Anyone know what this “Broadcast” buttons does?
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That button tries to put the shit on all your relays
It sends the note to the relays you write to, and it is up to those relays whether they will accept and store it.
In case a relay was offline, or maybe you were offline, or for whatever reason, if your note did not reach a relay you wanted it to, then you can force a rebroadcast to all of your relays with this button.
Another scenario is that you see a post that you like and you just want to help it reach. Reposting is OKAY, but it just signs a note that you "approve of" another note. It doesn't physically help the note reach.
In some cases, you might see a quote post for example but the embedded note is unreachable. By rebroadcasting, you take a note that you have received from maybe 1 relay, and push it forward to all of your other relays.
It helps people searching hashtags and global feeds see the note mostly, but if you engage with it, it also helps your followers too.
Wow thank you. Sounds incredibly useful.
I'd say it is a relic from while Nostr was still finding its feet.
It is still finding its feet, but broadcasting is a technical detail that probably shouldn't be anything that users have to think about or care about.
Still, it's there if you need it until someone figures out how to make it obsolete.
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