Even though Iconomi has been around for awhile it is not widely talked about nor does it have a huge online following. Not many are tracking the progress of ICN since it has fallen out of the top 100 coins on coinmarketcap. I believe that due to the current fear and uncertainty in the market people are also taking a much more cautious and sceptical approach on announcements that are made.
The only wrong statement here is that not many are monitoring Iconomi. Iconomi was popular back then, it would have been more popular if its token model was acceptable in Binance. Literally every crypto venture suffered almost 90% losses on average. So it is not unique to ICN.