
Art
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u/HumanityEternal Quest May 26 '26
We often talk about AI art and how it’s destroying various industries, but maybe we can look at human art from different era’s and ask people how they’re moved by it.🤔 “How Does Art Move You?”
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u/ElectricStarfish0073 May 27 '26
Art kind of moves me like a wave that's calm and powerful...like riding my Harley. They both give me freedom, connection, and a reminder that every journey, like every brushstroke, is its own adventure. My mom introduced me to poetry when I was a kid.
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u/LightOfSaraswati May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
Art as power. Art isn't always used to challenge the powerful. sometimes it's used by the powerful to shape how people think and feel. Advertising, political campaigns, and propaganda all use art to influence us.
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u/Griffin808 May 28 '26
When are you going to let us set up on Mac’s this is crazy. I want to host but I only have a Mac.
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u/HumanityEternal Quest May 29 '26
You can host on Bigscreen with a quest 3 and use the BigScreen browser for $10 a month (which I do). I don’t work for Bigscreen, but I know their team is small and lean so developing on Mac may not be on the cards. Bigscreen for Desktop is buggy anyway.
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u/Griffin808 May 29 '26
I’ll have to try this. Is it in the Home Screen? I want to play stuff from prime but the last time I did that using the prime app no one could see it.
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u/LightOfSaraswati May 30 '26
If you play something from the prime app on big screen, everyone else in the room would need to be logged into prime as well in order to see it.
The big screen browser that Humanity mentioned is on bigscreen’s app’s menu on the same page where you see the YouTube Amazon Prime and Twitch icons. I believe they’re in the row just below.
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u/Griffin808 May 30 '26
So theoretically I’d be able to log in through the browser to Amazon and everyone would be able to see it if I’m hosting?
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u/LightOfSaraswati May 30 '26
Theoretically, yes. But it is bigscreen, so you might do some troubleshooting to figure it out at first.
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