absolutely: I also am not a tech guy, although i do pretend to be one around my friends who have iPhones.

The "lite" option is talked about a bunch and i dunno if this is even possible but an easy signup that lets them at least participate would be a great place to start, even let them see the "SP they could have access to if they sign up for a full (and free) account. Perhaps even store it somewhere for them until they decide to. Of course their upvotes would have no weight but it could give them a chance to at least have some interest in going further.

Anyway, i don't know if this is even possible but I really agree with you when i say that I too think this should be of the utmost importance right now.