# Human obs used for cyberbullying

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**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/human-obs-used-for-cyberbullying/42458 "2023-06-12T01:54:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/human-obs-used-for-cyberbullying/42458/172 "2023-06-23T03:41:49Z")

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> [@lothlin](#):
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> I don’t know if this has been brought up, but would it be possible to have a few curators assigned specifically to handle these sorts of flags? Science curators may not have the knowledge or time to handle stuff like interpersonal disputes.

Creating different curator roles has indeed been discussed before, and the current status (4 years old) is summarized in this post and topic:

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/remove-all-curators-and-start-from-scratch/140/25](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/remove-all-curators-and-start-from-scratch/140/25)

As with many other things, it has since taken a back seat to just keeping up with the scaling issues of the site. Although since that time, things did [change to require prospective curators to apply directly to staff](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/should-site-curators-be-allowed-to-make-another-user-a-curator/5308/37), instead of being able to be created by other curators.

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