cloud fodder and 121 others on Nostr: Well, either way can be done, it's pretty much up to the client AND your relay setup. ...

Well, either way can be done, it's pretty much up to the client AND your relay setup. Example, my client RelayTools-android, it connects to just one relay at a time. The topics feed and all feeds, are only being pulled from the selected relay. This is an efficient way to use nostr. In addition, I have a personal relay that streams in from 60+ relays, my lists and any other rules I want, assembling my view. So if I want it to pull certain topics only from certain relays, I can do that. If I want to pull them from my follows I can do that too. At all levels you get to pick, is my point.. A customizable and portable topic has no direct 'tie' to a specific relay. It is just kind11 events.