There is the risk of misconceptions being further perpetuated, instead of being debunked.
After one or two weeks, most of us are not able to fully comprehend all the nuances of Steem's inner workings. It just takes time for these complex concepts to settle down in our heads. In my case it took much longer than a week and even now, after several months, there are still areas that I don't fully understand.
A lot that Tone Vays said during the latest debate was utter non-sense. You did your best to oppose his claims and sometimes you succeed but on a couple of occasions you let him off the hook, while what he was saying made absolutely no sense or was just untrue. And that's OK, after a week of dealing with the subject most of us would not do any better.
Tone Vays should have been knocked out in this debate. He came unprepared (though he declared reading the whitepaper) and has almost no understanding of the blockchain business - yet he survived quite well and got away almost unchallenged. This should not have happened, especially when you receive several thousands dollars for doing this job.
Here is my appeal:
Please, next time when you organize a similar debate, invite (or partner with) somebody who has a deep understanding of the Steem whitepaper and its codebase.
I'd suggest Nathan Hourt (aka 