I recently used linked thinking in Obsidian to do some critical meme analysis for therapy. It was a good exercise in creating index notes, e.g. a meme crossing over Marvel and The Good Place wouldn’t fit in a folder for either one.

  • Callie
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    2 years ago

    Can you describe what you like about Obsidian vs Roam? You’re not the first person I’ve heard say they switched.

    • micseydelOPM
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      2 years ago

      There are lots of different ways to compare, but with Obsidian I like

      • that I spend zero ongoing cognitive energy on security/privacy/availability concerns
      • first-class aliases
      • speed
      • easy to backup continuously
      • local graph view
      • (while I don’t use it much,) the mobile app is much more solid
      • the leadership and the business
      • I find it easier to do long-form writing

      I do miss Roam’s outliner and backlinks sometimes, but not enough to have bothered with a plugin yet. I also wasn’t sure about Roam’s future, and remained a paid subscriber to support them until I saw how the CEO had decided to moderate the subreddit.

      • Callie
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        2 years ago

        I hadn’t been following the CEO’s behavior. The rest sounds excellent, I’d kill for a decent mobile app. My single greatest frustration with roam is the glacial loading speed on mobile since I’m usually using it to hastily type a note while out doing other things. Thank you for the rundown, I’ll definitely be looking into switching over.

        • micseydelOPM
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          2 years ago

          I honestly don’t use the mobile app much, but when I tried to use Roam’s app in a doctor visit, it was embarrassing to wait 30 seconds for it to load. It was doubly embarrassing when I compulsively closed the app and had to open it again 🙃

          I hope you post about your experience experimenting with Obsidian :)