Why do I have 100+ more followers on @p rimal than on nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 ? Could it be my relay lists are different in each app. And if that’s the case is there an easy to move your relay list from one app to another?
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Followers is broken and basically just for show trying to look like legacy social media. ignore the numbers. Following is important tho.
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Hello #nostr , I just created a Telegram alpha channel, I will be posting updates on #Bitcoin and necessary informations.
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Hello #nostr , I just created a Telegram alpha channel, I will be posting updates on #Bitcoin and necessary informations.
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I didn't notice anything, still 0 followers in both 😅
Accurately counting how many people are following you is impossible. You will always see different numbers in each client.
Why is this, you may ask? It is because of how follow lists are stored on the relays.
When you follow someone, their npub is added to a list that is posted to whatever relays you specify. This makes it very easy for a client to display how many people YOU follow. It just has to find your most recently updated follow list and add up the number of npubs listed there. Done.
When someone else follows you, nothing different happens. Their follow list is updated to add your npub. This means there is no unified list stored anywhere with who is following you. Instead, the client has to ask as many relays as possible, "Please send me any follower list that has FLASH's npub listed on it," and count how many it receives after weeding out the duplicates.
What if there are relays that are down? What if not all the relays it asks are currently reachable? Or even more likely, what if the client isn't asking every single relay that has a follow list with your npub on it? Well, then your follow count will be less than the actual amount.
Follower counts should always be considered an approximation at best.
Thanks for that detailed explanation. I’ve been using primal 80%of the time and I’m sure most people I follow from that app Damus does not see so my feeds on the two apps are different. I guess that’s just the nature of the beast.
It's mostly about what relays each app is using to look for who has you in their follow list.
On Damus, it may try to check as many relays as it knows exist to try and find your follows, or a set list.. Not sure. Would be a question for nostr:nprofile1qyv8wue69uhk6mmwv9jzu6nzx56jucm0d5arsvpcxqqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsqzqvhpsfmr23gwhv795lgjc8uw0v44z3pe4sg2vlh08k0an3wx3cj9zs5e6s or nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2qpq3v47pg9dxjq96an8jfev9znhm0k7ntwtlh9y335paj9kyjsjpznq0grx7e .
Primal, on the other hand, just checks its own massive caching relay, which in turn pulls notes in from a large number of other relays.
