I'm seeing a lot of follow list questions on asknostr amd elsewhere today, so i thought I'd share a blanket answer:

Every time you follow or unfollow someone, a new version of your follow list is created, meant to replace the old one. Some relays may not get the memo because there's lots of relays.

When you sign into a new client, it asks whatever relays it connects with, for your follow list. The relays send what they have, which may not be the current version. If you follow/unfollow from the new client, it triggers the follow list update, editing whatever copy of your list that it has, which is then broadcast to many relays. That's how you lose some of your follows.

If the relay being asked doesn't have a copy of your list, it says "this user doesn't have one" and the client creates a new, empty list. Again, the follow/unfollow action triggers publishing & that is how you lose your whole follow list.

In short, it's a client issue because it's not making requests about you to the relays that you have in your "write" relays list, but instead to some other relay(s) that you've never sent data to before or that have old data. Avoiding the follow/unfollow actions when trying out new clients will mostly mitigate the problem. If you start using that new client regularly, eventually your follow list will make it to the appropriate relays and/or the client will get updated and start making requests to the appropriate relays.

Visit metadata.nostr.com or follows.nostr.com on occassion to back up your follow list. You can then rebroadcast the correct version, if you experience this unintended follow list fiasco. Alternatively, you can add wss://hist.nostr.land to your write/outbox relays. It will keep the latest previous version of your follow list. You can then visit the homepage to restore.

Some clients offer in-app follow list restoration, both as a paid and free feature, as well.

🔔If you are saving in #Bitcoin, you MUST be running a Bitcoin node. It is NOT optional.

Running a node is both easy and inexpensive. If you are against spam, run Bitcoin Knots. Help me spread this message by retweeting it.

51 years ago Today, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird flew from New York to London in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds, still a world record for that route.

Unless someone has invented time travel, there’s no such thing as pre-crime. Just think if someone was trying to use this “pre” technology for their own benefit:

I’m a pre-movie star, so put me in your movie. I’m a pre-billionaire, so give me that Ferrari. I’m a pre-king, so render unto me all that which I am divinely entitled to.

You’d tell that 🤡 to fuck right off, as you should with pre-crime snake oil salesmen

What’s a good encrypted email for #grapheneos users?

#pixelphone #privacy #asknostr

Thank you in advance🧡💜

⚡️👨‍⚖️ DEBATE - What do you think is illegal but should be legal?

And conversely, what's legal that you think should be illegal?

I'm really looking forward to Sol:OS 1.0. I truly love the display tech, but the OS feels like a regression for a daily GrapheneOS user.

I'm patient, though!

Trying to use a search engine after using LLMs exclusively feels like stepping back in time. I don’t know how people tolerate not getting immediate answers and having to read through a bunch of seo optimized garbage, much of which is nonsensical LLM drivel.

If you mute a profile, I believe it also blocks the DM.

I think we have a scam operator on the Nostr network. Heads up, and please let me know if I'm missing anything.

Yesterday I got a lightning invoice via Messages on Primal from an npub with 0 following and 0 followers:

npub1328ynyhjgv3jkmxudl70n25ls3zfm57mucs4qvyzehmsfh36deyq8cr2m6

The message was basically an advertisement from a relay, nostr.extrabits.io, that I did not have on my regular relay list, but DOES show up on the list of relays in my settings, at least while this lightning invoice is active (It runs for an hour and then expires).

I looked up the domain, and it does have a link to a Nostr npub for a Jamin at npub1e76y89fn094scpkzl6vvh7d6qyzysmgtg494ympu3cs9mczvkadq0p7rxg Looks like he was active a year ago, but nothing since.

If this had been a one time deal, I would have ignored it. But I'm wondering how many people are getting these invoices and paying them without actually looking to see if this relay is one that they have added to their network list. Interesting way to collect sats without doing a lot of work.

Anyway, if Jamin is watching, please explain how this works and if I'm missing anything. If not, then this is just a scam and I'm worried how many people are getting sats stolen by the scheme. Stay humble AND vigilant.