I’m trying to figure out a way to send messages to a core group (maybe 10 or 20) frequent inaturalist users in my area. I’ve thought of creating a project that only those people are members but I don’t think that seems like a good method. I thought of creating a group outside of inaturalist (like an…

There has been considerable resistance to making a feature where you can contact more than one person at once through iNaturalist, I think for good reason. The potential for abuse (even benignly intended) is too great.

A project and journal posts, lets people decide if they are interested, and then choose to opt in.

Communicate with a Group of inaturalist users in an area

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thomaseverest January 25, 2025, 4:08pm 2

Using a project or email is probably best. Although there is this feature request:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/send-group-messages/4793

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Communicate with a Group of inaturalist users in an area

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