To add to the best-case discovery scenario: The backlinks-based, less-noisy version of the graph-view has helped me discover:
The 1. "Elephants in the Room"
The “elephants in the room”, the “blind spots” that live in the space between notes that I either choose to ignore or underestimate.
I can “ask” the graph:
- What am I missing?
- What’s NOT in this picture?
- What note or idea or topic SHOULD be huge but isn’t?
- What am I actively NOT taking note of?
2. The "Pretend-Authorities"
These are heavily backlinked notes that I thought mattered but aren’t really important.
I can “ask” the graph:
- Is this really important to me?
- Does this truly deserve the “air-time” it’s getting?
I then remove and clean up those backlinks to down-regulate the notes’ relevance.
Hope this makes sense.
Alexis