Public Service Announcement: What to Do When iNaturalist is Offline

[comradejon]

I figure we should review the best things to do in these situations, given the planned offline time in a few hours.

1. Stare at the wall.
2. Take a nap.
3. ???
4. Profit. Browse the iNaturalist Forum.

Anything I’m missing? I swear this probably covers it.

[m_whitson]

It’s a good time to edit that backlog of observation photos and consult the field guides…

[comradejon]

Excellent point. Maybe I’ll curl up with my 500+ oversize-page Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds before the nap!

[leah_sun]

I guess I have to do some actual work and try to be a responsible adult. (I try to upload my ids whenever I find a gap at my office job)
Or sorting out all my old blurry photos I took, way before I discovered iNat :)

[comradejon]

Important Update:

It seems iNaturalist itself is taking a nap! I knew it was a good idea!

[kaden_slone04]

I was updating observations on vacation in Washington at a boondocking spot with stable connection after several days of patchy internet connection. But oh well. I guess I will remain five days behind on observations. Womp womp…

[antrozousamelia]

Me when I take a nap and hit the snooze button

[Vireya]

Did they just add an hour?

[dgwdoesthings]

it seems so

[Vireya]

Thanks - the time zones made it hard to notice the change.

[Vireya]

And they are back!

[leytonjfreid]

You forgot to touch some grass! Or more accurately for an INat user, take photos of some grass.

[Thunderhead]

Really good time to get my bottom out the door… into the backyard… make a few more lifers…

Oh! They’re back!

[WeeCorbie]

Five days! My backlog goes back to mid-March…and then there’s all the photos from trips I took before I joined iNat. Stuff to do over the winter :)

[optilete]

@comradejon

Profit. Browse the iNaturalist Forum.

The a app is also working for your backlog of holiday photos.
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[zee_z]

Begrudgingly queue up the 50 observations I’ve been procrastinating on uploading