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 Users don't need to flock to popular relays to achieve maximal reach, they just need their followers to follow them on whatever relays they publish to.

This is how it's supposed to work: https://how-nostr-works.pages.dev/#/outbox 
 How do I make my followers use the same relays I publish to 
 is there a guide for this 
 Yes, it's in the link above, click on the button that says "guide". 
 I got hit with the old “GFY mobile user” text 

“browsing on the phone is absurd and this website must be viewed on a desktop.

thank you.” 
 You must buy a computer. 
 It is a window size thing.  I get that if I shrink the desktop browser. 
 no, that's exactly what the outbox model is, and the clients your followers use need to use it;

that's why we insist on its importance so much; it (or something like it) is the only way nostr can become decentralized 
 thanks Pablo 🤝

@elsat feature request fren 
 https://github.com/nostrability/nostrability/issues/69 
 issue #69 ? 

yeah, this one’s gonna do numbers 
 Nostr needs from you outbox #nostrability memes sleepy.

Objective is (to motivate and/or shame devs ) to implement outbox 
 Who’s the creator of outbox ? making a meme rn 
 Nvm I just remembered it was my boy @Mike Dilger 
 😂😂😂😂😂 
 I find crowbars work nicely.  Slap it against the palm of your hand a few times.  They will get the point.

More seriously now, I recently rewrote my webpage on this:  https://mikedilger.com/gossip-model/ 
 Great fuckin job my fren, thank you for your hard work n dedication 🫂 
 I appreciate the visualization. 

(FYI - At first I got the same "view on desktop" note as @sersleepy (on a laptop). Zooming out fixed this.)

Thanks for this. I've found Nostrudle works nicely for discovering user inbox/outbox relays. Haven't been able to see other user's relay info on the mobile clients (Damus, Primal), which is where sharing them to your followers would come into play. I guess growing one's reach is better done using traditional/centralized channels for communication for now. However, I can see how the outbox model can give you more control over the content you are seeing, if you only connect to paid relays, for instance, you will the proof of work takes care of spam users.