so i made this topic to pull out the observation count issue partly because, while it is discussed here, it’s a) not explained as to how this is an effective means of obscuring an observation and b) i think it is something to be discussed from the identifier’s workflow and not in the larger yelling about datetimes and everything else.
i don’t see that it does much but!, if it is a concern, i would be fine with a rounded number or binned to know on that ID panel if i am looking at a very new user, a moderate user, or a heavy user. and i want to know that to suss out copyright issues, for example, for those low obs count users. it is a useful number even if it’s only <50 or >5000. and i want to know it for any of the set that is affected by the obscuring policy.