Dealing with low quality observations and inappropriate content on iNaturalist

[mftasp]

Does iNat have a policy on photos exhibiting nudity?

I’m having trouble finding one either on the terms of service or the help pages, or using a search engine.

[cmcheatle]

The community guidelines specifically note this (sexually explicit content) as a suspendable offense
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/community+guidelines

[mftasp]

Yes, but nudity is not necessarily sexually explicit (specifically not in the photo and flag I’m trying to work out what to do with). The way the community guidelines are worded:

(!) Sexually explicit content. Observations of mating non-human species are fine, but common sense should still be used.

This implies (to my reading) that this section applies to sexual acts, not nudity.

[cmcheatle]

I don’t think we need to read too much into parsing what is and what is not ‘explicit’. On a website where all ages are participating, posting a picture of your bare ass (as in the flag you are dealing with) is sufficient to get suspended in my mind.

[mftasp]

Thanks for the clarification! At least knowing what to do speeds up the process and minimises the amount of time the material is on the platform.

[jennformatics]

A kappa actually has quite a few similarities to bridge trolls… ;-)

[sanguinaria33]

Yeah, when I add a comment stating the identified species is not found in a state/region/country, the typical response is “well then what is it?”