convince /u/magnora7

Good luck with that. He has zero interest in fair, open, accountable, consistent, nor honest social management systems. He's coasting. Besides, you can't even convince folks that you're not a shill or that vaccines are good for you.

He only wants people to participate on his terms and within his limits. Anyone gets too motivated and he shits on them as he can't get past his ego and cooperate. But he can serve his chosen purpose and play whack-a-troll to filter out all the STABs for the rest of the federation, many of which will be invite-only like my instance. I'll let new users prove themselves on SaidIt first, then invite them. Others may choose to play whack-a-troll if they like too.

Worth stating/repeating: I won't be "stealing users" from SaidIt as the goal is to have the federation interact with SaidIt as well, like anyone else in the federation.

From over a decade of Burning Man experience I can tell you that managing volunteers is like herding cats. You're time-zone idea sounds good but won't work well - though it'd be better than nothing. Add a paycheck, crypto, or rewards, and that's a different story.

Fuck immature idiots and their "free speech". I want cooperation, truth-seeking, minimal governance, and a say in our systems for fairness and liberty without exploitation. Freedom means living together with people under rules that you and they choose together. Freedom is secondary to choosing the rules that you can get other people to agree to. See also, this.