Before being known, go read first. Four tools that support connections on note | Ohayou Kanojo #221

Introduction

“Ohayou Kanojo” is an X account where an AI-illustrated girlfriend says “have a nice day” every morning at 7:30. I write a daily development diary about my personal projects using generative AI.

It happened while I was interacting with Aibiyori-san on Minato-san’s membership-only Discord.
In the flow of talking about how I go about reading followers’ articles, I brought up “Ohayomi next”.
That was when I realized Aibiyori-san didn’t know about this tool.

I wrote an article when I made it. It can also be used from the site.
But just introducing it once doesn’t mean it will continue to reach people I’ve newly connected with.

Even though it’s obvious, the person who made it forgets immediately.

However, just lining up four tools and explaining their functions will lead to the same result again.
What am I doing using these? This time, I want to start by introducing that.

Just posting and waiting makes it hard for connections to begin

Just writing and posting articles limits the opportunities for people to know you exist.

Read other creators’ articles yourself.
Leave comments and get to know the other person.

It’s not about leaving comments to get read.
As a result of reading the other person’s article and exchanging words, opportunities arise for them to know your articles as well.

If you want to be known, go get to know the other person first.

I tried to read everyone and ended up meeting no one | Ohayomi next

The original Ohayomi was a system that lined up registered creators in a single list and read them in order from the top. It worked when the number of registered people was small, but it increased to about 30, and my time for reading decreased due to work and managing memberships. I could only read halfway during my morning commute, and even if I opened it again at night, I would be too tired and close it. With the reset every morning, the backlog from the previous day would also disappear.

The problem isn’t the desire to “read many people” itself.

As a result of trying to read everyone with the same frequency, I couldn’t reach the people who were always at the back of the list.

So, I redesigned it to categorize who to read into “daily,” “weekly,” and “monthly,” automatically narrowing down who to read today. I also set up a place called “slowly” for those I don’t have to read today.

Going to read them yourself is important.
But it’s meaningless if you try to read everyone every day and can’t keep it up.

Ohayomi next became a tool for continuing to meet people without strain, rather than a tool for reading a lot.

I still open it in the morning and decide from here who I’m going to meet today.

▶ Use Ohayomi next
▶ Read the birth article

There was someone I couldn't reply to. So I made this | Ohenji-cho (Reply Notebook)

Ohenji-cho didn't start because of my own failure to reply.

The trigger was an article by Toko-san titled, 'note notifications are hard to see, and I don't know if I've replied.' On note, notifications for likes and comments are mixed chronologically, and as the number of articles increases, the question 'Wait, did I reply to this?' arises. After reading Toko-san's article, I checked the usage environment in the comment section, solidified the requirements for a 'list of unreplied comments to use on a smartphone,' and built a PWA.

When I had Toko-san use it first, unreplied comments were actually found. After that, when I used it myself, I found that I had unreplied comments left as well. Something I made to solve someone else's trouble also found my own oversights.

After that, Toko-san introduced Ohenji-cho in an article. Moreover, she even included fan art depicting me and Toko-san's characters.

I intended only to solve one problem, but words and pictures came back in a way I hadn't imagined. Ohenji-cho became a tool that not only manages comments but also allows me to feel the connections on note myself.

On days when comments increase, I check to see if there are any unreplied ones after I finish writing an article.

Replying to comments is not a task of processing notifications.
It is for not cutting off the conversation with the person who came to visit.

▶ Use Ohenji-cho
▶ Read the birth article

I couldn't even remember yesterday's numbers | Tsumiage Note (Accumulation Notebook)

On the note dashboard, you can see the current number of followers, but there was no trend graph. While continuing to post every day, even if I had a sense that followers were increasing, I couldn't remember when they increased, which article had an impact, or even yesterday's numbers. Wanting to know that, I created a mechanism to record the number of followers.

At first, it was a mechanism for myself that automatically acquired data every day using GitHub Actions. But for note users in the AI illustration community to use it, GitHub settings are difficult. So, I rebuilt it into a PWA that saves within the browser, making it usable by anyone.

I have used the recorded numbers as clues when looking back on articles and activities.

Tsumiage Note is not a tool for creating connections.
It is a tool for looking back later on what has changed in daily activities.

The current Tsumiage Note requires you to open it every day and press 'Update Now.' The numbers for the day you press it remain. However, the numbers for the days you forget do not remain.

In the membership, 'Observation continues.' records the number of followers and so on. Now, I am thinking of renewing it into an app called 'Oha-memo' that makes it easier to look back using that data.

▶ Use Tsumiage Note
▶ Read the birth article

When I started liking them, I wanted to read even their first article | YOMIASA

There are roughly three reasons why I made YOMIASA.

The first is that I wanted to trace the articles of my favorite creators in order from the beginning. The note article list is in reverse chronological order, and to go to the initial articles, you need to press 'See more' many times. Sometimes it returns to the top when you open one and go back to the list, and if you use a separate tab, it becomes difficult to know how far you have read.

The second reason was that I wanted to read through KITA-san's past articles, reach the top of the monthly rankings, and have an illustration drawn for me. I'll be honest. I want them to draw it. I really want them to draw it.

The third reason was that I received a similar consultation from KOTAYA-san. It was about whether there was a tool to narrow down articles by year or month, since it's hard to trace past articles. It made sense to me that this might not just be my own frustration, but a common inconvenience for people who try to properly read the articles of creators they like.

When I read various people's articles on Ohayomi next, I find people I want to know more about. Recent articles alone are not enough. I want to follow them back to what they wrote at the beginning and where they changed to their current themes.

I register people I've recently become interested in to Ohayomi next, and those I've come to want to read more deeply to YOMIASA.

Ohayomi next is a tool for continuing to meet multiple creators without strain.
YOMIASA is a tool for spending time with one person you've come to like, following them from the beginning.

▶ Use YOMIASA
▶ Read the birth article

The four were not a set from the beginning

The four tools were not created as part of a single plan from the start.

I wanted to know my own numbers.
I wanted to eliminate unreplied messages from anyone.
I wanted to stop the state of trying to read everyone but not being able to meet anyone.
I wanted to read through my favorite's articles from the beginning.

The sparks were all different.

But now that I line them up, they were supporting the same place.
They were tools to continue the actions of not just writing articles on note, but reading people, returning words, looking back on changes, and knowing more deeply.

Conclusion

Tools don't create connections with people. What tools reduce is forgetting, getting lost, and searching again. You use the energy saved there to get to know people.

If you want to be known, go to know the other person first.

The record of activities I have continued while using these four tools is summarized in the Observatory.

Click here for the OBSERVATORY 👇

The people who triggered this

Minato-san's membership

This is a community for learning AI illustration together, where this interaction was born.

Aibiyori-san

This is the person who gave me the entry point for this article from a casual exchange on Discord.

Luna's words

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