recently on youtube i uncovered a “new” ficus species in the himalayas… ficus timlada . this isn’t a straightforward new species case like someone posting pics of a butterfly that experts had never seen before . in the ficus case, basically the taxonomic system failed because it’s fundamentally fla…

when it comes to ficus timlada, it would be ranked way higher with donations than with democracy. all the little known plants and animals would be ranked way higher with donations than with democracy. again, this is simply because democracy is tyranny of the majority, and the majority of people do …

i don’t know which organisms on inaturalist you’d sacrifice the most money for. you’re the only one with this information. since nobody else has it, then for sure it’s not going to have any influence on recruitment. so it’s a given that recruitment is going to be extremely suboptimal. Hypothetica…

clearly you’re assuming two things… your preferences matter words are adequate at conveying them And you seem to be assuming that your suggestion is Reasonable, we just aren’t understanding it More important than the preferences of everyone who has disagreed with you I would like to propose …

my 5th observation in 10 years is a bird of prey . i uploaded that bird just for you. do you feel grateful? obviously i have no idea how you feel about that bird. this is something you would have to communicate. conversely, if you uploaded a photo of a ficus benjamina tree just for me, i would n…

[image] epiphyte78: youtube already tracks views and this seems to strongly influence the ranking. but the ranking is incredibly atrocious. the most viewed content is so bad that i wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemies. the vast majority of people with time to spare aren’t spending it on anything…

[image] epiphyte78: my 5th observation in 10 years is a bird of prey . i uploaded that bird just for you. do you feel grateful? obviously i have no idea how you feel about that bird. this is something you would have to communicate. I think that there is some kind of fundamental roadblock here …

Over the course of your lengthy rants, all you’ve managed to do is create an antipathy to Ficus in me. If I see one, I’ll probably turn around and take a picture of crabgrass instead.

nobody forces me to sort observations by their popularity (stars clicked). it’s entirely optional. just like it would be entirely optional for you to sort observations by their value (donations given). so why would this option make people stop using the platform? you didn’t click the star button…

[image] epiphyte78: just like it would be entirely optional for you to sort observations by their value (donations given) [image] epiphyte78: let me try to put it as simply as possible. with my proposal, we’d have the option to know which organisms inat donors were most interested in. I…

[image] epiphyte78: it would be a completely different story in a system based on ranking with money. in such a system the experts would have far more influence than they currently have. and everyone would benefit from this. all the organisms in the world would benefit from this. the fairness o…

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