Showing How Much Attention an Observation Has Received

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@rcavasin

What we don’t want to happen is to have someone with little to no expertise with the taxon coming along and casually applying a species level ID “just to get it out of the needs_id queue”.

Hiding difficult obs under the rug until resolute IDers lift it? Well… A basic principle of the iNaturalist platform is that everybody is equally entitled to “be bold” (1st item of iNat ID Etiquette) and to add identifications as they please, neither expertise nor justification required. Keeping control of ‘difficult’ observations is already slightly frowned upon; I wouldn’t hold my breath for additional features to this avail. Which is why I suggested a possible UI trick more in line with the “accept community input” law of the land, a trick that would automatically invite extra/extended scrutiny on markedly difficult obs.