I read through just now to Tony’s reply
and skimmed the rest and have to ask, “why is this thread still going?” The system works well, I think the only confusion arises when people get alerts for non-disagreeing IDs, go to see what’s identified and see someone ID to a higher taxonomic level (in many cases without disagreeing!)
Maybe the non-disagreeing IDs at a higher level shouldn’t come with a notification, or should be highlighted in a different color or otherwise communicate more clearly to casual or uncertain users what those IDs mean.
I’m pretty hard disagree on the idea of a “disagree” button, it’s true, you can always ID to the highest level you’re confident and then hit either “I don’t know, but I am sure…” or “No, but it is a member of…” as seen here in a related thread:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/questions-about-how-id-disagreement-works/59211/17