Is there a way to remove my name from the Top Identifier list, but still continue helping with IDs? I looked in settings and did not see an option to opt out.
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Without deleting your identifications (which would be sad), there isnāt a way, sorry.
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Okay. Thank you.
Why would you want to remove yourself from this list, if you donāt mind answering?
Maybe more a wish NOT to be @mentioned for IDs.
A feature request to be greyed out, or an icon = Please do not @mention me. As a reward to active identifiers who are swamped in out of range requests.
? The leaderboard is useful, but needs to be used thoughtfully.
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I am not a botanist nor an expert, yet I am at or near the top of several plant lists because they are plants that I happen to spend a lot of time IDing. I think being on the list makes it look like I have more experience than I do and that makes me uncomfortable.
What I would really like would be to have the ability to pick and choose which lists to be onā¦some of them I am okay with because the plants are not tricky to ID, but some can be tricky and I would rather if someone wants help, they tag someone who has the background to be of better help.
I saw Dianaās answer. I donāt get tagged enough to have it be tiring or bothersome from a workload standpoint (for me), but I am uncomfortable in the sense that people might be tagging me thinking I am an expert when I am not. Often the result is that I then have to tag someone who I know is an expert (who is also on the list, but just farther down because I just happened to have IDād more of that plant than they have).
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As someone who is on the top of some leaderboards just because I ID a specific genus that has a lot of observations, I share your situation to some extent. One approach I have taken is to write the extent of my expertise in my profile. If people tag me for things way outside that, I will sometimes write a brief comment (e.g., āSorry, I really only knowā¦ā or just ignore the notifications without response. Since the person mentioning me didnāt really do their homework or invest much time in deciding who to mention, I donāt think itās unjustified to invest little to no time in responding.
A similar thread with relevant content and links to other threads in the same vein:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-remove-myself-from-identification-leaderboards/65370
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Leaderboard rewards busy busy, or a taxon sweep. If I see the same name across too many diverse taxa ā¦ I will choose someone else.
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This is helpful. Thank you.