I don't know what rule Jason broke specifically, I haven't been active much lately. But he will never get banned from saidit because he's too iconic. You said in another thread that saidit is a pretty tight knit community with its own dramas, stories and characters. Well, your comment is quite true! Saidit.net is home of the world's strongest, and personally I don't think saidit would be the same without Jason and the gang. On some level I think the admins know this too (and rightfully so) but maybe I'm just reaching.

Some of the popular users are against saidit growing and prefer it stay underground.

I think they may be right. Initially, the idea of growing saidit sounded good to me because it would increase the likelihood of meeting like-minded Australians who are also sick and tired of this clown world and the troons that inhabit it.

But part of saidit's charm is the fact that it is tight knit like you said. If saidit had millions of users then I wouldn't get a dopamine hit from recognising the regulars because it would be harder to remember everyone. But maybe that's a nerdy as fuck reason and I shouldn't be attached to people I will never meet IRL. Regardless of my nerdy ass reasons, ultimately it's up to the admins to decide what they want. They shouldn't stunt the growth of saidit cause all the cool and popular kids said no. Damn! I wish I was a cool kid...

Fact of the matter is, as much as some people love to complain that saidit is "muh dead forum", I think the reason why saidit is dead is because there simply isn't enough people like "us" in this world if that makes any sense. We're all outnumbered by NPCs and saidit is just one of the few good places left. So maybe I'm not against growing saidit per se, but it's just that there ain't that many people left to recruit. We're literally the last line of defence against clown world as gay as that sounds, but it's true.

But so far I'm pretty content with the state of saidit right now. I'll happily shitpost with the same 20 people forever, although I can see why people would get bored of that very quickly and would want new faces. I've told a couple of IRL friends about saidit and they thought it was interesting. But not interesting enough for them to make an account and participate I guess. So for growth maybe that's another idea too, just telling people IRL about it.