Resolved: DDO should Drop The Phone Requirement Needed for Voting Rights

I'll get into some rebuttals, and then state my case.Rebuttals1. While not all users may have a cell phone, most do. 91% of adults use cell phones (1). More people own cell phones than people who own toilets (2). Out of the world's 7 billion people, 6 billion have access to cell phones. Only 4.5 billion are able to get to working toilets. Furthermore, it seems very reasonable to assume that people who have access to internet and desire to debate different topics would have access to a cell phone.2. For users who truly desire to be an active part of DDO, but for some unusual reason do not have access to a cell phone, messages can be easily sent to airmax1227 (3) or TUF (4) and they can get their account working very quickly. This enables the moderators to filter who gets a voting account. As I'll explain later, voting priveliges are important.3. This is actually going to be one of my points. We do not want just anybody to be able to make accounts and vote. This would cause major problems. More on this later. There are threads where you can post your unvoted debates, and they are then almost always voted on (5). If you want your debate to be voted on, you can easily ask another member, and chances are you can find someone to vote on it.My argumentsNow I'll get to my arguments.1. The system works fine as it is now.The majority of users have no problems with DDO's voting system. Most people have cell phones, so this isn't a problem to begin with. Of those users who don't, well if they truly want to get voting privileges on DDO, they can contact the site moderators. There simply aren't good reasons to change the system, and it works well the way it is.2. An increase of votebombingVotebombing is already a problem on DDO. Many users vote on who they want to win, and don't even read the arguments. If we were to allow someone to vote without validating their account, votebombing would become rampant. A user could literally create as many accounts as he wants. All he would have to do is open a new email account, and voila! Then he could literally go and vote over and over and over again on his debates, so that he would be the winner.This would result in an increase in activity from the site moderators. They already have their hands full with enough votebombing, and other issues, and this would just make things worse.ConclusionIn conclusion, there are simply no good reasons to change the system. It works fine as it is now, and it isn't a problem for the vast majority of internet users. On the other hand, changing the system would result in adding fuel to the already huge problem of votebombing.It looks as if my opponent is new to DDO. I'd like to give him a warm welcome, and commend him on bringing this topic up in a debate. However, if he sticks around longer, he will realize that if there is to be any reform, it is that voting priveliges should be more restricted. Many of the top users on DDO already agree on this (6).The problem is that when someone gives a 2 page long RFD, and gives out 3 points to Con, then a votebomber comes along, doesn't really read the debate, and awards 6 points to Pro. This is extremely frustrating to all parties involved.I'll give some examples of votebombs in the next round.==Sources==(1)http://www.pewresearch.org...(2)http://newsfeed.time.com...(3)http://www.debate.org...(4)http://www.debate.org...(5)http://www.debate.org...(6)http://www.debate.org...