At the end of a long week of bs, I was presented with picture of a human penis to ID. I could mark it as inappropriate and wait for a moderator to see it and decide, or mark it copyright infringement and take it down faster but leave no note for the moderator. How do you want these handled? Do you…

(I changed the topic’s title because it was appearing on the dashboard Forum widget) Please flag the photo as copyright infringement and email help@inaturalist.org as soon as possible. We’ll take a look and delete it if it’s obscene. I don’t think it’s worth engaging in any sort of comment or messa…

Definitely get it out of sight as soon as possible. Maybe I am a prude, but this just is not the place for human genitalia. You can also report it to help@inaturalist.com as I expect this is some kind of violation of the TOS.

Totally okay with genitalia, in theory - they’re a part of nature. But agree that such photos are generally counterproductive on this site. Our primary mission is to encourage folks to interact with nature, no matter their backgrounds, ages, etc. So being able to eliminate this sort of photo quickl…

Yeah, don’t allow them get satisfaction they seek, flag it the way that’ll hide the photo from regular users.

Sorry…message or email whom? Thanks.

By your description this appears to be a case of an attention-seeking loser seeking to cause upset and give offense. Flag the observation and notify staff. Irate, shrill, angry or other sorts of commentary that feeds the observer’s need for attention just gives him what he’s looking for. @peakaytea …

Sexually explicit content (meaning, of humans) is one of the four kinds of content that are listed as Any of these behaviors are grounds for immediate suspension without warning in the iNaturalist Community Guidelines . Any Curator who becomes aware of such content should be taking that action immed…

[image] jdmore: For non-curators, the quickest way to hide a photograph is to flag it as a Copyright Violation. Not the best use for that kind of flag, but probably justified in this circumstance until a curator/staff member can be notified. Which you should then do asap. there should probabl…

[image] tiwane: Please flag the photo as copyright infringement and email help@inaturalist.org as soon as possible. We’ll take a look and delete it if it’s obscene. in clear cases of inappropriate photos, i’ve seen that the users who posted those photos get suspended, and the photos get hidde…

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peakaytea October 3, 2021, 2:42am 6

Not a “human nude.” Not a piece of scientific documentation.

I’m a frustrated that you seem to have missed the point as evidenced by your discussing irrelevant cases and scientific theories.

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