Hello. I’ve been using the platform for a few years now, but I always find something that could improve my use of inaturalist. I’d like to know how you usually use the “journal” tab.

there are many existing threads related to this subject. for example: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-do-you-guys-use-the-journal-feature-on-inat/26740 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-journals/25577/3 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-curators-what-do-you-use-your-…

I typically use it to collate trip report info, split into a journal post per day (maps + photos + random footnotes) followed by a journal post that indexes the posts from each day. For example: https://inaturalist.ca/journal/joebrogers/101357-2024-09-15-2024-09-25-trip-report-index-cote-nord-quebe…

Welcome to the forum. I think it gets used in various ways. For myself, I decided to use it to provide information on some of the less popular or well known places to observe nature in my area. Often those places are what is called Scientific and Natural Areas or SNAs. (In the adjoining state, tha…

Kinda how you want to, but it’s essentially a sort of mini blog option, with the idea that it’s focused on things related to iNat and your use of it. The target audience can be pretty much anyone, including just using it as notes for yourself or to keep links to relevant resources.

It is a good way to write about what you care about, what interests you - and then can be linked back to in comments on IDs. August for Africa Since we are not allowed to promote a project in the forum - the journal is a way to do that. Lots of taxon specialists use it to teach us how to ID A ver…

Things that I think would be useful to other people: organizing bioblitzes and posting identification guides mostly.

Thank you all very much. I was unsure about the best way to use it, but it seems to be quite flexible and personal. Thank you all for the tips.

Probably the best way to find journal posts that interest you, is to start from iNat profiles. He IDs spiders in my here and now - does he explain how I can make better IDs for his chosen taxon? If you scroll down the journal tab, there are a LOT of journal posts. Every day.

So far, I only have two posts on mine, but I have more or less used the journal to document stories within observations, adding vital history to them that you can’t really get with a simple observation through photos. Documenting new records of species that shouldn’t be here, and rediscovering old o…

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there are many existing threads related to this subject. for example:

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-do-you-guys-use-the-journal-feature-on-inat/26740
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-journals/25577/3
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-curators-what-do-you-use-your-journal-for/43039

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