Instigator / Pro
10
1499
rating
51
debates
36.27%
won
Topic
#5452

The Ex Review App

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
9
Better sources
4
6
Better legibility
2
3
Better conduct
1
2

After 3 votes and with 10 points ahead, the winner is...

Tejretics
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Rated
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
2,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Minimal rating
None
Contender / Con
20
1549
rating
9
debates
66.67%
won
Description

Burden of proof is shared

Resolution: this house would support an App that lets people write down their past dating experiences, and rate their ex on a scale from 1 to 5 stars.

Round 1
Pro
#1
Ex review! What's so bad about it? Look at every day services provided: restaurants, TV shows, movies, almost everything that serves, has a review app nowadays! Reviewing people might sound bad at first look, but when you think about it deeper, don't a lot of people do the same thing already? Look at Reddit: /r/relationship_advice tells of the personal sob stories for people to help them and guide them through their troubles. Now we don't have to ask everybody around, those who have bad relationships can now post and review their Ex's!  

Now onto the app! The App will provide a service platform for people to easily browse through searching through people. You'll know their personality and story through a personal experience. And if the other Ex is smart, they might post their side of the story too. You'll know who admitted their faults, who might be too crazy, and who got hurt through the app. Just think about it: it's not a crime to be a jerk, but it certainly won't help your future dating experiences! Better to know now than later, so you won't get hurt again. The Ex Review app will also help profile potential abusers in case they try to hide their history, and require some serious reconciliation to make up for past mistakes! Look at the Restaurants' service as an example. We've all seen the tear jerking reviews where the man leaves the 100$ tip for the waiter. Or perhaps the brain bashing refusal of service, and a poorly maintained building. Just like that, we can tell what kind of person they are from the Ex review app. 

Now onto Con.
Con
#2
I’ll answer Pro’s case next round (2K character limit).

First, this is a massive privacy violation. The app seems like it would be a socially acceptable space to provide information that’s very personal within a relationship (e.g. what their sex life was like, things their ex told just them). This is (1) likely quite damaging to an ex’s mental health, regardless of whether they have the ability to respond and (2) a violation of their consent, as their personal information belongs to them and a partner breaks their trust by sharing it. The app facilitates both this psychological harm and this violation of autonomy, which is unjust. (1) is a significant harm. As an analogy, Kilovaty 2021 finds that data breaches lead to “depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other related conditions” – this is akin to a data breach from someone who knows most things about an ex’s life. (2) is an independent harm to justice. 

Second, this makes moving on from relationships harder. This is true of app users themselves, who spend time thinking and processing bad experiences from a breakup a bunch on the app, and it’s true of the exes, who have to confront accusations against them and revisit a bad relationship. Remember, people are disproportionately likely to use an ex review app when the breakup is bad, as even leaving a positive review feels like it could be a privacy violation if you wanna remain on good terms with an ex. Pro might argue people choose to use the app, but I suspect people are actually stuck in a prisoner’s dilemma: if their ex uses the app to post comments on them, they feel obliged to join the app and respond, which causes them to have to use the app as well. Furthermore, the app would end up becoming a social expectation in some circles (e.g. people on some dating apps), further increasing coercive pressure to use the app. Additionally, the app is likely to be more negative about people than they deserve, if breakups are so bad (e.g. false accusations).


Round 2
Pro
#3
I concede. I think the original Ex review app in China might have been deleted for the reasons. Thanks for debate
Con
#4
No worries -- fwiw, I think this topic is pretty interesting!
Round 3
Pro
#5
Forfeited
Con
#6
Alright.