Several topics recently have touched on the idea that we need more people doing IDs. It’s been said that the number of observations is overwhelming the ID process, that expert taxonomists are hard to recruit, and that identifying can be a burdensome chore (a perspective that isn’t likely to help wi…

One way of recruiting new IDers is for current IDers to craft and upload images that are marked up with easily digestible ID tips (text, arrows, etc.). Here’s one I made for Calopteron terminale , a secondary upload for this observation . So if I make an ID for a Calopteron spp. and the observer is cu…

One type of email that might get my interest is a plea to ID a particular taxa that I might be interested in. E.g., it might be clear from recent activity that I’ve provided some IDs for species X. Your letter might ask whether I might be willing to start Following that taxa. Once a taxa is Followed…

[image] octobertraveler: Plus, it’s just fun to learn more. [image] colinpurrington: I just decided one day that it might be fun to learn how to ID them. This has been my main motivation for identifying to this point, but I don’t know how to communicate why other people might want to d…

I’d like to second the idea for some sort of graphical bonus for those who spend time identifying. E.g., if a person’s ratio of IDs to Observations is > 1, the user icon would be modified in some way. Displaying the ratio might be too boring … but perhaps there’s a way. Currently the only way to kno…

[image] johnfromkw: One thing I try to do is for every ID that is confirmed by another user, I head over to their page and do the same for a few of theirs. This is soooo important, I think. I wish the suggestion could be baked into the instructions somewhere. Apologies if it’s already there. …

Regarding egalitarianism: I think you just need to get over being “really bugged” by this. If you want people who’ve already paid their dues, well, it’s not unreasonable for them to not want to have to pay their dues again on iNaturalist. With data quality–it’s not 95% duress users. It’s really not…

i don’t think you actually understand what i am advocating for. Meritocracy, not egalitarianism. Experts who engage the community don’t really have to pay any ‘dues’. People are very excited to have them and they soon becomes as influencial as anyone would really want. People who come here and expe…

If you “agree strongly that we need more academics, land managers policymakers, ‘professional’ naturalists, and experts of all sources involved in iNat”, at some point you’re going to have to get over this “they’re just a bunch of prima donnas, we don’t need 'em!” spiel. Step back a bit and ask your…

i’m not sure what the disconnect is here, i am not saying we (not they - i am one) are primadonas. I am saying from my experience we don’t want more ID weight (decided by who?) or flashy badges. Ok, here is what i think we want: A free, powerful communal data management tool. Put some energy into a…

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