💯 agree with this. Nostr client devs keep parroting that global is un-necessary, hiding it away from users, running their own mega free relays and spending NO time on making the relay cool enough to use for a timeline.

And then the irony of them asking daily why discoverability sucks? wondering why people can't find cool stuff? why retention sucks?

Client devs. I'm once again asking you to stop treating relays so poorly in your apps.

Good globals exist. I've found 90% of my follows in global. Help your users find paid relays that don't suck horribly like nostr.wine or nostr21.com or etc.. I promise new users will appreciate it a lot more than what you're doing with these dumb trending lists that keep not working.