There is a keen new identifier in my area, who has made lots of my observations research grade. At first I thought that was nice, but as it has continued I have lost faith that they really know what the organisms are. I think they are just agreeing, not identifying. Lots were things where I had a su…

[image] Vireya: Is there an easy way of finding our observations that have been IDed by a particular user? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?ident_user_id=thebeachcomber , replace my username with theirs; that link will show all observations where they have added an ID. If you then want…

I don’t want to comment on the situation, just coming to share this link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?ident_user_id=username&not_user_id=username&place_id=any&verifiable=any replacing “username” with someone’s name twice lets you see all the observations that person has IDed for other…

Perhaps, you could thank them for an identification, and then ask them on what they based their identification. If they suggest that they were helping you by confirming your identification, then you might explain that you are uncertain of your own identifications or, to be more pointed, say you are …

Thanks for the query URLs, @thebeachcomber and @lappelbaum . I’ve gone through mine and knocked a few of my IDs back to genus, which had the desired effect, and for a couple of others I’ve tagged experts and asked them to check the observation. I’ve forwarded the appropriate URL to the other perso…

many such similar cases, they either eventually get better or eventually stop identifying…

I don’t have ‘agreeing’ notifications turned off. If that happens to me - I can click Yes - CID can be improved - which keeps it in Needs ID - and reminds me to unclick once I am okay with the CID. That keeps your own ID where you want it. We have a Help article you can use in a comment or a PM ht…

Have you considered guessing to genus level when you’re not sure? That avoids this problem altogether. I’ve been observing plants in the state of Vermont for some time now. Fortunately there are excellent flora for this region that I refer to almost daily. One thing I’ve learned is that there are m…

[image] trscavo: guessing to genus level when you’re not sure I’m not guessing at all. The suggestions I’ve made were ones I thought were correct, but unsurprisingly sometimes it turns out that an expert knows better. I frequently ID my own observations to genus level, or family, or higher. O…

Thanks for that - they have changed their profile since I looked at it originally. Now I see they are quite young. I might try sending them a message. But I also feel like I should delete this forum post/thread as it is leading to people identifying who I was talking about.

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orchidrose February 8, 2026, 12:26pm 10

I see who it is and having read his profile, have you considered seeking him out in person and have a chat? It seems that enthusiasms and youth are dominating. It looks like he needs a mentor.

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