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Yes, these answers are somewhat flip. But ...
I can easily imagine someone rational signing up for cryonics. What I have more trouble imagining is someone rational becoming evangelical on the topic. Surely there are lives easier and cheaper to save than mine. Why is it important to you to convince me on this? Why aren't you asking me to contribute to Doctors without Borders? Are you perhaps seeking validation of your own life choices?
Economies of scale mean that increasing numbers of cryonics users lower costs and improve revival chances. I would class this with disease activism, e.g. patients (and families of patients) with a particular cancer collectively organizing to fund and assist research into their disease. It's not a radically impartial altruist motivation, but it is a moral response to a coordination/collective action problem.
Yes, that makes sense. Though that kind of thinking does not motivate me to go door-to-door every Saturday trying to convince my neighbors to buy more science books.