Is there currently any way of filtering out/blocking a particular user? I find it diminishes from the experience of helping people with genuine ID requests when the list is swamped by users posting several of the same thing, photos of the same tree from a different angle, or just posting observation…

This is probably a new user here due to the City Nature Challenge. There’s some advice on how to deal with this type of situation here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/dealing-with-low-quality-observations-and-inappropriate-content-on-inaturalist/2416

No this is a user that has been active for quite some time, but seems to have an addiction for posting anything and everything, and often.

Alright, then go to your profile, click “Edit account settings & profile”, and on the right-hand side there should be a section titled “Your Relationships”. One of the options there may be what you’re looking for. I’ve never used these options, so I can’t advise you further, but the help links there…

You can block up to 3 users which means you will not see their content. However, I will emphasize and note that the documentation on blocking states this is not an appropriate use of the blocking tool. It is meant to deal with harrassment not situations like this.

Thanks Jeremy, just what I was looking for.

I have a similar problem with a particular user in my area with sometimes multiple pages in a row of observations which don’t provide enough evidence to confidently ID but also are probably correct most of the time. It’s an irritating situation because I don’t want to “downgrade” all of the observat…

Just to be clear, it is not a somewhat inappropriate use, it is explictly stated by the site to be inappropriate.

I agree with Chris, blocking is for serious situations. We really should be trying to correct any bad behaviour, observation wise. It may be a legitimate use of the site, too, so one has to be careful to approach it with an open mind. If it were me, I would start a dialogue, see where it goes. Somet…

some of this is sometimes just people using the site differently. several observations of the same organism is frowned upon but several observations of the same species on a hike is fine, some people are interested in fine scale mapping or phenology, etc, others are not.

I am curious to know if you have been successful in starting a dialog with users (both new and non-new) regarding a more proper use of the site

Filtering out a particular user?

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alexgraeff April 29, 2019, 1:00am 21

Not a bad idea, it’s a little bit of work but no biggie.

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