# Guiding new users without scaring them off

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/guiding-new-users-without-scaring-them-off/2242>\
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**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/guiding-new-users-without-scaring-them-off/2242 "2019-04-16T16:25:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/guiding-new-users-without-scaring-them-off/2242/7 "2019-04-16T20:18:28Z")

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> [@bouteloua](#):
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> Nor does it really discuss other “best practices” like being sure to mark as captive/cultivated.

That was one I missed the day I went from downloading the app myself to setting my students loose with the app 30 minutes later. Many of the apps one downloads - think social media - come with few guidelines and minimal guidance, if any, on community practice. Some sort of intro screens to “onboard” a new iNat user would be really helpful. A short series of pop-up overlay directions including such as, “If someone planted the plant, click here” pointing at the checkbox for cultivated.

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