# Principles for Metadata Minimalism

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/principles-for-metadata-minimalism/11379>\
**Category:** Knowledge management\
**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/principles-for-metadata-minimalism/11379 "2021-01-13T01:17:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/principles-for-metadata-minimalism/11379/5 "2021-01-13T06:27:08Z")

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@davecan: when I came to Obsidian I was very excited to find it offers a graph view (initially only 1 view for all notes together in a vault), but when I got down to it, it was like I had ran into a brick wall: found no use.

Later on there was the possibility to do a graph per note: same experience for me.

There is even a “daily graph” channel on Discord, where people proudly present their graph. When I look at it, I think “great, so what?”

To me the graph shows the links and link directions between the notes: what does one do with that knowledge?

The only use I see for graphs is to identify unlinked/orphaned notes.

So, out of interest, what do you use graphs for?

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