the iNaturalist workflow works by allowing identifiers to identify to whatever level they are able to identify.
on the other hand, the workflow in this new tool sets the expectation that you must guess a particular species to win or to even move onto the next thing, and i would think that would make new identifiers potentially even more fearful of making actual identifications in the system.
a bet a lot of folks never start identifying because they interact with iNaturalist solely using the apps – 2/3rds of observations are created via app – and there’s not a dedicated identification module in the apps, and the web identification screen doesn’t work well with mobile. if someone wanted to make a mobile-friendly identification page, i’d support that wholeheartedly. here’s the concept that i would use to approach that: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-screen-in-the-app-s-for-finding-and-weighing-in-on-disagreements/51681.