If you want to help the broader network, you would open up your relay to the public or at least to your friends and family to use.
Discussion
havent you pushed paid relays? honestly you are taking contradictory positions
I am? I don't know think I am? I want everyone to use paid relays! I also think it's good to run a private one to backup your own data. I do both and think everyone should do both.
paid relays are an unneeded side track, nostr wont grow without free public relays and real spam solutions
I'm not paying a relay operator to fight spam. Spam wasn't an issue for me. It'd just an added bonus. I'm paying relay operators because server infrastructure isn't free. But I do agree that we'll always need free relays.