What's the difference between relays and communities? #asknostr
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Relays are how data is sent from client to client
Communities are just way of grouping certain topics together for others to find content more easily
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Communities are a like a sub Reddit. When you write a note in a Community it is a different “kind” of event. It is broadcast to the relays you are connected to but then is handled differently by different clients.
Anyone can create a community and have their own moderation policies.
Relays are like servers where the posts you make are hosted.
You can choose any relay number of relay to post your message/content. For example if you have 10 relays setup in your account, you post gets saved in 10 different servers run by 10 different people possibly in different jurisdictions. Censoring you gets hard.
Communities are groups of people. Kinda like facebook group or like a subreddit. Community member's posts also gets saved in 'relays'.
Basically all content you see on Nostr are on relays.
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