hi wasted and welcome to the p2p zone at napsterites underground!
i saw your post as ninersfan. nice to see you here.
our experience with the public phase of waste ended about 6 weeks ago. we shut down the open network experiments and moved into the present phase, always-on private groups of about a dozen members. these groups have formed around people who for the most part have known each other on a daily basis for some time, usually on the order of years. content isn't the main issue with the group, familiarity is. as such, getting into one is based solely on the comfort level within the group. in today's unique climate trust is its own commodity.
my advice as always is to start your own named network and pm that name (and whatever ip is needed to enter) to anyone you feel you'd like to have as a member and see what develops.
in other words, instead of waiting on an established group, start your own - and call for users. i think there are many people who'd like to join.
naturally, any technical advice you might need we'll try to accomodate.
- js.