Is iNaturalist newbie friendly?

You want to know what I feel? I feel inspired.

@jujulues, you are young yourself, so to make the example relatable for you, imagine you get an ID on an observation, and you click on the identifier’s profile.

You see something like, “I’m only 3 years old, so take my IDs with a grain of salt, and please do your own research haha”

Then you realize that this small child seems to spend 16 hours a day doing nothing but IDing one taxon, and has hundreds of thousands of accurate IDs in that taxon.

I find that kind of thing inspiring!

Here is a child that, for most of human history, would have had no power and no respect, and today, thanks to iNat, they can interact with their peers and make valuable contributions to global biodiversity.

What a time to be alive!

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