Clear ID not reflected in title of page

This observation still has Bird as the title rather than reflecting the suggestions of 2 experienced with IDs. Does the original poster have some sort of power in spite of only 15 observations or is this a glitch? Thanks

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271027605

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iNat requires over 2/3 of the identifications to agree before the top changes. Experience of the identifier is not taken into account.

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This help page has a very thoroughly-worked example of how identifications, disagreements, and the “community taxon” interact: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000194901-how-do-identifications-work-

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The power of democracy.

2 against 1, still needs
one more please?’ to convince the Community Taxon algorithm.

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