Sharing in a knowledge graph ​

Sharing your content is the best way to get feedback or to multiply the value of your work. Let's see how sharing works in Capacities. 💡

Sharing content in a knowledge graph ​

Since Capacities does not work like a traditional note-taking app, where everything is stored in folders, databases, and pages sharing is different as well.

You are sharing content in a connected knowledge graph, so you need to decide which objects and which connections you want to share.

How it works ​

To share content open the right sidebar and click on "Share". Here you can select permissions for your content. A window will pop up allowing you to review the permission changes. By default, all objects that are referenced within that content (and content that is referenced in that content, and so on) will be shared as well. You can expand the details to see which elements will be shared and deselect the ones you don't want to share.

Once you have shared content, permission changes are based on four rules:

1. If two objects that are linked are shared they are both visible.

   If you have a page within a page and both are shared both pages are visible. If you have a shared tag, all elements that are shared and tagged with that tag will also be visible. Or if a shared page references another page it will be visible in the backlink section of that page.

2. If you create content on a shared page that content will automatically also be shared.

   If you are working on a shared page and you create another page within that page, or you add images or web links these objects will automatically be shared as well. You can at any point remove permissions in the "Share" menu. Here you again can select and deselect which permissions for which content you want to remove. One exception is Daily Notes. If you link a daily note in your content it will not be shared by default.

3. Collections allow you to publish with fine-grained access control

   If you share a collection that includes public content the content will not be automatically visible. You can select which entries should be visible. To do that open the table view of your collection and manage an entry's visibility in the last column. This allows you to curate individual compilations of content and explicitly share them in that collection.

4. Reused content will not be shared automatically

   If you are working on a public page and you reuse existing content that is not shared yet you will be asked if you want to share this content as well or not.

If you keep these rules in mind while working with public content you can create a powerful second brain that contains ideas that are shared with friends and colleagues. You can garden these public pages like your private notes and create explorable content networks for others. 🤯

Tips on sharing ​

• All public content will have a Shared label in the top left. That way you always know that you're editing public content.

• If you open the graph view of your content on the top right you will see the public subgraph marked in green. If you shared a link to one of that content a user can explore all green links starting from that node.

• Make sure to check the details when you share content. Often we forget how many links we create. If you share a page with a lot of links you will also by default share a lot of content. Remove content you don't want to share before you confirm.

If you have any ideas or questions about sharing, feel free to reach out. 📧