Just needed to vent a little here… I’m finding some identifiers do not bother to read the notes I provide, or to look at additional photos beyond the first one, leading to confusion that would otherwise be quite simple to resolve. If identifying, take a few moments to read! Okay, I feel better now…

[image] nilshelstrom: I would have been better off with no identification You can achieve that by Opting Out of CID. Then both sides are happy. Especially if identifiers can be forewarned - Opted Out, Mark as Reviewed, Next.

[image] jnstuart: Does anyone actually upload that many observations in a day? Observations · iNaturalist

What Bobby said: [image] yayemaster: I always respect the notes Reminded me of a recent post by David: [image] ID based on observer notes Being an eBird reviewer, I experience the full gamut of notes on observations of birds. They range from “seen well” to 5,000 characters describing the…

[image] nilshelstrom: Yeah, I know, but I’ve had a handful of frustrating issues recently along these lines and needed someplace to complain, even if I’m “preaching to the choir”. We are discouraged from using the forum for unconstructive complaints. If there are specific users who are repea…

This! Unfortunately depending on your workflow notes are not easily visible for the IDer. In the identify tab you won’t see the notes that one adds while uploading.. however, one CAN see the comments easily, so they are much more visible. I definately have been guilty of not taking those notes int…

Well, it is a trade-off … and it depends on how you see it. I do thumbnail agrees on observations I feel are telling enough even in this size.. I might miss the occasional multiple species observations, “but I meant to observe something else”-observation or maybe even am plain wrong because I missju…

it’s really not asking a lot of observers. Frankly, the expectation that iders explain every single time they disagree is asking a lot of iders A person might have a couple of their things ided, meanwhile the indentifier is trying to move through dozens or hundreds of observations and every explana…

I’ll admit it - I’ve missed notes on occasions. But if the observer then tags me in the observation and explains my error, I will unhesitatingly withdraw my mistake. It would be very frustrating to have someone misidentify your observation then ignore your polite requests for them to revisit it. Th…

Identifiers: Read the notes!

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ddennism September 24, 2025, 8:43pm 24

This is the main reason that I don’t identify from the thumbnail view “agree” buttons, where notes are not visible. I encourage others to do the same.

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