Nostr Web Client

The article talks about their site getting loads of hits for sharing links on Mastodon. The way Mastodon and the Fediverse is designed, every instance and maybe, every user that engages with that shared link, make a hit to that site.

Is this the case for #Nostr, too the way in works? It is designed with clients and relays, but sharing a link on it would have the same effect that happens on #Mastodon?

Big Barry Bitcoin 1y ago

My initial thought is no:

When mastadon servers share a link between themselves, they are all up at the same time and so they all rush to get a preview at basically the same time.

I imagine most users and their clients will pick up the shared link at different times, offsetting the load. So my hypothesis is that it is the mastadon servers that cause this, not the clients and therefore this will not have an impact on Nostr.

It would be nice to get a confirmation by a webmaster though.

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Muntasim Ul Haque 1y ago

Why the clients would've pick up at the same time unlike Mastodon instances?

Big Barry Bitcoin 1y ago

Because clients are not all online 247. People open their clients at random times, many clients may never see the content, etc.

Muntasim Ul Haque 1y ago

Wouldn't that be relay instead of the clients? Because relay is the one that serves the contents?

Big Barry Bitcoin 1y ago

Relays don't generate previews, they are dumb, they just serve content. The clients will do the work.

Muntasim Ul Haque 1y ago

Got it.