Nostr doesn't need to stand on the side of the road with the skirt pushed up
I feel like it actually does. Thats why retention is terrible, and almost nobody uses it at all, never mind retain interest. I log on and all I see is bitcoin zaps stack nodes lighning. Nobody cares, they want to chat not fill out KYC forms and jump through hoops to tip 0.000001$ to some rich dude.