In the Conoted app, there's an interesting feature: you can add a user to your note. Sounds unusual, right? Let's figure out why this feature is useful and how it can help you manage your personal knowledge.


What does "adding a user to a note" mean? 

Imagine you have a note and want to "link" a person to it. In Conoted, this means connecting your note to that user's profile within the app. You don't send the note as a message or via email—instead, the user is simply "added" to the note within your knowledge base.

If the user already has Conoted, your note will appear in their feed as shared content, without the need to send additional messages or emails. If the user isn't yet registered, Conoted will prompt you to invite them (because a profile in the system is necessary to link someone to a note).

In essence, the "Add User" feature works like tagging a person on your note. It's like telling the app, "This note is associated with this person." This is a core concept in Conoted—linking notes and people to collaboratively develop ideas. In a traditional notebook, you might just write someone's name beside your note. Conoted, however, provides a convenient tool: you select the user from a list, and the app officially links them to your note.


Why is this necessary? 

Adding users to notes enriches your personal knowledge base. Here are several reasons to use this feature:

  • Connecting knowledge to people: your notes gain context. Often, specific individuals are behind ideas or notes—be it the author, an expert, or a friend who offered advice. By tagging these individuals, you'll always know the origin of the information and whom to approach for further details. This transforms your collection of notes into a personal knowledge base containing not just facts but also connections to their sources. For instance, if you've read an interesting insight from a famous scientist, you can save it in Conoted and link the scientist's profile to your note. Now, both the idea and the person who inspired it are at your fingertips.

  • Quiet knowledge sharing: sometimes you want to share an idea or question with someone without sending a formal message or email. By adding a user to a note, you're implicitly sharing it: the note appears among their notes (within the app), but you aren't disturbing them with external notifications. This is convenient when the information isn't urgent—your colleague or friend can review your note whenever convenient, simply by opening the app. You preserve the entire conversation as notes rather than scattered messages. Conoted is built around note-based communication—every message becomes a record, ensuring no idea gets lost.

  • Collaboration and feedback: adding a user is like inviting someone to discuss your note. If they also use Conoted, they’ll see your note and can respond if desired. Their reply will also be in the form of a linked note—a sort of comment integrated into your notes system. Thus, you're not just receiving a chat comment, but a valuable addition to your knowledge base. The initial note and responses form a knowledge chain to revisit later. Imagine brainstorming with a colleague: you write a note, add your colleague, they respond with their own note—and you have a documented dialogue of ideas saved in one place.

  • Privacy and access control: by default, your notes in Conoted are private. By adding a user, you grant specific access to specific information. There’s no risk of notes being accidentally sent to the wrong recipient or lost in emails—they remain within the app, under your control. You can always remove a user from the note or delete the note entirely; it will then disappear for the added user as well. Thus, your information remains secure, and you decide who sees what within your knowledge space.


Helping build your personal knowledge base 

One of Conoted’s key ideas is to help you create a "second brain" or personal knowledge base, where all your notes are interconnected and contextually enriched. Adding people contributes to this context. How does it work in practice?

When you link a note to someone, your note gains an additional label—not just by topic or tag, but also by the person's name. Later, you can search and sort notes not only by topics but also by people. Suppose you remember, "I had marketing advice from Nastya somewhere." By opening Nastya’s profile or using the search function, you instantly find all notes she was added to. People in Conoted become nodes in your knowledge system, just like notes—points for navigating your ideas database.

Additionally, tagging someone's contributions preserves the history of your ideas. Months or even years later, you won’t wonder where a particular idea originated—the person's name will be right there. For example, a programming tip note immediately reminds you that Ivan shared this advice during last week's meeting. So if you have questions, you know whom to approach. Thus, your notes aren’t impersonal; they reflect real experiences from people you interact with.


Building your social knowledge graph 

A social knowledge graph is your network of contacts and experts in the context of your knowledge. Conoted helps build this graph by linking people through notes. Each time you add someone to your note, you create a connection in this graph. Simply put, you form a triangle: you—your note—another user. The more such connections you make, the clearer your interaction map becomes: who provides information, whose ideas frequently appear in your notes, whom you approach for expertise.

The app even helps identify topic-specific experts by analyzing whose notes and names most frequently relate to certain tags or themes. You thus discover informal mentors: for instance, your colleague Masha frequently appears in design-related notes, while manager Alexander shows up often in financial matters. Interestingly, Conoted tracks how useful each user is to you regarding a topic. This acts as a personal expert rating, showing who contributed the most ideas or knowledge. Unlike traditional social graphs that map acquaintances, Conoted's graph highlights knowledge-sharing—much more valuable than a follower list since each connection reflects genuine exchange of experience.


Examples from life and work

To demonstrate the value of the function, let's look at several real-life situations:

A case study: you are a student and are taking notes from a lecture. The teacher mentioned an interesting fact or gave advice that you wrote down. Add the teacher to this note. What does this give you? Firstly, when reviewing the material, you will immediately see which teacher gave this idea - the expert's name adds weight to the information. Secondly, if questions arise, you will know who to contact. Even without sending the note directly, the connection has already been created: if necessary, you can show this note during a consultation, and the teacher (if he has Conoted) will see it in his feed. Your notes turn into not just a note for yourself, but part of a dialogue with the teacher, even if postponed in time.

A working example: you collect ideas for improving the product in a separate note "Ideas for the product". In a conversation, colleague Olga suggested a great idea - you wrote it down there. Now add Olga to this note. What happens? First, you have a record that this idea belongs to Olga. You won’t forget to mention the author at the presentation. Second, a couple of days later you notice that Olga added a comment – ​​she saw herself in your note (in her app) and decided to develop the idea by replying with a related note. As a result, no meetings or long emails were needed: the joint development of ideas took place right inside Conoted. Even if Olga doesn’t react right away, it’s still useful for you to have the “idea ↔ idea author” connection for the future.

Personal example: you are into photography and keep a personal journal of shooting techniques, camera settings, and useful links in Conoted. One day, a photographer friend, Sergey, shared a couple of clever tricks with you, and you added them to your notes. Don’t forget to add Sergey to these notes! Now your notes clearly indicate that he showed these tricks. After some time, when you reread it, you will definitely remember the source: “Aha, Sergey taught me that.” Moreover, if Sergey also uses Conoted and made some notes public, you could add his public notes to yours. Your knowledge base will be enriched not only with your notes, but also with your friend’s notes – and his name will always be nearby. It’s like you’re gathering your team of experts inside your personal archive: when you open a note, you can immediately see who it’s related to and whose experience is reflected in it.


Conclusion

The function of adding a user to a note is about uniting people and knowledge. It helps create a living ecosystem around your notes: ideas are supported by names, and contacts – by meaningful notes. You establish a connection that may be very useful in the future. It’s like noting for yourself: “this thought is from Petya,” or “I want to share this with Masha,” only this note is smart and works inside the application.

Try tagging a colleague or friend related to the topic of the note in your next note. You will find yourself having a conversation even if the other person does not respond immediately. Your notes will become more meaningful and your knowledge network will be stronger. Remember, Conoted is not just a notepad, but a tool for collective intelligence and a personal archive of ideas. Link notes to people, experiment with this feature. Perhaps, over time, it will turn your scattering of notes into a real map of knowledge and contacts. Good luck and inspiration in using Conoted!