But why do you strip the "/" in URLs? I think the serialized representation of paths always include the "/" so it would be better to append it, but to strip it.
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because i was getting reports of it not connecting to relays with it on, no idea why
Okay, I have problems as well. It seems Damus only reads a fraction of my contact list, maybe it is because of this issue. I need to investigat further.
But I would recommend to ALWAYS store the "/" at the ende of an URL, it is the correct serialized value of an URL, ommiting it is bad practice.
See the spec: https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#url-path-serializer