Some clients are evil and overwrite your follow list.
I believe you can restore with this tool
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Thanks I'll check that out. Guessing this is why it would be great for me to backup my data with a personal relay?
a personal relay wouldn't have saved you here, the client would have given your relay your new list with no follows
But personal relays are just cool if you want to be truly sovereign and guarantee your notes, similar to running a Bitcoin node. Not necessary, but more sovereign!
Who knew that was a problem but I suspected something was wrong! Thanks what information do I need to access either of these?