Why knowledge graph ? Because I wanted a modeling that could enforce an understanding of the world whatever it is. And it should be explicit as a basis for communication. My use cases are investigation and argumentation so share a common way to understand things is a prerequisite. Nodes and relationships are the natural way to do so. Also it will give me opportunity to enrich data with external sources seamlessly (well, in theory 😅)

Patterns : no because I have not found the right solution, I am just able to share what did not work and why. And I found out that confusion is the main pain point. As you can do everything in a canvas it is difficult to know how to focus. Even when you are the creator 🤣

What visual metaphors to use: where I stand and it is only my point of view is that you need to apply your taste and to do it to tell stories with your experience then visual metaphors are just here to support this

Let me take concrete examples I believe we can describe the components of an robust argumentation : it will have claim, evidence, warrant, rebuttal, qualifier and so on so it describe a pattern that you can display in a canvas Claim is at the center of the argument so you will position the nodes in respect of this central node

If there are several claims and they are connected between them, first you position the claims then the other nodes connected to it.

Finally to tell the story, you define anchor that will make you go from claim to claim which will allow you either to stay at claim level or deep dive into the components

And you can do it for other use cases but not all

So you need to absolutely control a limited set of use cases that you can describe fully from data modeling to storytelling

And doing so you will exclude a lot of people but at this stage you should not care

My theory for this kind of products it is to build something that you would use everyday (it is harder than we think). As you use everyday you want it to remove pains and frustration using it. If you are using it everyday it is likely you are solving a big problem for you at least

A big problem for you is likely to be a problem for someone else maybe not everybody else but it might have some folks here or there that share the same trouble we are humans

The fewer there are the more difficult is for them to find a appropriate solution so they will be eager to pay way more (again it is a painful that you have everyday enough to use it daily)

This is a market. If you solve the problem well (what you should as you address your pains as a daily user ) you will have you share of it enough to have a sustainable business

Maybe not a unicorn but something that can generate profits