Notebooks/Folders/Collections

I like amplenote and Logseq because they don't have Notebooks, Folders, or Collections.

The Notebook standard has never worked for me because things never fit neatly into one box. One note could have multiple boxes that I want to put it in, but I can only pick one. With tags, that note can be in as many boxes as I want.

If I have a note about a Cheetah, do I put in Cat, Mammal, Predator, Africa, etc.? I have to remember where I put it or search every possibility until I find it. With tags and sub tags, that note can be in every box at the same time.

Do you want Notebooks to hide notes or topics you don't use as often?

I use both notebooks and tags. I use notebooks for grouping projects and broad categories and tags for any search terms I think might be useful for bringing up the note later. For example, maybe I'm taking a class and want to keep all my notes and research grouped together. Then maybe I'll have another notebook that is for organizing a website I'm creating. Then another notebook might be only for entertainment.

I have a couple of reasons for not only using tags:
1. Sometimes I forget to tag because I create the note first and have to remember to tag it afterwards, or I misremember what tag I was using for the category, then notes are missing when I look them up. With notebooks, I create the notes directly in them so they're always together, even if I forget to tag.
2. My tag list can be very long and my notebook list is short. Having a separate level of organization lets me group notes without burying my most important groupings in a sea of words with varying importance.

I used Amplenote for over a year and made a real effort to get used to only using tags. I kept getting frustrated when I couldn't find notes I knew were there because they didn't get properly tagged and Amplenote's search brings up too many irrelevant results. It was important enough to me that I migrated away from Amplenote.

I understand not everyone needs notebooks, but they could be implemented in a way that they can be completely ignored by anyone who doesn't care for them. But it's a system that works well for my brain. If tags only is part of Amplenote's fundamental philosophy, maybe it just isn't the right note app for me.