A better way to disagree.
Banjo is a platform for structured discussion and debate, built on the idea that harmony doesn’t require agreement. Whether you’re talking with classmates, colleagues, friends, or people you’ve never met, Banjo helps keep the conversation focused, thoughtful, and civil.
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Most college courses should include instruction on how to evaluate sources, especially in the age of misinformation.
Stage 1: Initial Voting & Discussion
Checking a source takes two minutes. Not knowing how costs a whole semester of bad arguments.
Students who learn to trace a claim back to its source carry that habit into every class — not just the ones that teach it.
That’s what high school is for. College should assume basic information literacy instead of adding to every syllabus.
How it works
Philosophy major. Curious about ethics, tech and how people change their minds.
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Find a topic that interests you and join the conversation.
Make your case
Take a position, explain your thinking, and see how others approach the same topic.
Keep the conversation going
Engage with different perspectives, respond to others, and invite people to join.
What makes Banjo different
Built for disagreement. Designed for better conversation.
Most online conversations give you a blank comment box. Banjo gives the conversation structure.
Structured conversation
Agree, disagree, or remain unsure — then make your case and engage with responses.
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3 Engage
Most college courses should include instruction on how to evaluate sources.
Enter an argument in support of your position. Minimum 10 words, maximum 800 words.
Different perspectives
See how others approach the same topic, including viewpoints different from your own.
Students who learn to trace a claim back to its source carry that habit into every class — not just the ones that teach it.
That’s what high school is for. College should assume basic information literacy.
Fair — but a one-week module in the first term might bridge that gap without touching every syllabus.
Optional AI coaching
Get help strengthening and respectfully communicating your own ideas — without being told what to think.
Smart summaries
See the key ideas, most-engaged claims, shifts in opinion, and trends shaping the conversation.
Shifts in opinion · Stage 1 → Stage 2
Most-engaged claims
Students who learn to trace a claim back to its source carry that habit into every class.
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Uncertain participants decide.
For higher education
Bring better debate into the classroom.
Give students a structured place to make an argument, engage with opposing viewpoints, and practice the skills behind productive disagreement — in class or on their own time.
Banjo was built with input from leading professors and thinkers in philosophy, ethics, and civil discourse — bringing decades of expertise in reasoning, argument, and productive disagreement.
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