It's also weird when you comment about backing up saidit or decentralizing it, though I think too much decentralization might be a bad thing, nobody comments back.

d3rr has backups, and there are other ways via RSS, API, etc.

A federation would share the database and userbase. Lack of comments is not a problem with good content.

Whatever your circumstance, wherever you are, whatever your budget, it's not hard to find old personal computers and parts, even for free.

If you can get on SaidIt then you at least have Internet and electricity sometimes.

If everyone creates their own home junior-server out of old PCs to co-host a new decentralized forum then we'll have a strong federation.

Some of us can even host strong-servers that can be the backbone of the network with faster connections, archiving, other platforms, and other features.

Obviously some have zero admin skills and some are experts. We need to not only accommodate all 1) plug-n-play, 2) basic beginner, 3) advanced, and 4) expert users, but we'll also need to find ways to maintain anonymity for those who want it. We will need tutorials. I'm not I.T. but trying to get a forum and wiki up for projects, including tutorials and so much more, globally and locally.

There's soooooo much more to this movement than just all the technical geeky stuff too. Sharing awareness, public relations, branding, accounting, management, writing and proofing, etc etc etc.

There really is no excuse to not be a part of this effort.