People

Network

The “Network” tab shows who is connected to whom: through direct relationships, shared organizations, encounters, and topics. From here, you open the network graph, the topic network, and “Maintain relationships”.

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People list and network detail #

The “Network” tab lists your contacts by last name. Below each name are three counters: relationships, organizations, and encounters. Use “Search person…” to find someone specific; pulling down refreshes the counters.

Tap a person to see their network detail. The header sums up the number of relationships, organization contacts, and encounter contacts. Below that follow up to four cards. Tapping a person opens their contact profile.

  • “Knows directly”: recorded relationships with their type, such as “Knows” or “Works with”.
  • “Together in organization”: people from the same organizations, with organization and role.
  • “Together in encounter”: people who took part in the same encounters.
  • “Topically connected”: people with shared topics from analyzed content.
TipThe three buttons at the top right lead, from left to right, to “Maintain relationships”, the topic network, and the network graph.
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People list with counters for relationships, organizations, and encounters
A person’s network detail with the “Knows directly” and “Together in organization” cards
On iPadOn iPad, you open the people list in the sidebar under “Network”. The three buttons sit in the bar at the top next to “Search person…”.
People list with counters for relationships, organizations, and encounters
A person’s network detail with the “Knows directly” and “Together in organization” cards
On the MacSidebar › Network › “List”. Relationships are grouped by type.
Network as a list

Network graph #

The network graph draws all people with relationships as nodes. The more connections a person has, the larger their node. The line color stands for the relationship type, the line thickness for the strength. Colored halos mark groups that are connected to each other. The legend at the bottom distinguishes “Contact”, “Many connections”, and “Favorite”; the overview map at the top right shows which section you are currently viewing.

  • Tapping a node highlights it; a second tap opens the contact profile.
  • Double-tapping zooms in on the node; a tap on an empty area zooms back out.
  • Dragging a node moves it, and Linknor remembers the position. Use two fingers to zoom.
  • “Reset view” (arrow icon at the top) restores zoom, section, and layout.
  • The filter at the top right limits the graph to one life area, such as “Profession” or “Association”.
NoteThe graph needs recorded relationships between contacts. Your own profile does not appear as a node.
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Network graph with groups, legend, and overview map at the top right
Filter menu with “All life contexts” and the individual life areas
Filtered graph showing only the people of one life area
On iPadOn iPad, tapping a person opens an inspector on the right with their connections plus “Open profile” and “New Meeting”. The legend and minimap are below the graph.
Network graph with inspector for the selected person
On the MacNetwork › “Graph”. You can drag nodes with the mouse; “Reset view” rearranges them.
Network as a graph

Contact timeline #

The contact timeline shows, in order, when contacts and relationships were created. You open it in the network graph with the button showing your profile picture at the top right. The entries are grouped by month and show the date on the right. Tapping an entry opens the contact profile.

  • “Contact created”: a new contact was added.
  • “Personal relationship (type)”: your own relationship to a person.
  • “Relationship (type)”: a relationship between two contacts, for example “Relationship (knows)”.
NoteIf no profile picture is stored, the button shows a clock icon.
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Contact timeline with one month’s relationship entries
Contact timeline with one month’s relationship entries
On the MacOn the Mac, the “History” tab in the contact profile shows a person’s history.
Profile, “History” tab

Topic network #

The topic network shows the most frequent topics from your AI-analyzed content as bubbles. The larger a bubble, the more items deal with the topic. Lines connect topics that occur together. The colors assign the topics to the areas “Technology”, “Business”, “Media”, and “Other”.

Tap a bubble to see details at the bottom: the number of “Content” items and “People”, the “Cluster”, and under “Connected” the neighboring topics. The × closes the details. Use two fingers to zoom; you can move bubbles around.

