Nosy is ready for testing:
this tool takes your npub and searches the Nostr network to find out which relays are popular among those you follow, or who follow you.
Discussion
On one hand, good idea. On the other, absolutely a centralisation driver because it in effect stops new relays gaining users and kills the smaller ones over time.
Suggest add text warning that "this tool is useful, but also join relays in your country and language for wider reach.
the main centralisation driver is that so many clients default to a small handful of standard relays. hopefully, those who use this tool are looking for *other* relays to add than the usual suspects.
one thing i will make sure to do is add a Latency column to this tool as i did for https://nrcheck.tigerville.no so people can judge which relays perform the best for them (usually a local one)
nice !
nobody should pile onto SAME set of relay FREE or PAID --- what will happen it will overload n degrade forcing users to look for other less LOADED relays --- in some way this how proofofwork POOLs used work earlier days - all miner will pile onto one BIG pool until luck turns BAD or block time is imapcted -> then people spread of once they see themselves IMPACTED eventually
However, Nostr at volume means Relays become a business, and Google Relay will be a thing. The only unknown is where the effective pricing point lies.
Yes - users can decide to pick relays - there nsa , spy, phishing n all "kind of relays" to like webservers - we r too early !!! free relays r as important as paid or private ones - like 35% web content is NOT visible to layman ordinary internet user becos -> 1. dnot need seek more 2. 80% sheep happy with what google TV shows them in search -> crawl bot doesn't crawl if dnot pay them
note: the relay list is based on what relays users have saved (to their NIP-02 contact list), not which relays they appeared on. a handful of my own followers and follows don't have such a list at all. some of those are from relay.mostr.pub - the Fediverse bridge - because it doesn't appear to provide that for its users (which is why they all appear to be following nobody). i've let the maintainer know about it, since i'm sure he's interested in having his bridge listed.
u mean "contact list" is "following list" whenever someone click "follow" right? or i am missing something🤔
your follows and your saved relays are kept in a NIP-02 record:
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/02.md
the NIP-02 document doesn't describe how relays are kept, but it's a quoted JSON string in the "content" field that decodes to:
{
"wss://domain1": {"read": true, "write": true},
"wss://domain2": {"read": true, "write": true},
...
}
your follows, meanwhile, are in the "tags" field like:
[
["p", "pubkey1"],
["p", "pubkey2"],
...
]
Can we have the total number of followers at the end
🙏🤙👊will have both tools - to reach out and get feeds - i also another relay search tool - so 3 tools need ot be used time to time based on scenario to efficient distributed n decentralized working finite relays - example - I have messed up snort idk how for days - now i clear all offline browser cache - seems fixed - i pushed by relay settings from nostrgram -> that picked up other app based on npub - but still something messed snort relay - killing network
This is a very helpful tool! 👍👍 Zaps out!
Both our tools are powerful and to be used only demand when u see long time no notes from SOMEONE you follow quickly or your own notes NOT reaching proper relays
You did it 👏 well done 💪⚡
This really gives of decentralized vibes, seeing so many relays with so many names! Awesome work 🤙