I don't know how true this is, but maybe because they see it as competing for funding with bitcoin, as a distraction, or even as "crypto"? I know there was some talk about this back when OpenSats started their nostr fund.

Audience reach.

Drama addiction

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Because they don’t know how to handle private keys

For most, dopamine and ragebait addiction. For some, I think they've joined a collective delusion to immanenitize the eschaton, easily sold by the platform's size.

Most Bitcoiners on X: “You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss”

it's easy to think so, till you implement zaps and realize it's the exact opposite of what a bitcoiner would want. 😂

Same answers as to why normies aren't buying bitcoin I'd say. There's a few and I'm gonna give you my cope-iest one anyway. Because they don't understand things need fixing or refuse to be part of the early stages of the solution, so they stay and keep their centralised hellholes alive, which twatte...

Because the people are …

Twitter MFs are fiat maxis

just spitballing here, but maybe they're ghey

Two main reasons: 1. I think we over estimate how many people are Bitcoiners, compared to how many people use Bitcoin. I was at a Xapo bank social event. Of the 50 or so banks Bitcoin customers I met in person, none were actual Bitcoiners. They all had some Bitcoin, or used it, or thought it was gr...

Don't underestimate laziness. The perceived benefit of switching to NOSTR is not yet clear enough to them versus their perceived mental effort cost to change over.

To quote my friend tonight: "Because I can't dunk on retards on Nostr".