You don't know how many people are using it though.
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Nostr is inherently different.
It has long term identities at its core.
The fact that I can make a personal relay, whitelist my friends and have them ONLY connect to my node means you can never know ACCURATE user count.
Yes but that may as well be irrelevant in user counts.
Also, they probably use public relays too for a public presence
Probably sounds a lot like guessing š
Not really.
Anyone who uses Nostr for private use also would realize the benefit of switching to it for a public presence.
Who's to say my 100-1000 friends aren't a relevant user base? I have unannounced lightning channels with private people are those transactions not valid?
(I am talking about specific Npubs for that relay as a sort of club chat) using a public relay would get your Npub Blacklisted.