I have in mind a new feature/filter option for the platform. As this would be a rather substantial addition, before putting this as a feature request I wanted to gather some feedback and suggestions. The issue: I would like to see iNaturalist becoming a better place for finding information about …

while I like this, this could be a tag or observation field, or a compiled in a journal post on your account

I think it’s ok to brainstorm potential ways to execute this, but fyi see this note in the about Feature Requests topic: [image] About the Feature Requests category - please read before posting! We are not currently accepting new feature requests related to: […] Ways to capture comments and I…

I do think this is the simplest solution to this problem that I have heard so far. Good brainstorming. Hopefully iNaturalist staff are already cooking up something similar, but if not, maybe this post will help give them some ideas.

I like it! It seems like a fairly simple and elegant way to make it easier to find information that already exists, while avoiding the difficulties connected with trying to create systematic taxon guides. I would argue that this does not fall under “ways to capture comments […] and including them o…

I always tag my observations with helpful comments as “IDcomment”. Of course, I can only do it on my own observations. But for me it has been helpful and easy to use. Sometimes I also include some articles or other links that I found. I like the idea that anybody can check this button and also vote…

I like this proposal very much, however, I think it can be generalised to fix another issue spiphany mentioned: [image] spiphany: People use favoriting for a variety of reasons, not just for ID information My lists of favourites is a jumbled mess as well. I favourite observations of cool org…

[image] eyekosaeder: sort favourites into folders I do that using bookmarks and folders on Chrome. But this - being able to label and find again ID tips would be a wonderful improvement. I need a simple way to find this again, as we sort thru taxonomy of Nivenioideae Only one species in Bai…

Tthis would allow users to better sort observations that they have favorited themselves, but I don’t think it would fulfill the purpose of pooling existing knowledge and helping users find observations that have been marked by other people as being useful. If users could set their own favorites cat…

That is true. I hadn’t thought of that. Perhaps if the favourite-folders were to be implemented, “All favourites” and “ID tips” could be made standard folders that everyone has? But that would make my suggestion basically a separate feature request on top of that by carnifex, and it probably should…

Proposal for a new filter option: the 'ID tips' button

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bouteloua February 13, 2025, 1:27am 3

I think it’s ok to brainstorm potential ways to execute this, but fyi see this note in the about Feature Requests topic:

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Proposal for a new filter option: the 'ID tips' button

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