The “favorite star” feature is very useful. I use it primarily as a way to bookmark observations I want to get back to in the future. Others use it to rank observations in some way (vote for observation of the month, or to sort by most stars). I would like there to be two buttons: Like button: A…

It would also be good to be able to ‘like’ journal posts

[image] mira_l_b: I would like to be able to “thumbs up,” “like” comments too, not just observations. That could communicate appreciation in lieu of my typically wordy responses. Great idea! Could we extend it to IDs? I like to thank people who supply plausible non-obvious IDs for my observat…

[image] henrydelange: I would thumbs-up a flower observation because it is pretty or interesting, but I do not want to bookmark (remember) or follow the observation. I would still like to have a way to find the “liked” observations…

I guess I’m going against the grain here, but I do not support the idea of a “like” button or a “thumbs up” type button for either observations or comments. While this is a social platform, it’s not meant to be a Facebook or Reddit like platform, and the addition of that sort of thing fundamentally…

[image] vynbos: I feel you shouldn’t be doing this, it isn’t what it is meant for File that one under “things I learned on the forum.” I honestly thought bookmarking was what the favorite star was for.

I know it’s intended for showing the nicest looking photos, but I mostly use it for bookmarking observations I want to return to regularly as well, or ones that show some cool behaviour. Based on the sort by faves search results I get the impression a lot of other people use it similarly.

My impression was it was for observations that are “standouts”, which doesn’t limit them to those with good photos at all! I’m just as likely to fav an obs that has comments that are useful for IDing, or those that show organisms popping up in unusual places. I’m actually more likely to simply make …

So do I. I don’t like the idea of bookmarking obs out of the plataform and I’ve seen no other way, up to now, to bookmark obs I want to follow, specially when IDing on the mobile app.

[image] earthknight: A button is not engaging, a button is a way to avoid engaging. Well, I feel like I’m from a different planet trying to understand this “karma whore” concept. Used FB once upon a time and I have strong opinions there, never used reddit, twitter, instagram or any of it so …

This sounds like a great feature! I can’t count how many times I have used a “fave” to mark an obs for review later, usually when I know the name but can’t remember it.

Separate 'Like' and 'Bookmark' buttons

Feature Requests

kiwifergus August 3, 2019, 5:04am 28

You already can sort by most favs…

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Is this the place to discuss suggestions or updates to iNaturalist website/app?

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Separate 'Like' and 'Bookmark' buttons

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