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Here’s what we’ve got for you today.

• Debate. Visualized. Simplified.

• The same problem over and over.

Map Arguments. Don’t Repeat Them.

The One Liner

Turn messy arguments into clean, visual conversation trees.

The 140 character tweet (or X) version

Tired of debates going in circles? This tool maps any topic into a clean visual tree of arguments, counterpoints, and replies — in real-time.

The Longer Story Version

The Problem

We’ve all been there.

A debate starts. You make a solid point. Someone replies. Another person jumps in. Then someone repeats a point that got debunked five comments ago. Now you’re 12 replies deep in a thread that looks like spaghetti — and nobody can tell who said what or what’s actually been addressed.

It’s worse in classrooms, forums, Reddit, X... even meetings. Conversations sprawl. Nuance gets lost. People talk past each other. The same debates repeat every 3 months because no one remembers where the last one left off.

There’s no high-leverage way to see a discussion and instantly understand where you stand in it.

The Solution

Imagine a tool that turns any discussion into a living, breathing flowchart.

You enter a topic. The tool breaks it down into argument → counterargument → rebuttal chains, visually mapped.

You can trace the whole convo, see what’s been addressed, what’s been ignored, and where the discussion is getting stuck. No more loops. No more repeats.

Bonus: you can jump into any point in the tree and contribute, or just observe like you’re watching a logic chess match unfold.

It’s like Miro met a philosophy major… and they made a baby with AI.

How We’d Build It

Here’s how the MVP could come together:

• Frontend: Use Tldraw or React Flow for beautiful, interactive diagrams.

• Argument Mapping: Use GPT-4 + RAG to detect structure and categorize points from real conversations.

• Discussion Input: Start with X threads, Reddit comments, or pasted transcripts.

• Semantic Tracking: Integrate with LangChain to track when a point is repeated or countered, even if phrased differently.

• Hosting: Drop it on Vercel for speed and scale.

• Gamify It: Add upvotes for strongest rebuttals and track “unanswered” branches.

Secret weapon? Use a custom graph DB like Dgraph to store and query debate trees fast.

Why It Needs to Exist

Because conversation should build, not bounce in circles.

This doesn’t just organize discourse — it upgrades it. Students could follow complex topics. Teams could map decisions. Reddit mods could shut down repeated debates by just linking “the tree.”

And for the rest of us? We get a bird’s-eye view of any conversation that matters — and exactly where we fit into it.

Instead of shouting into the void, now we’re building a map.

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Recurring Problems = Hidden Demand

If people argue about the same thing every week, there’s a business hiding underneath it.

You’ve probably noticed it.

The same debates show up again and again:

• Should tipping be mandatory?

• Is college still worth it?

• Why are meetings still awful?

• Should remote workers be paid less?

At first glance, these just seem like opinions flying around. But if you zoom out, they’re actually signals. They’re pointing at unsolved problems that people care about enough to rant about over and over again.

That’s not noise. That’s demand.
Messy, unstructured, sometimes irrational demand. But demand nonetheless.

The smartest founders I know don’t wait for “aha” moments. They go where people are annoyed, confused, or stuck—and ask, why is this conversation happening in the first place?

🔍 A Simple Trick

Want a startup idea?

1. Go to Reddit, Twitter (X), or a forum in your niche.

2. Search for heated threads or recurring questions.

3. Don’t look for answers. Look for patterns.

Let’s take an example.

Go to Reddit’s r/freelance and search for “payment issues.” You'll see the same conversation 10+ times a month:

“Client ghosted me after submitting the work.”
“They said they’d pay on Net-30. It’s day 45.”
“How do you get paid before delivering work?”

You don’t need to invent the next Stripe. You just need to build something that solves this exact repeated pain. That’s where the opportunity lives.

🛠 Tools to Help You Spot These Patterns

Here are a few underrated tools for surfacing recurring problems fast:

• Glasp – Chrome extension that lets you highlight web convos & sync insights across Reddit, Twitter, and blogs. Use it like your personal "complaint collector."

• Hacker News Trends (hntrends.com) – See which topics spike repeatedly. Filter by industry or timeframe.

• GummySearch – Amazing for analyzing Reddit comments at scale. Search by niche and surface top complaints/questions.

• ThreadReader + X Search Operators – Find long debates and extract all replies. Search “(tip OR tipping) min_faves:20 lang:en” and start skimming for patterns.

Pro tip: Save the links. Create your own “complaints database.” If a conversation pops up 3+ times in different places? You’re on to something.

🤯 What This Actually Does

When you chase arguments instead of answers, you:

• Find unspoken needs: Sometimes people don’t even know what they want. But they know what sucks. That’s a signal.

• Build stuff people rant about: Rants = emotion. And emotion is what makes users care enough to try a new tool.

• Avoid fake problems: If nobody’s arguing about it, it’s probably not urgent. Don’t build for mild interest—build for obsession.

💡 Your Weekly Prompt

This week, pick a subreddit or online community in your niche.

Search for something people always complain about.
Trace the replies.
Find the common counterarguments.
Ask: What’s not being solved here?

There’s probably a startup idea waiting in the mess.

You don’t need perfect clarity. You just need a real problem.
And the internet is loud with real problems.

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