Comment by slightwinder

> The core idea that caught on with Roam is the concept of a bidirectional link. Previous note-taking systems allowed linking in only one direction: you could link from one note to another, but the note being linked to had no automatic link back to the original note.

That's not really true. Backlinks exist since the first Wiki-Generation and has found their way into other note-apps I've seen over time. The problem is that it's just one feature of many, and rather poorly communicated. Roam had a stronger focus on this, and delivered a modern Wiki-Interface, making it more successful then the old boring wikis which are around for decades and already forgotten by most people.

It seems Roam is now walking the same road? After the initial hype, it must survive the contenst of the daily grind and prove it's worth beyond one dominating feature.