What is Amethyst broadcasting to General Relays? Aren't they just for downloading events?
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It will also publish notes to the relay if the ⬆️ (up arrow) button is enabled.
That does not match the behavior description under General Relays. Outbox/Home relays are where your events are supposed to be published.
I know, it wasn't initially clear to me either. nostr:nprofile1qqsr7acdvhf6we9fch94qwhpy0nza36e3tgrtkpku25ppuu80f69kfqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7eyerqr and nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcscpyug had to break it down into simple / small words for me, and I'm still not sure I fully understand it (so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt).
Apparently, it works like this because the "Mailbox" model is a relatively new concept, and not all clients support it. General relays is the "old school" Nostr way.
Yeah, It has been hard to explain this well in that short text in ways that anyone could understand.
Outbox does receive your posts. But that's irrelevant. The reason that list exists is to let your followers know where to get it. The app will send to other relays as well, but your followers should use the Outbox list to get your posts.
And yes, the General relays only exist because of the old model. My current thinking is to add Tor so that the app can connect to random relays out there to download posts via Tor (so they don't track you). Meanwhile, the app uses the General List as the "authorized relays" to connect to and download posts.