NoteThe topic network needs content that the AI analysis has already evaluated. You can also reach it via the network statistics on the “Home” tab.
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Topic network with topic bubbles and color legend
Details on a topic with content, people, cluster, and connected topics
Topic network with topic bubbles and color legend
Details on a topic with content, people, cluster, and connected topics
On the MacNetwork › “Topics”.
Network › Topics with trending topics

Maintain relationships #

“Maintain relationships” helps you add missing connections between your contacts. You open it with the left of the three buttons on the “Network” tab or via the tile on the “Home” tab.

In each round, a card asks “Do these people know each other?” and gives a reason, such as “Shared organization”, “Shared encounter”, or “Similar topics”. Swipe right or tap ✓ to confirm. Swipe left or tap ✗ to postpone the suggestion. The blue “…” button opens the detailed entry, and the arrow next to it undoes the last postponement.

  • “Discover new relationships”: “Strengthen my network” starts from you, “Relationships of a contact” from a starting contact you choose in a list.
  • “Short sessions”: “Review 10 relationships” and “Short session for one contact” limit the round to ten suggestions.
  • “Periodic maintenance”: “Review my network” and “Review a contact’s relationships” ask about relationships that have not been confirmed for a long time.
NoteEntries that start from your own profile only appear if “My profile” is linked.
TipHow well you are caring for your contacts overall is shown under More › Relationship management, with the network health and the “Need attention” list.
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“Maintain relationships” overview with discovery, short sessions, and periodic maintenance.
Choosing the starting contact, with search field
“Do these people know each other?” swipe card with reason and four buttons
“10 relationships” short session with starting contact and open suggestions
More › Relationship management: network health and contacts that need attention
On iPadOn iPad, relationship management has its own section in the sidebar (⌘7). Network health and the contact lists sit side by side in a grid there.
Relationship management in a grid
On the MacOn the Mac, Network › “Suggestions” lists pairs with shared encounters. “Connect” creates the relationship, “Hide” dismisses the suggestion.
Network › Suggestions

Create a relationship #

If you confirm a suggestion with ✓ or tap “…”, “Create relationship” opens. You can also reach the same form from a contact profile. Under “Person”, “Connected to” shows the other person; tap it to choose someone else. “Save” creates the relationship.

For mutual relationships, Linknor automatically creates the reverse direction as well. If the other side already has a relationship of a different type, Linknor asks whether you want to overwrite it, keep it, or merge them.

  • “Type”: Knows, Works with, Related, Politically connected, Professionally connected, Friend, Family, Introduced by, Reports to, Same organization, or Other.
  • “Direction”: “Mutual” or “One-sided”.
  • “Strength”: from 1/5 to 5/5.
  • “Note”: type freely or dictate via the microphone.
NoteIf a round starts from your own profile, ✓ opens the person’s context profile instead; that is also where you maintain the strength.
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“Create relationship” form with person, type, direction, strength, and note
Choosing the relationship type, from “Knows” to “Other”
On iPadOn iPad, the round and “Create relationship” appear as a sheet in the middle of the screen above the people list.
A “Maintain relationships” round as a sheet with the ✗, undo, “…” and ✓ buttons.
“Create relationship” form with person, type, direction, strength, and note
Choosing the relationship type, from “Knows” to “Other”
On the MacIn the profile, “Add More Details…” › “Relationship”.
Add a relationship

Postponed and periodic review #

Whatever you postpone in a round no longer comes up automatically. The clock button at the top right opens the “Postponed” list with the date it was postponed. Via an entry’s “…” menu, you choose “Log relationship” to enter the details directly, or “Suggest again” to add the person back to the suggestions.

In periodic maintenance, the question is “Does this connection still exist?”. The card states for how many days the relationship has not been confirmed. ✓ confirms it again, ✗ marks it as ended. If there is nothing to review, you see “No suggestions”.

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“Postponed” list with the date of postponement
An entry’s menu with “Log relationship” and “Suggest again”
“Does this connection still exist?” review round with no open suggestions
“Postponed” list with the date of postponement
An entry’s menu with “Log relationship” and “Suggest again”
“Does this connection still exist?” review round with no open suggestions
On the MacThis feature is only available on iPhone and iPad.