# The future of References: thoughts, questions, and ideas

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**Created:** [October 7, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/the-future-of-references-thoughts-questions-and-ideas/3370 "2022-10-07T05:56:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/the-future-of-references-thoughts-questions-and-ideas/3370/9 "2022-10-08T06:47:25Z")

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I would like to see a ton of improvements to references, sorry don’t have the energy now to dig up some previous requests, but among ideas I think you can find in my previous posts:

- group references according to originating entity, and other ways, not just chronologically (you seem to suggest the same)
- merge with the comments area so you have a true log of updates to an entity as they happen
- This one I did track down:

> [@In References from the same Entity, preserve time of all references](https://community.fibery.io/t/in-references-from-the-same-entity-preserve-time-of-all-references/1722):
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> Showing the time of a reference is a very useful feature. One way this helps is that when you refer to another entity anywhere other than comments, there is no timestamp or indicator of who wrote the Rich Text. However, the reference captures both, which is great. However, if you have multiple references to one entity from another, only the latest reference will show the time. Could you guys keep the original timestamp in each reference? This really helps context as we appreciate being able…

it is really useful to see the time of each reference, but if there is more than one from the same entity, you lose the first timestamp.

And interesting your mention of being able to reference views. Maybe I missed a convo in the interim, but we talked about that here:

> [@References to Views as a way to emulate Embedded Db's in Notion](https://community.fibery.io/t/references-to-views-as-a-way-to-emulate-embedded-dbs-in-notion/1247):
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> Hi guys, I would love to see some evolution of Backlinks/Highlights to cover Views. We can reference views now, but the Views themselves do not pick up those via Highlights/References. Views I think are a an under developed, powerful part of Fibery that I’d like to see get more attention as first-class citizens. As there are quite a few former Notion users in here, and I think Fibery has great chance to grow with Notion converts, these users are likely going to look for the ability to create…

I continue to really wish there was a way to reference views, as some views for my team in Fibery are very important and can’t really be emulated by creating an entity instead, which would pick up references.

Good post, love to have references being pushed forward!

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