@feditips I've only had a negative experience with relays, when this instance first came about 6 months ago the relays that did exist only gave me headache with unmoderated content, or spotty uptime. Is there any real difference between engaging with posts manually to gain connections, vs using a relay? It's possible the available relays are more maintained but the general thoughts I've heard on them are 50/50 split on good vs bad. Interested to hear if you've got any info/perspective on this