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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. As well as a lot of technical ideas and more, much of it is even organized in the (Wiki List)[https://saidit.net/wiki/index#wiki_wiki_list) going back over a year and a half ago. And most of it has been ignored. Much understandably - considering there were only 2 of them trying to revive the old Frankenstein Reddit-code and improve on it - while also trying to run the site, avoid attacks, admin, mod, and keep up on current events. No small task. But also not delegated. Keeping the cards close to the chest can be wise and it can also keep you isolated and limited, not to mention stressed, strained, and overtaxed - and under-thanked.

I'm hoping this might inspire a decent conversation and maybe light some fires under peoples asses and imaginations and/or even get people to all ask for something(s). Ultimately it all comes down to the approval or veto of one guy with many great ideas for SaidIt, yet limited, being only human.

While I'm primarily preoccupied with stuff for a few months, eventually upon my "return" I may even become motivated to start conversations about developing another new SaidIt-like site that is more organized to be better utilized for research (well organized subs, categories, metatags, etc), with better voting tools, broader decentralization, and with MUCH more open transparent democracy on policies, site goals, marketing/funding, etc. I would even expect to become a minority on some issues on this new site, but that comes with democracy. However, I'm just not a coder guy, so all I can do is talk about much of it impotent without an army of coders. Or, another option would be to find a very popular existing open-source forum with some robust functionality and custom skin it to appear and act much like SaidIt/Reddit does, and then introduce the extra features. Again, easier said than done. But honestly, I'd rather just improve SaidIt than DivideIt, and if any of us were to make a serious effort and fork off, it would absolutely have to be significantly different and improved, both technically and community-wise - not just another Reddit-Lite. (I wish I'd bothered to learn what forum software the QxR was using before they packed it in as that was excellent, though very different that the Reddit-style. I'm not too forum savvy.)