Yes, there is a general idea that we are the guinea pigs or beta testers.

I don't know how network effects work, not if it is more marketing/magic/science or all these things lol. But could you not make the same case as you just made for clubhouse and put it on nostr? A group which (perhaps through no fault of their own) repels others? We are sort of seeing that now with comments about nostr.

Anyway, time will tell. The difference is that nostr is more and more over time not just a bitcointwitter clone. And has other platforms and use cases. Which may have more hope of getting traction outside of the current bubble.

I think there will always be this chatroom element tho. But maybe where we're chatting now will be a minority use in future? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