That's the thing, right? Users have no idea what relays they should choose, or why they might want to choose one relay over another, and there are so many relays out there that it becomes paralyzing to try and figure out which ones are "good."
Nostr.watch is cool, but I'd really like to see a relay selection tool that asks the user some basic, multiple choice questions about what they will be using the relay for, then displays a list of relays that would work for the user's intended purpose, ranking them by a few uptime and availability stats, and indicating if the relay has any restrictions for read or write access, such as paid or PoW relays.
Dikaios1517
npub1ku…v3lhe
2025-05-16 16:48:29
in reply to nevent1q…e34e
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2025-05-16 16:48:29Event JSON
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