Please, a clarification of abundance types. iNat data records the abundance of humans who are interacting with nature; that does not necessarily equal abundance of the observed taxon. Whether the difference affects research depends on the researcher’s objectives.
A scientist tracking the population and range expansion of a newly introduced species needs to differentiate 1 human recording 8 specimens (abundance of the taxon) at a particular place and time from 8 humans observing 1 organism (abundance of interactions) in an event.