Sharing observations and annoying, useless "duplicate" comments

Yes, this might be stated on your observations, as you saw in my case it already has led to confusion. Glancing at your observation, no one knows that the other person is in some way affiliated with you. To clarify: As you have uploaded your photos with no license, i.e. “all rights reserved”, the other person is not allowed to make a copy without your permission. The community does not know that the other person has this permission from you. If you want you can also change your license in your profile settings to one that allows copying of the photo.

When you are approached by people commenting on your duplicate photos or possible copyright infringement, please remember to:

  1. Assume people mean well
  2. Be polite and respectful
  3. Don’t write in ALL CAPS

https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/community+guidelines

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