This morning I implemented PageRank to sort backlinks in my prototype note system. Mixed results!
＋: Easier to navigate to implicit "neighbor" notes connected via "hub" notes
＋: Surprises me notice how "central" some notes are
－: "Weird" backlinks often end up at the bottom
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I've tried pagerank with my notes system deeplink.space/arnav
I felt a need for a manual relevance input.
PageRank + a manual relevance dial felt super productive.
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Ah, that's interesting. Concretely, how do you express the relevance of a backlink in the editing experience?
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Is the goal of NoteRank specifically to see which Notes rank the highest? What would be your fantasy result here?
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It's fuzzy. Backlinks themselves are one piece of what I think of as "peripheral vision"—serendipitous representations of structure and associations. A high rank tells me that a note is implicitly "near" another note that's important along some axis (not always the axis I want).
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Not yet. It’s funny; I’m not sure which direction I’d want the sign to be. I’m actually more interested in “weird” connections much of the time!
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