# Who cares?
Skg is for thinking, individually and collectively. It is a simple, novel way to write, collect (from other writers), organize and share information. (Any of which can be ignored -- you don't have to share, for instance, to use the app productively.) In a world of abundant information, I hope Skg will let users direct their attention, process information and collaborate more effectively.
Skg extends the data model explored by knowledge management apps like Notion, TheBrain, OneNote, LogSeq, Roam Research, org-roam, Tana and Obsidian. (You may have encountered knowledge management [under some other name](docs/synonyms-for-concept-mapping.md).)
You can skip all the hyperlinks and just read this README to see what the app does.
# What's unique about Skg
Skg would be the first app to let a user:
## Learn from how others use your ideas.
When someone integrates your (public) notes into their (public) notes, they reveal potentially new context to you.
For instance, suppose you had a node titled "irresponsibility", a branch of which was called "living like there's no tomorrow". Someone might link to your "living like there's no tomorrow" from their note "peace, presesnce and mindfulness". Their new link to your note could reveal a positive spin on a phenomenon, "living like there's no tomorrow", which you had previously framed entirely in the negative.
In this way another user, by trying to understand your idea, can help you understand it yourself.
## Subscribe granularly.
In Skg you do not subscribe as a person to another person. Instead, you subscribe parts of your data to parts of other peoples' data.
No feed algorithm will guess what to show you. Rather, when you consciously choose to look at a topic, you will see what the people you subscribe to have shared about that topic. For everyone you subscribe to, you can separately choose which topics to subcribe to.
In a world of scarce attention overflowing with information, granular subscription should help.
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