The Star

The Star is a Commune feature that marks notes in the top 5% by backlinks. When other notes link to something often, it anchors key ideas in my wiki. The star (⭐) makes that visible.

Not about popularity. About centrality. When my wiki shows which ideas carry weight across my thinking, I see patterns I’d miss otherwise. System borrows from Skool‘s approach. Recognize top contributors with a visible badge. Here, the badge goes to ideas, not people.

Stars appear inline with the title. Titles are takeaways, not labels explains why the note name remains the link. Click the star to open its explanation. The star stays separate because it opens the explanation, not the note.

Ranking logic lives in a single config file. I want to experiment. Maybe stars should factor in revisions, cross-theme links, or time decay. System needs to stay tunable because Evergreen Notes evolve, and what counts as “important” might shift as the wiki grows.

Stars help readers discover high-value notes without AI summaries (Subscription unlocks depth into the mind). They support Build in Public by showing what ideas compound over time. Feature emerged from wanting Gamification drives self-discovery. Surface the best work, make progress visible, keep people engaged.

For now, backlinks alone decide rankings. Top 5%, relative not absolute, to prevent gaming. Clean, simple, tunable.