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GM Nostr! I have a Nostr question, I think this has to do with relays. I had the impression that things I post on here are kind of locked in, there's a network of relays so if one censors me not all do. So my posts stay up until I request deletion and even then it's iffy if it gets completely deleted. And that's my understanding of a big benefit here on Nostr.

I do a lot of psychonaut adventures and one of these I wanted documented. This dream/meditation vision happened Feb. 1, 2025 and to verify that it happened I posted about it here on Feb. 2 and screenshot the post and got the print out of that post notarized to like, doubly prove this happened. You can think it's weird if you'd like but whatever, I'm weird.

But yesterday I scrolled all the way back to confirm that post is still there and it's not, it's gone. I checked again today just in case. None of my posts for the two weeks or so at the end of January and beginning of February are there, only the things I've reposted.

What happened and where did my post go? I still have the video and could post again, but the whole point of posting it then was to provide a proof of timestamp.

It is most likely operator error, I'm in way over my head being here because I'm very bad at tech. But I'm trying my best to learn! If you have any good layperson's sources for understanding this situation it would be much appreciated! 🫂🤞🙌🥰

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mar 7mo ago

The relays do not sync to each other. It's very disorganized.

Some of the relays purge the notes to save space. Damus relay just purged their whole relays a couple weeks ago.

You can download citrine relay and install in your phone to keep a copy of your notes. It's searches all the relays and extracts your notes.

Unfortunately the relay software doesn't sync to other relays so sometimes 1 note will be on 1 relay but not other relays.

They need to work on the relay software but it's all volunteers so progress is slow.

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Kip Ashlynn 7mo ago

Oh I totally get that and it's not a complaint that it's slow! It's such a super cool thing that's been created using volunteering and I really admire it, perhaps even moreso because it's all Greek to me! I will look into citrine, thank you for the advice!

gandlaf21 7mo ago

citrine is a great tool to keep a local backup of your notes! Just remember that the notes will not be accessible for others if the only place they are stored is on your phone. But a lot of clients do allow you to "rebroadcast", in case that should happen

StellarStoic 7mo ago

But they can be. The whole purpose of blaster relays is to spread the note to other relay. But I'm not sure if they are still around.

mar 7mo ago

ive heard that too. I could be using one and I wouldn't even know it. The relay software is not standardized. It's all over the place Makes it hard for users to understand.