From idea to a submitted, challenge-ready debate in five steps and about two minutes.
Every debate on Swevo starts the same way. Someone picks a question they care about, chooses who should argue the other side, and sets the stage for an audience to watch, vote and weigh in.
This guide walks through the whole Create Debate flow, one step at a time, so you can go from an idea to a submitted debate in a couple of minutes.
You need a Swevo debater account. Once you are signed in, open your dashboard and click Create Debate. You will find it in the top right corner and in the sidebar.
Two things make the next few minutes easier:
The wizard has five steps: Basic Info, Format, Questions, Rights & Terms, and Review & Submit. A summary panel on the right updates as you go, so you can always see what your debate looks like.
Start with the essentials:
Next to the basic info, you will see four ways to invite an opponent:
When you pick someone, their photo appears opposite yours in the summary panel, so you can see the matchup take shape.
This is where you decide when the debate happens and how it runs.
Below those, three switches shape the audience experience:
If this is your first debate, the defaults are a good starting point: 3 rounds, 60 seconds per answer and 30 seconds for rebuttals.
As soon as you open this step, Swevo's AI writes a starting set of questions based on your topic, one per round. For the GOAT debate, that meant questions about playmaking, leadership and individual awards.
You are in full control of the final wording:
A good debate question can be argued from both sides. If one answer is obviously right, rewrite it until it is not.
Three quick agreements keep every debate fair:
The last step shows everything on one page: title, topic, category, opponent, schedule, format and settings. Spotted a mistake? Click Previous to go back and fix it.
Not ready to send it yet? Click Save as Draft at any point in the wizard. Your progress is kept, and you can finish it later from My Debates.
When it all looks right, click Submit Debate.
You will see a confirmation with you and your opponent side by side, marked "Pending admin approval". From there:
You get a notification at every step, so you always know where things stand.
New to the format? How Swevo works explains the arena, rounds and audience voting in more detail.
Ready to try it? Open your dashboard, click Create Debate, and put your first question to the arena.
Sign in to your Swevo debater account, open your dashboard and click Create Debate. The wizard takes you through five steps: basic info and opponent, format, questions, rights and terms, and a final review. When everything looks right, click Submit Debate and the Swevo team reviews it before your opponent is invited.
Yes. In the Choose your opponent section, pick Invite by Email and enter their email address. They receive an invitation to join Swevo and accept the debate once it has been approved.
An Open Challenge is a debate posted without a specific opponent. You choose the topic, and Swevo finds a challenger who wants to argue the other side. It is the easiest way to start a debate when you do not have someone in mind.
Swevo's AI writes a starting set of questions based on your topic, one for each round. You can click any question to rewrite it in your own words, or click Generate with AI for a fresh set. The final wording is always up to you.
Yes. Click Save as Draft at any point in the wizard. Your progress is kept and nothing is sent for review until you submit. You can pick it up again later from My Debates.
Your debate is marked Pending admin approval while the Swevo team reviews it. Once approved, your opponent is invited to accept, and the debate is added to the schedule where the audience can find it, mark themselves as interested and add it to their calendar. You get a notification at every step.
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