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 Does anyone know why some of my #nostr direct messages don't show up in some apps but they show up in others? I've got lots of relays, and I've also paid for a few including nostr.wine, but I guess I'm missing something. Just as an example, one of my direct messages shows up in Amethyst on mobile, but not on any of the desktop apps that I've tried. #asknostr

Thanks 
 Hi,
Did you checked that the relays list on the two nostr clients (i.e. apps) are the same?
I invite you to learn more about the client-relays communication to understand why it does matter. 
 @jb55 😮 
 do your inbox relays match across clients? 
 I think that was the issue thank you. Specifically though I think I just wasn't getting on with the relay settings in Primal on desktop. Using other clients like Amethyst on Android or noStrudel on desktop makes it much clearer what the relays are used for and whether they're all working properly. 
 Primal seems to do it's own thing. Amethyst with a paid nostr.wine relay works very well though.  
 Don't know about Primal. Stopped using it right after the shadow ban incident(s).  
 What were the shadow ban incidents? I hadn't heard about that. Thanks 
 Some time last year Primal shadow banned people manually. Their trending thing is rigged as well and there is other things that have happened behind the scenes (like something linked to BTC Prague) that make me not wanting to use that client.