Cody on Nostr: Most clients don't only send replies to the relays you configured. They also try to ...

Most clients don't only send replies to the relays you configured. They also try to send them to the read relays used by the people you mention, so you usually don't need to add a huge number of relays for your replies to be seen.

In fact, adding too many relays can make things worse. When someone replies to you, they may need to publish to all of your relays, and some clients (including Jumble) may ignore users with an excessive number of relays to avoid this problem.

Adding too many relays can also hurt your own experience, because it increases the workload for your client. More relays mean more connections to maintain, more events to process, and more complexity overall.

Relay management is definitely still a complicated part of Nostr, but having more relays isn't always better. The goal is to find a balance between decentralization and usability.