# Annotations for observations that don't exist?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotations-for-observations-that-dont-exist/32403>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question, android-app\
**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotations-for-observations-that-dont-exist/32403 "2022-06-01T22:09:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfram06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/wolfram06/32/27928_2.png) [@wolfram06](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/wolfram06)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotations-for-observations-that-dont-exist/32403/1 "2022-06-01T22:09:45Z")

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Sometimes I see this happening, where there’s more annotations for observations than actual observations at any given time. Is this a glitch?  
Edit: this screenshot is showing how many observations are research grade, rather than being an annotation. However I see this happening with annotations too, but I’m assuming it’s because sometimes observations have more annotations than don’t at any given time.

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**Author:** ![matthewvosper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/matthewvosper/32/12194_2.png) [@matthewvosper](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/matthewvosper)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotations-for-observations-that-dont-exist/32403/2 "2022-06-01T22:19:01Z")

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Not really. The only real datapoints are the dots. I think the line is just a best fit line for illustration purposes. In this case the total number of observations is low too, which will make the best fit line a bit more arbitrary and inaccurate. As more observations are made the anomaly will correct itself.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotations-for-observations-that-dont-exist/32403/3 "2022-07-31T22:19:36Z")

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