📊Story Graph

The Story Graph is a structural map of how stories move through people over time. It forms the backbone of Vimix.

Rather than showing isolated activity, the Story Graph reveals how ideas are extended, carried forward, and connected as stories evolve.

It shows:

  • who builds on whose ideas

  • how stories move through extensions

  • where continued extension emerges

The Story Graph focuses on movement, not surface-level activity.


Why it matters

Most systems surface activity in isolation — impressions, likes, replies — without showing how an idea actually traveled or who carried it forward.

The Story Graph makes visible:

  • paths of influence the chain of extensions that moved an idea through the network

  • high-impact contributors not the loudest participants, but those whose ideas invite continuation

  • emerging narratives which themes are gaining momentum, and through which contributors

Flow is derived from the Story Graph by observing how extensions continue over time. This ensures that movement reflects real continuation rather than surface-level noise.


How to read the graph

Each eligible extension appears as:

  • a node representing the extension itself

  • a directional edge pointing to the idea it builds on

  • associated Flow reflecting subsequent movement

Over time, this forms a branching structure — a dynamic story tree that shows how narratives compound across the network.


How the graph is used

Teams and communities use the Story Graph to:

  • see where continued extension is forming

  • distinguish meaningful extensions from repetition

  • understand how movement maps to contribution

Participants use it to:

  • see how their work connects to others

  • understand where they add the most leverage

  • decide which ideas are worth building on next

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