Apologies if this is in the wrong place or inappropriate in nature. I go through a lot of observations, especially in my locality and home state. Often, as I’m sure other serial identifiers will find, taxa are wildly misidentified. New Zealand endemics or plants (I focus on plants) not found in the …

That’s definitely an issue as no user should be refusing correction unless they can defend their ID’s. I think a site admin would need to get involved and inform them how the site works and the good intentions of community ID. I would think people using this site would like to know what they are s…

I am totally in agreement with @susanhewitt regarding personal messaging. I have done this (read: had to do this) many times after my own curt or otherwise unexpected identifications have confounded an observer or even ruffled feathers!

I think there is a point where if you have a Scarlet Tanager that they call a Baltimore Oriole, and they constantly block people (including expert birders) who change it to Scarlet Tanager, that they are being intentionally obtuse and would need to be removed from the site if they continue to basica…

The main problem I have (as more of a identifier than an observer) is that the computer AI ID program is pretty bad at birds (which I specialize in) when they’re not facing directly towards the camera and in bad lighting. Due to the fact that there are tons of mis-IDed birds and most observers use …

Wouldn’t in that case (being harassed or stalked), that the harasser or stalker should just be banned outright? This isn’t the typical social media site at all and blocking users makes little sense from a functionality standpoint. Spirited discussions regarding taxa are allowed as far as I know. Sh…

Spirited discussion? Absolutely. If they block you for not agreeing that is a case for Help to sort out, and to explain to them How to iNat

It’s perfectly okay to be reactive and leave a comment when challenged instead of proactive and put one every time you disagree. :slightly_smiling_face: As you said, there is a time component to crafting a response every time re: exactly why you disagree.

[image] mertensia: Wouldn’t in that case (being harassed or stalked), that the harasser or stalker should just be banned outright? This isn’t the typical social media site at all and blocking users makes little sense from a functionality standpoint. You’d be surprised how harassers can use se…

I similarly got blocked by someone whom is a well respected iNat user. In fact - I think even a curator… I’d very politely asked them to change the name of a ‘place’ they had recorded as they used the official name of my workplace but had incorrect geographic boundaries. There were multiple incorre…

[image] triciastewart1: There were multiple incorrect places Just wondering: did you submit a separate message for each place? Perhaps they saw multiple submissions as an inconsiderate use of their time and/or overstepping boundries, which was one of the suggested valid use cases for bannin…

Blocked by a user inexplicably

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