MySpace was basically a Xanga clone but it tried harder. Xanga didn’t have image hosting, so it was doomed to the way of the dodo but nobody knew it until it happened. Everyone used imgur or photobucket and just used html script to imbed the photos in their Xanga posts. Drastically different times on the Internet.. There may have been other functionality added, but when Tom said “here’s a platform you can host pictures AND talk about them” everybody migrated immediately.

I suspect Nostr has blind spots or is tone deaf in some aspect. I think since it is a protocol instead of a platform, Nostr can adapt way faster than Xanga could have. We shall see.