[ColinWright]

>> no one seems to be able to explain to me why it's not basically just a wiki

> That's actually precisely what it is for me.

See my reply here ...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24118601

I think people who are treating their new shiny systems as a wiki are missing the underlying, most important point of a true Zettelkasten.

[lojack]

I think you misunderstand... Obsidian is precisely a personal wiki for me because thats exactly what I want. I don't even attempt to argue that I'm doing Zettelkasten in any way shape or form -- I even have the Zettelkasten features disabled.