All good. I was saying we disagree in the sense of the discussion, not in my ability to say what I want.

I too would love Nostr to succeed, and that's why I join in these discussions. Zaps *could* be a good motivator, but I've yet to see it be more than a game people play for the most part. In the past we've seen $boost & buzzbot which were attempts to use zaps to create engagement, and they both lasted for a short while before fizzling out, without making a change to the landscape of Nostr.

I think it's not the zaps, but the incredibly small audience that is the reason more journalists and creators aren't here. It's a hard problem to solve, as they already have established audiences, and are already being payed on other platforms that they know how to use and are comfortable with. Convincing them to give up that audience & monetary incentive is a hard sell, especially when combined with having to give them the orange pill at the same time. Even adding in another social to the mix is tough, when Nostr is still so rough around the edges and different from the others, for such a small audience. The time spent learning might not seem worth it in their eyes, doubly so if there content isn't Bitcoin adjacent.