I will agree, it is slightly inconvenient and in the past I was flustered about it as well. However, I’ve changed my perspective and have even become part of the “problem”.
Here are a few examples why they are good to have:
- If a prolific (or any) identifier deletes their account, the extra IDs will keep the observation as RG
- protect from future misidentification taking the observation out of RG
Recently, I have reviewed all observations (including RG) of plant species groups I am intimately familiar with. Historically I used to only correct errors, but if I’m taking the time to review an observation why not add that I’ve confirmed the species? On the same note, in my area there have been one or two prolific identifiers that have a high (not just once in a while) rate of incorrect IDs, many of which are agreeing IDs that bring them to RG. So now instead of only looking through non-RG observations I am looking through everything and will add an ID to RG observations for the same reason.
Disabling notifications for agreeing IDs is a good solution, and perhaps in a future update to the platform changes could be made so that notifications are handled differently. Just as you may feel annoyed, I also feel guilty when I know one user might be getting 100 notifications of me agreeing that observations they’ve IDed previously are American cranberry!