Back when I first joined Inat in 2020 I would “speed-ID” where I would just click Agree to everything RG and adding supporting ID’s. I only did this for less than 2 months however to this day I still get messages and tags for species that I have zero clue about. yayemaster’s 2020 iNaturalist Year i…

[image] yayemaster: Is there any way where I can be excluded from the leaderboard for these species since I am not familiar with them? No, there isn’t a way to do this without removing your identifications. [image] yayemaster: I still get messages and tags for species that I have zero cl…

[image] bouteloua: One option for your scenario is to go back and withdraw or remove those IDs. Is there a fast way to do this? I am getting an “I ate Inaturalist” whale when I try to go to the back end of my identifications.

Don’t panick :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: I totally understand your concern over other users falsely believing you to be an expert identifier of these species that you added uninformed supporting IDs to, and I have probably done the same. You know what though? It’s not that big of an issue, plu…

Within the iNat user interface I’m not sure what is fastest but sorting by observations least recently updated will help you find your old IDs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&quality_grade=needs_id%2Cresearch%2Ccasual&order_by=observed_on&order=asc&ident_user_id=yayem…

[image] yayemaster: To this day, I am still the top identifier of Harris’s Hawk, American Pygmy Kingfisher, Razorbill You could work thru your IDs for those first. And leave a few lines on your profile ‘don’t ask, IDK’ …

[image] yayemaster: To this day, I am still the top identifier of Harris’s Hawk, American Pygmy Kingfisher, Razorbill, Here is another possible solution: learn to identify those birds for real. Become the expert people think you are.

Now that’s the real solution! Never thought of this!

[image] yayemaster: Is there any way where I can be excluded from the leaderboard for these species since I am not familiar with them? Why, oh why would you add an ID for any species you are not actually familiar with?? Not good for science, for the species in question, for the reliability of…

Hasn’t everyone done something silly when they didn’t know better? By the sound of it this was adding IDs to what was already confirmed, which is hardly the worst bit of dumbassery anyone’s done while overexcited about cool birds upon having just joined the site. What freaks me out is hitting a lead…

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DianaStuder May 27, 2025, 6:52pm 17

iNat years are like dog years. I have learnt lots with each year here.

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How to remove myself from identification leaderboards

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