https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/temporary-placeholder/37300/7
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/flagged-for-missing-species-using-placeholder-text/49815/10 @bouteloua is the lonely only who actively uses placeholder. Update - not even a lonely only!
There are over a hundred posts on the Forum. Not just me who battles with this iNat bug / feature request.
https://forum.inaturalist.org/search?q=placeholder