Thread by @cortexfutura

Do Not Fear Missing Out – A thread on @RoamResearch and FOMO. #roamcult

If you've just recently discovered Roam, and you're checking out the community, things can feel overwhelming. For an app this young, the ecosystem is huge: YT tutorials, courses, extensions galore – plus regular new features in the app.

And on Twitter in particular, you'll often see people discuss the newest extensions, talk the "meta-game" of note-taking and Algorithms of Thought or celebrate the (fantastic!) submissions to the #RoamGames.

All of that can be intimidating – do you have to use all that with Roam, much less keep up with it? Let me tell you:

You Do Not.

While the community is fantastic, with many warm and brilliant people in it, you don't have to keep up with the constant stream of updates, extensions and other news. I don't, and it's sorta part of what I do here.

You know how some people look at you when you tell them you haven't watched a well-known movie? The cool thing is, #roamcult is not like that. Instead, the reaction you can expect is: "whoa, you're in for a TREAT, awesome!"

If you're just getting started with Roam – just get started with Roam. See whether it fits you. Play around with it, watch a couple of videos like the series I'm linking below, or the ones linked in the next tweet.

And once you're hooked (as you will be 😉), all us super-nerds will be here waiting for you to join the geekery.

But never feel stressed because you're not using all of Roam's features or extensions. I don't! I rarely use queries, don't build elaborate CSS stuff myself, and there's many other things I don't use to their "full potential". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So what? Roam does exactly what I need it to do for me right now, and if I feel like something could use improvement – I just know where to look for people who've probably already solved that.

So again – if you're new to Roam: awesome, welcome, have fun, let #roamcult know if you need anything. And don't stress out 🙂