You are dead right though - Nostr is still regarded outside by many to "only be for people peddling cryptocurrencies". When I promoted it, I had to go a lot further in explaining it can be for everyone, and you need to follow your other interests on Nostr. Problem is, there are not enough non-crypto posters (if I can put it like that) to attract the other people yet.

That perception needs to be altered if we want to attract more general audiences, otherwise Nostr is going to remain a small niche network. I see the greater potential it has due to the technology it uses, but many are just going to judge it by what shows up in posts.

So we should ask what would attract someone to using Nostr, versus other networks, if they have no interest in cryptocurrencies? Has the normal user got enough control over what they see and follow in their feed?