[toomuchtodo]

Value to whom? Reddit has decided that they do not value the users being deplatfomed. Any value you receive from the platform as a user is a byproduct.

Pool funds for VMs and fire up phpBB or IRC if unhappy with the platforms available.

[ratsmack]

Gab did that and was summarily attacked by silicon Valley et al., so I guess you would have to build an entirely separate internet infrastructure instead of just opening up shop with phpBB.

[handedness]

People who are concerned about the politico-media complex.