As the app developer, I may not be the best example of a user, but I can tell you how my own usage shakes out. I do use Drafts much the way I originally intended, as a quick capture tool, with a few exceptions. Stuff I capture in Drafts shakes out in a few ways:
- Ephemeral stuff. Notes I jot down for temporary use, usually just get trashed when I’m done with them - things like dimensions I need to remember as long as a trip to the Home Depot, or a rental car license plate, etc.
- Things that go elsewhere. I start a lot in Drafts because I like it for capture/editing that become emails, messages, social media posts, tasks, etc. When acted on, these get archived – usually automatically by having the actions configured to archive the draft with the “After Success” setting (often also getting tagged automatically - like if I post to Mastodon, the action assigns a “mastodon” tag and archives the draft).
- Things I keep in Drafts. There are a few cases where I actually keep and organize things in Drafts, like reusable text snippets, running lists of movies/books, grocery lists. In these cases, the related drafts live in the archive, are tagged, and I have workspaces that filter the draft list to show only those drafts.