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Sprouts
All notes are born as sprouts. I make no guarantee on the quality, correctness, or readability of sprouts; they can vary anywhere from 3am insomnia-fueled bullet points to super rough drafts of blog posts to log dumps from a debugging session.
Blossoms
Blossoms are incomplete notes that I believe are ready for initial sharing and public consumption. I’m often looking for feedback or waiting for new information, and intend to iterate on them for some while longer.
Evergreens
Evergreens are completed notes that I don’t intend on editing in the future. They’re generally edited, factually accurate to the best of my knowledge, and presents information in a way that won’t become inaccurate as time passes.
Featured Notes
Featured Notes will appear with a star next to them, and appear at the top of folders / on the homepage. They’re notes I particularly want to share, either because I think they’re extra cool or I’m looking for feedback on something.
Until I get around to making more emojis, I re-use the icon for rating things (alongside the 
and 
icons). See Rating Scales for more info.
Blog Posts
If an evergreen note passes some entirely arbitrary threshold of quality and importance, I may move it away from the Garden and into my blog (bencuan.me/blog).
Blog posts are generally well-researched long form essays about topics I care about deeply. By separating them from the Garden I hope to give myself space to play and experiment here, while still having a platform dedicated to the ideas I’m most proud of.