The Problem of Losing Information in Comments
On many platforms and services, such as forums, social networks, and chats, information contained in comments often gets lost. Even though users share useful and interesting thoughts, comments remain isolated and unstructured, making them difficult to find and use in the future. This is a problem that many platforms face, and it has several causes:
1. Lack of Structure: Comments are simply added to the discussion chronologically, without any structure or systematization. This leads to important information getting lost among less relevant messages.
2. Information Isolation: Comments on different platforms are not connected to each other. Even if the same topic is discussed on several platforms, the information in the comments remains isolated.
3. Difficulty in Searching: The lack of structure and connection between comments makes it difficult and time-consuming to find specific information. Users may miss important thoughts and ideas if they cannot find them quickly.
4. Limited Reusability: Information from comments is rarely reused. Even if great ideas come up in comments, they are difficult to integrate into other projects or discussions.
How Conoted Solves This Problem
Conoted offers a structured approach to communication that prevents valuable information from being lost in comments. Here’s how it works:
1. All Comments Become Notes: In Conoted, every comment is converted into a note. This allows every idea and thought to be captured in a format that is easy to search and use.
2. Tagging and Structure: All notes are automatically tagged and structured based on their content. This makes it easy to search for information and quickly find the data you need.
3. Link Notes: In Conoted, new notes can be linked to existing ones, creating a network of related knowledge. This helps users easily find and use information from different comments and discussions.
4. Harness the Wisdom: Conoted offers the ability to use public notes, which allows you to integrate the knowledge and ideas of others. Even if you are working in a closed group, you can use public notes to expand your knowledge and find better solutions.
5. Avoid Flooding and Information Loss: Unlike regular comments, which can get lost among many messages, notes in Conoted remain structured and easily accessible. This prevents valuable information from being lost and ensures that knowledge is used more effectively.
Collaborative Editing vs. Commenting
- One of the reasons why Conoted does not have a feature for collaboratively editing notes is to prevent ideas from being lost. When co-editing, the main idea of the discussion can get lost, which can negatively affect the final result.
- A practical example from using Google Docs reinforces this idea. I almost never share a document with others because it can lead to the main idea being lost. Instead, I encourage users to comment on the document. Comments can be easily integrated into the main text while still maintaining control over the overall idea and essence of the document.
Conoted also follows this approach:
1. Focus on commenting: Users can leave comments on notes, offering their ideas and suggestions.
2. Integrate comments into notes: Good ideas from comments can be easily integrated into notes, while unnecessary or low-quality comments can simply be deleted.
3. Preserve the main idea: This approach keeps the main idea of the note unchanged and under control, preventing important thoughts from being lost.
Benefits of using Conoted
1. Efficient knowledge management: Automatic tagging and structuring of notes allows you to quickly find the information you need and organize your knowledge.
2. Collective Intelligence: The ability to use public notes and collective intelligence helps to discover the best ideas and practices.
3. Idea Linking: The ability to link new notes to existing ones helps to create deeper and more structured knowledge.
4. Preserve Valuable Information: All comments become notes, preventing them from being lost and making them available for reuse.
5. Idea Control: Focusing on commenting instead of collaborative editing helps to maintain control over the main idea of a note and prevent it from being lost.
Conclusion
- The information contained in comments on different platforms often changes and remains unused. Conoted solves this problem by using a structured approach to communication that saves and adds all comments as notes. This not only prevents valuable information from being lost, but also effectively uses the collective wisdom to expand knowledge and find better solutions.
- Without the need for collaborative editing and focus on commenting, the main ideas are preserved and notes are added in control.
