Not sure how, but I managed to lose all of my Follows. I thought I'd been saving to my own node, so I'd have that as a backup at the very least.
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You still show 22 follows, so they're probably still there, but not showing on your client rn. Give it time.
No. I just grabbed the Follows of someone I knew (Lettie) and went down the list.
Gotcha. One of the websites allows you to backup your follows, I think it's Iris.
I'm on Iris (that's the one that's native to Start9). I'm currently looking for backup options. It looks like I can back up my Relay list (doesn't seem to work well, though) but haven't found a way to back up my Follows. But, since I keep my own relay as one of the ones I'm always attached to, I figured that'd always work as a backup. #growingpains #nostringpains
Turning into a good thing. I'm just looking at the Follow list of everyone I can think of and clicking on anyone that looks remotely familiar or interesting. Increasing my Network by quite a bit.
Can you hide your Follow list? Ran across someone that is Following ppl but shows up as blank when I look.
There is a "Categorized People List" type defined in NIP-51 that allows "secret" people on it, but it would depend on the client treating it as a follow list. And, it's completely possible that a client could not share it's follow list at all, just keep it local. Part of the wonder of Nostr. Who you listen for and what you share are completely unrelated.