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 (Skool-style), right next to the note name. Click the star, get a modal that explains what it means. No underlines, no distractions. Star is a separate element because clicking 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.