Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: Website URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: https://www.inaturalist.org/flags Description of need: Please hide the flagger name when page is viewed by normal users, ie not site-admins or curators). This is to prevent retribution/re…

I can see a few problems with this. First: it assumes that curators are more trustworthy than “normal users.” That is not an assumption that I would make. Also, there are always certain risks involved in any imbalance of power, and I would therefore hesitate to increase any existing imbalance of po…

Just adding another thought here for a middle ground solution, that can help mitigate the potential for curators getting harassed by alt accounts of suspended users: 1.) Flagger name could be hidden to non-curators only if the account that posted the flagged content is also currently suspended (sin…

[image] wildskyflower: 1.) Flagger name could be hidden to non-curators only if the account that posted the flagged content is also currently suspended (since presumably mostly only curators or staff should be handling issues with suspended accounts). I support this, there are rare but severe…

I do want a way to hide harassment and sockpuppetry without revealing who flagged it, the sockpuppetry is really getting out of control now. But I don’t think every personal attack that is hidden needs to obscure the hider So I support some sort of separate flag to remove harassment that hides the …

[image] insectobserver123: I’m also not sure if spam flagging really hides comments? I’m still seeing these while logged out Can you DM me with some examples?

[image] insectobserver123: I do want a way to hide harassment and sockpuppetry without revealing who flagged it, the sockpuppetry is really getting out of control now. But I don’t think every personal attack that is hidden needs to obscure the hider We just released an update: non-curators sh…

Thanks, this will make me feel much safer dealing with sockpuppets [image] tiwane: I wish we didn’t have to lose that bit of transparency, but I think the tradeoff is worth it. I think this is a good emergency measure, but in the long run I don’t know if that tradeoff needs to exist, I think…

i disagree with this action being taken before there’s more differentiation between taxonomic curation and moderation. I suspect it may be used in bad faith, and don’t think the additional loss of transparency is justified especially given the problematic behavior of certain taxonomic curators on th…

I strongly oppose hiding flaggers too, but how will hiding names of curators who hide content affect taxonomy?

the taxonomy mention is just linked to an ongoing issue where site moderation is mixed into the same curator account type as those who are doing taxonomic curation.

Hide or obscure flagger name on flags page for normal users

Feature Requests

insectobserver123 December 10, 2024, 1:37pm 37

I don’t know exactly how it works, but I’ve seen people get away with hundreds of accounts

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Hide or obscure flagger name on flags page for normal users

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