Many of the abundant issues could have been mitigated if the community was included in its own destiny. Self-regulation and invested stakes would compel people to actually give a shit about this place rather than just use and abuse another free platform. Instead the owner's ego pissed away all the promise and potential this site ever had. Sad.

It's time for another new private platform, preferably decentralized, where users must establish themselves by first earning their cred on sites like SaidIt - then be admitted to the next new tier.