I hope I am not doing this wrong but when I have an observation that I would like help identifying I currently type in one of the names of the people listed as a top identifier on my observation for some help. I was thinking today how nice it would be if when you wanted to “tap” a specialist identi…

Welcome to the forum, @aggie_wildlifer ! This sounds like you’d like to make a formal feature request. We can leave this here and see what happens in discussion but then, if you want something actionable, I’d suggest checking here for more info: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-the-feature-r…

I find your response to be on par for what I have experienced so far. I can see how the extra effort it takes to @mention someone can cut down on the number of notifications any particular identifier gets. Thanks for your thoughts about it and I apologize if I posted it in the wrong category.

I think the tagging system as it is is just fine. I’m top identifier on turtles and tortoise and have about 50-150 notifikations every single day ( absolutely not just taggs but still). If everybody could ask for help by a single click there would be absolutely no way keep track of the flud of inc…

[image] lerad: and have about 50-150 notifikations every single day 50-150 notifications a day seems a bit much unless you have the “Notify me about confirming identifications” box checked. I usually get up to about 50 notifications over a couple days and I’m in the 83.4k ID range. It helps…

[image] aggie_wildlifer: Thanks for your thoughts about it and I apologize if I posted it in the wrong category. No problem! You didn’t do anything incorrectly, I just wanted to make sure you knew this would be a discussion as opposed to a formal request which gets intentionally monitored an…

I had that box checked. Thanks a lot for that tip. That actually helps a lot!

Possibly also worth remembering when you’re looking for help that just because someone is at the top of the ID list for a taxon, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the expert. There are a number of threads on this forum discussing so-called ‘power IDers’—people who want big numbers of IDs but aren’…

That’s absolutely true. If I’m taking me for example again (sorry for that). As top identifier of turtles I’m often getting asked for help with Asian or African turtles or even tortoise. But my competence are north and central American freshwater turtles only. Because they are really common there …

I would like to second that. I am the top identifier of Noctuid moths in Canada, and several species as well, but do not consider myself a power IDer. I am not formally trained in moth taxonomy, nor do I consider myself an expert. I like the identification side of things, and moths are what I like …

Ability to click on top identifiers

General

Topic		Replies	Views
"Request ID Help" button Feature Requests	33	2028	March 12, 2022
Top identifiers of iNat: how do you feel about users "calling you out" for identifications? General	8	2178	September 24, 2021
Requesting an I.D General	18	1584	May 19, 2024
iNat's top identifier algorithm is broken General	72	2181	December 2, 2024
Link to top identifiers of that taxon, not observations of that taxon Feature Requests	27	5011	July 21, 2023

Ability to click on top identifiers

Related topics