Fallacy Hunt

Spot the fallacy

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FallacyHunt is a community game where players analyze short statements to identify logical fallacies. The goal is to correctly label as many fallacies as possible and earn points for it.

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How to Play

  1. Join a Game – Head to r/fallacyhunt_dev and find the latest claim post.

  2. Read the Claim – Each post presents a short statement pulled from an article.

  3. Pick a Fallacy – Choose the logical fallacies that you can spot in the claim.

  4. Submit Your Answer – Reply to the post with your selected fallacy. Add comments to make your point.

  5. Review Others – Read the discussion and vote on others’ explanations.

  6. Earn Points – Points are awarded for participation and when your answers align with community consensus.

Over time, you can become an expert in specific topics or discussions as you contribute more.

Reddit Features

  • Discussion Posts – Each assessment includes a discussion post where the article is summarized and key claims are introduced for analysis. Users can provide the key claims for discussion by themselves or allow the game to automatically generate it. 5-7 points are generated when doing automatically.

Start a Discussion

  • Claim Posts – Individual posts focusing on a single statement from the article. These are where players submit their fallacy answers and debate.

  • Post Flair Templates – Custom flairs are setup at a button-click and automatically added to posts to show topics and categories, making it easy to browse and filter discussions.

Setting up Post Flairs

  • Wiki Page – The points system used for doing the scoring rules is maintained via a wiki page. Great for team moderating different approaches to the reward system on the sub.

  • Comments as Context – Comments are used to link related posts and provide helpful context making it easier to follow the flow of the discussions.

  • Scheduled Discussions – New discussions can be scheduled to be posted automatically. The system selects a random topic from the subreddit’s flair templates, generates an article, and launches a game using the standard gameflow.

  • Leaderboards – Players rank simultaneously on three leaderboards: subreddit-wide (overall), topic-wide (by subject area), and discussion-wide (per game).

  • Fresh Game Tracking – New posts created across the subreddit are tracked in real time, allowing players to jump to fresh statements and continue playing immediately after finishing their current turn.

Mod Details

  • Who Can Post – Anyone can create a discussion post manually. Only moderators can trigger random topic discussions and set up auto-posting.

  • Game Setup – Use the "Initialize Game Assets" action in the mod tools to initialize a game. This sets up flair templates and prepares the wiki for managing fallacy scoring rules.

  • Mod Panel – Moderators get access to a private pane that displays upcoming scheduled posts and allows adjustments to game settings.

Mod Tools

  • Evaluation & Points – Each discussion is automatically evaluated after its scheduled time window ends. Points are calculated based on gameplay data and community voting. Mods can trigger a reeval from the mod pane.

First Assessments
Revaluating Results

  • Voting for Rewards – Use votes on comments to signal which claims deserve scoring attention. Claims with more engagement influence the final point distribution.

Scoring System

  • For each claim:

    • Collect all fallacy cards submitted by players.
    • Check the parent comment linking the claim to the main discussion. If it has more than 1 net vote (upvotes minus downvotes), points are awarded according to the card’s value (as defined in the wiki).
    • If the vote tally is negative, point penalties are applied based on the fallacy type's minus value.
    • If the vote count is 0 or 1, no points are added or deducted.

  • Final scores are aggregated across all claims in the discussion and used to update the player's rank in discussion-level, topic-level, and subreddit-wide leaderboards.

Mechanics

  1. Assessment Creation - Moderators create an assessment by supplying an article. The system extracts key statements (or optionally mods can type it in themselves).

  2. Gameplay - Players receive a statement and must select the appropriate fallacy cards using one of their seven randomly assigned fallacy cards.

  3. Scoring & Timer - Players earn points for correct fallacy selections.

  4. Peer Review - The community votes on the correctness of selected fallacies, finalizing the evaluation.

  5. Earn Points and Rewards - Earn points and rewards for your participation.

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