Is the iNat directorship taking iNat in the right direction and paying enough attention to the user base?

[spiphany]

See e.g.
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/large-numbers-of-falsified-observations-for-this-years-city-nature-challenge/64547
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/city-nature-challenge-issues-suggestions-for-improvement/65039