I intend on using #nostr for the long term, and I think it's great how decentralized it is to sending out notes.
My only concern is what happens with old relays out of my control that decide to go. What happens then? I presumably lose my notes. Perhaps I should setup my own #nostr relay and write to that so I will always have some kind of copy/backup on my side - is this correct thinking?
Since I'm not too experienced with #nostr yet, I'd like to know more about this facet. Can you run your own private #nostr relay where I only have write permissions but others can read from it? I assume there would be a problem with replying from others in that case. Can we run a relay strictly over TOR, as well? I think I've seen some .onion only relay addresses.
Any help or recommended readings/resources for learning would be great.
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Yes. You can do all this. And you should do all this. If you care about the longevity of your notes. I use Haven for this.

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Thank you so much π©΅
People here have been so friendly and helpful.
Is Haven Tor/.Onion friendly?
you're welcome. if you need any help, just ask. i've been running this relay for a little over a year, since launch. previously i ran a nostream relay for 2 years. haven is great!
If you write your notes to multiple relays then this is less of an issue? But if you only wrote to x relay and it shuts down or initiates a damus style nuke (wipes the relay), then yes, your notes would be gone.
Working on it. Working on a bunch of Nostr issues that remain unfixed.