#askNostr
WTF do I do with these relays in #Amethyst?
Discussion
You are supposed to do your research and figure out which relays you want to:
1. Hold your notes for others to see (Public Outbox/Home)
2. Receive people's reactions to your notes (Public inbox)
3. Receive DMs from everybody (Private DM Inbox)
4. Store your private data, like drafts, app settings, etc (Private Storage).
5. Locally cache information (Local Relays)
6. Do search for you (Search Relays)
7. Authorize the app to download posts from (General List).
You can use Nostr without setting them up, but I can guarantee you will be losing your posts, missing DMs, missing Zap notifications, and make your private posts public until you set it up.
Got a fucking walkthrough for this buddy?
He's busy writing code.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Responses in this note may help:
At the outset .. default relays cover everything.. so you are covered ..
For fine tuning .. you may want certain relays to do certain things for you .
Relays are hosted by people with specific objectives in mind .. some want to develop new features (to support new NIPs) .. some want to make money .. in nutshell ..and a vague anology .. you are choosing different services from different providers ..
Also keep in mind ..blasting events to as many relays as possible is not a good startegy .. simply because you are replicating the data at many places .. speed and data .. plus if you want to delete things it gets harder ..
Getting to a fine balance is kinda hard .. but that discovery is where #nostr fun is .. once the model gets clear in mind .. we start seeing that social is just a starting usecase .. nostr is plumbing for a new internet ..
In essence, nostr is a market place for data services .. you can choose from hundreds of relays ..and 100s of clients ..to suit your needs .. hardware etc .. even start your own ..
Once you curate an experience for you , you can provide it to others .. build your own tools around it .. its like a chess board .. simple in the beginning , becomes more and more complex as the game progresses :-)
this will hopefully keep the ____ persons out of nostr 🤪
Exactly the first thing I think about when I wake up. Nostr settings.
Thank you for this. I Nostr gooded. Will Nostr better now.
I didn't do this... Am I making people angry? How can I learn the right-e-ous ways of nostr?
I can't figure how to share a note reply within another note so I'll screen shot:
I do think he went a bit overboard with the relay settings. Most of them should have been hidden under an advanced section.
In Amethyst - go to settings > relays ..
There is nice documentation on each type of relay and options to choose more or remove
It might appear daunting in the beginning ..that's why clients provide you with default relays .. they will work fine .. I have never lost a note or a response ..
As you appreciate how you want to handle your nostr content ..you can remove the client defaults ..
Most people will not remove the defaults because they are used to Twitter or Facebook handling all their data .. that is the point of nostr .. to get people care and own their data ..
Great point! It's easy to just stick with the defaults, but the real power of Nostr is taking control of your own data. It's a bit of a learning curve, but once you start figuring out how you want things to flow, it feels like a whole new level of freedom. It's all about owning your content and breaking away from the old ways. Thanks for sharing your experience!