I usually work with reptiles but was sub-contracted to do a few short bee surveys. Part of my contract requires me to photograph the bees from different angles and upload them to iNat, presumably to act as a backup for location/observation data (I could be wrong and it is ultimately not my concern w…

You’ve taken the reasonable first step. You’ve asked this person to stop. Now it’s a good idea to contact the help desk for further help. Or just ignore this person, if you can. He’s not helping.

I believe the e-mail address is help@inaturalist.org

Thanks! Have a great day/evening.

Something I’ve learned on inat is that many power users can sound rude, or short, but I think it may be a product of quick use of the site. While your scripted responce is very nice, a short responce is much easier to type out a hundred times. Granted, ctrl+V is also easy, but requires keeping the …

Thanks! I can understand that perspective. At the end of the day I like to focus on the fact that we’re all just human beings trying to contribute, and we should address each other as such. The example I posted is certainly not a scripted response, it is the way I try to communicate so that I can sh…

Can I just ask what you’re hoping to get out of posting these bee photos to inaturalist? If it’s just because you’re required to – “presumably to act as a backup for location/observation data” – then that’s actually not really the point of the site. Inat is a biodiversity database of sorts, but it’s…

Being short is ok, being disrespectful is not. I recently reviewed 4,000 obs to correct them consistent with a new taxonomic revision, 5 extra seconds on each observation would have added 5.5 hours to the project. This is why you might get short blunt responses, especially from people doing large nu…

Hi! I appreciate your advice. What I am “hoping to get” is to fulfill the requirements set out in the contract I was given. There reasons for requiring this are beyond me and I could be totally off the mark when I guessed why. As for the user being annoyed, that is ultimately their problem. The pho…

Wow 4000! That’s great. I can understand how even a few seconds would add up over time. I personally wouldn’t even know where to find the time to curate so many observations but you’ve inspired me to start trying. Thanks for explaining the purpose of the forum. I wasn’t sure what to do or where to …

I see. It seems like the main issue here is their specific wording, rather than the overall intent, so on that I’ll just echo insectobserver123 and say that any particularly offensive comments can be flagged on the site itself. But my general point was that one potential result of posting your phot…

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neilhamilton91 September 1, 2025, 4:00am 3

Thank you! I appreciate the advice.

I’m somewhat new to the forum side of things, could you advise me on where to find the help desk?

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