> are about _the PKM_, rather than the knowledge captured

This is because engaging with information ("to note"...) is such a basic human activity. So, you have to abstract to a higher level if you wish to attract the "average" internet audience.

This is one of the reasons I suggested (bellow) it would be better to anchor note-taking discourses within established communities (students, business, academia...)

> much added 'ceremony' to note taking

Like every Human sub-culture/scene/community, note-taking/PKM/tft automatically creates its own customs and ceremonies. There is no escaping it. The fun thing is : because it is a basic activity (as I said earlier), those outside these circles will find it bizarre (the ceremony part) and banal (the basic part), both at the same time.

Bizarre + banal = WTF!