First, Atkins didn't talk about macros. He talked about counting carbs and that calories can matter.
The goal of Atkins Induction is to get into ketosis to control appetite/hunger, lose water weight and give a mental boost that the way of eating can work. Atkins then suggested OWL as the next steps and extended induction if you were still metabolically compromised after a trial of OWL. Therefor, the goal of Atkins isn't really to remain in any sort of high level of ketosis since you're supposed to be advancing in the diet by adding in more carbs via the OWL as weight loss tolerates.

Nutritional ketosis as covered by Phinney and Volek puts some macro numbers to this ketogenic diet business of Atkins. They then futher state that optimal ketosis for fat burning occurs between a certain range of beta-hydroxybutyrate in blood (blood 'ketone'). This range is 1.5 mmol/l to 3.0 mmol/l. People who follow macros are more following nutritional ketosis guidelines since Atkins had none.
If a person has a calorie goal and is doing Atkins, they would really be eating whatever they want that is on the plan but only eating when they're hungry, then logging their food. If those macros happen to fall into the range of optimal ketosis, so be it, but there are no guidelines for ketosis or macros in Atkins. The goal of Atkins was never to be keto-adapted as it is for nutritional ketosis.

My DH consults and only a handful of people understand this way of eating.
His sister and her husband were Atkins followers, so they get it, but find it too restrictive for them.
So there's a blend, but most people are oblivious to the fact that there is a different pathway for energy (aside from burning glucose) in our bodies or how to eat in order to tap it. Since it isn't taught and isn't the national guideline, the ignorant among us label it as "bad" and "wrong" instead of understanding it is merely different. Most would rather vilify than learn. Change is hard.

I don't discuss it with anybody who isn't doing keto outside of MFP.

I think it's something best found by attraction rather then promotion.

I also don't tell anybody unless they ask how I'm losing weight. So, far nobody has asked what in the world I'm eating and I generally tell people that I "don't eat breads". And they leave it at that. I only talk about it here on MFP or on ruledme.com forums. People simply don't know what it is and I don't bother to inform them unless they ask.

I love hearing my co-workers say "You can eat that!?!" when I pull out pork rinds, pepperoni or pudding (made with avocado) on my "diet." I just say "yes, I can." Not sure what they are thinking as they leave it alone. I have lost about 15lbs in 2 months so the weight loss is visible to me, maybe not everyone else. I do know that there is a lot of "well, I can't live without ....." fill in the blank. I was that way as well. This journey has taken me over a year to make small changes and eventually find the ketogenic way of eating. I was finally able to explain to one co worker how bulletproof coffee works. She kept saying it sounded like she would get heartburn. I don't have issues with that so I didn't get it. She worked at Starbucks for awhile so once she realized I blended the butter with the coffee and that makes it foamy yumminess, she connected it was the fat that did that. It's the fat from milk that does that too so it made more sense to her. I just share what they are interested in and leave it alone. Even my fiancée has been eating 1-2 yoyo cookie sandwiches from publix a day for several weeks and I say nothing. It's his choice, we all have a different journey with food. I am more motivated this time around since I have already lost weight, my energy is up, and I want to achieve my goals and be able to tell people I got there by eating bacon, pork rinds, pepperoni and pudding!!! No bland, monotonous foods up in here!!!! LOL!!! What's even more amazing is the amount of drs who don't have a clue about this!!!!

No one I have spoken to knows anything about it or has ever heard of it. I am like you, when something catches my interest I am there communing with google reading up everything I can find and watching youtube videos too.

I think the lack of general knowledge about it is down to most people not wanting to contemplate letting go of sugar and so many processed foods. I love it though as do many others fortunate enough to discover it. On the main forums people seem to often get torn to bits and treated like nutters for suggesting Keto, paleo , low carb, low sugar, avoiding processed foods. There is a lot of hostility and fear towards those concepts from most people. Shows how powerful Junk foods hold is on people I think.

I am going to have a bar of chocolate, pie and chips etc at times but I definitely now view those things much more as a rarity rather than something i need in my day to day life.

The rest of the world will catch up eventually I am sure, it is just going to be a slow change of tide.

i have been paleo for a long time, so everyone i know kind of already knows i don't eat bread, etc. so i haven't had to bring it up. yesterday i had breakfast with my parents for the first time since starting keto and i had eggs, bacon, sausage. no one said anything, and i passed on the biscuits (which i used to do anyway) this was at a restaurant.

anyway, i doubt anyone i know has heard of it because i hadn't. my DH got the diet from his co-worker.