Nosy is ready for testing:

https://nosy.tigerville.no/

this tool takes your npub and searches the Nostr network to find out which relays are popular among those you follow, or who follow you.

https://void.cat/d/Eb59wFZqSywsZz6zL4rt34.webp

On one hand, good idea. On the other, absolutely a centralisation driver because it in effect stops new relays gaining users and kills the smaller ones over time.

Suggest add text warning that "this tool is useful, but also join relays in your country and language for wider reach.

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the main centralisation driver is that so many clients default to a small handful of standard relays. hopefully, those who use this tool are looking for *other* relays to add than the usual suspects.

one thing i will make sure to do is add a Latency column to this tool as i did for https://nrcheck.tigerville.no so people can judge which relays perform the best for them (usually a local one)

nobody should pile onto SAME set of relay FREE or PAID --- what will happen it will overload n degrade forcing users to look for other less LOADED relays --- in some way this how proofofwork POOLs used work earlier days - all miner will pile onto one BIG pool until luck turns BAD or block time is imapcted -> then people spread of once they see themselves IMPACTED eventually

However, Nostr at volume means Relays become a business, and Google Relay will be a thing. The only unknown is where the effective pricing point lies.

Yes - users can decide to pick relays - there nsa , spy, phishing n all "kind of relays" to like webservers - we r too early !!! free relays r as important as paid or private ones - like 35% web content is NOT visible to layman ordinary internet user becos -> 1. dnot need seek more 2. 80% sheep happy with what google TV shows them in search -> crawl bot doesn't crawl if dnot pay them