Comment by allenu

I agree. For most people, having a zero-friction way of recording a short thought or idea and being able to search for it later is more important than creating a vast network of connections. Tagging is "good enough" for most needs.

I ended up building my own app for my notes and it turned into a chronological feed of short notes, like a social media feed. I just recently added linking between notes, but honestly, I've found that it's not essential. Just having a way to search by text and tag covers most of my needs. The chronological order also makes it easy to find stuff that I wrote recently or to filter by date.

Since there are no files or folders, there's also zero friction when it comes to recording something. I don't need to think "Where should this go?" or "Is there already a folder or a larger note this should be a part of?" I think that has honestly led me to just down more thoughts and ideas than if I was trying to maintain a strict structure to everything. (There are downsides to that, though, as it may mean I have more noise in my system, making it harder to find actual notes of value long term.)