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Silberengel | 15 days ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +4 
 The biggest relays are Bitcoin topical relays, sometimes leaning toward Nostr Dev relays.

Give other topical relays a chance, in the default client settings, so that newbies can choose which topics they'd prefer.
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matt | 15 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Is this a message to devs or users? (My understanding of relays is still pretty weak).

Is there anything I can do as a user to help with this? (Add specific relays, etc).
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Silberengel | 15 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes! Users can help by setting up topical relays. Cooking relays, travel relays, etc.
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nostrByte | 15 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What relay do you recommend for users to do this?  Top 5?  Are they all typescript? (ha ha)
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matt | 15 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ah. I didn't understand what topical meant. It would be cool if clients added such relays when someone follows a particular topic or whatever. Or at least offer to add them.
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matt | 15 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The whole relay thing has been one of the most annoying aspects of UX for me.
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BaronBurdock | 15 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's probably low on the list, but in the future it would probably help with on boarding if the clients recommended relays based on topics. A lot of the scary complexities of relays can be abstracted away with images and maybe more human readable names for the relays.