A non techie way to build and maintain relays with all the possible features! This is in my head for so long but I wonder if that’s the way we’re trying to go.
So far how I understand relays it should be possible for everyone to create and maintain one.
Or do we expect that instead for example 1 out of 100 people have a server (like meta) to 10 out of 100? Or is at least 90 out of 100 the goal?
Happy reading your thoughts on this.
Let people build and maintain Communities and you will see them handle the Relays, Blossom servers, etc (that the Community is built on) as a byproduct.
Running a relay is really easy. On TrueNAS you don't even need to go beyond the WebUI (at least I think). Local relay for you on your own network is not a problem even for non technical person. The trouble in my eyes is maintaining a public relay. Spam, moderation, rate limiting, illegal stuff, etc...
This could encourage people to care about where their stuff is saved. Getting in touch with relays really made me think. I like the idea of self hosting, I’m planning to get a NAS system. That’s just not the average. Not everyone got the capacity. And as soon as you need the terminal it’s getting difficult for non techies. But I trust Nostr that we will find a suitable solution :)
Oh yeah exactly. That’s truly a problem. Maybe AI will be helpful in the future to filter out the stuff nobody asking for.
Hear you loud and clear and working on it.
Except going to do it without the "maintenance" part. I prefer "one click to get a relay and it runs forever and you never have to think about it again".
Yes! I agree with this. I’m actually reading up on how to set up a relay to help with the decentralization of relays. If the relays become centralized then I fear that it would be no different than other social media.
I found I can set one up with the nostr relay extension in lnbits but I need to set up a domain which I’m working on.
