Hello Everybody, I want to start by thanking everybody who identifies observations of mine and of others. I appreciate the effort and thoroughness many people put into identifying very much. Recently however, I have noticed one user who identified a lot of my observations–usually to species level–…

The usual process I’ve seen for a problematic IDer is an escalation of: Comment at them (either asking them for an explanation or informing them that their IDs are incorrect, depending on your own level of knowledge of the accuracy of their IDs, and mention that CV suggestions shouldn’t be used as…

I have notifications and messages in the app, and have done for as long as I can remember. (But I’m on Android; I wonder if iOS doesn’t?? I know there are many differences between the two app versions.)

Sometimes I also have users who ID my observations when it’s quite apparent that they aren’t knowledgeable to tell the different species apart from others within the genus. When this happens I might @ them to let them know their ID is incorrect, while also giving an explanation why. Sometimes the u…

[image] typophyllum: user who wants to gather a lot of identifications This is an example of why I resist any efforts to further gamify iNat.

[image] earthknight: This is an example of why I resist any efforts to further gamify iNat. But to be fair to the inat developers, it’s not their design that taught people to play that way, and there’s only so much they can do technically to limit it. Everything is a game, the only distincti…

I think it is reasonable to contact staff if a user is uncritically using the CV to make IDs and is not responsive to comments. I don’t think there would be anything wrong with blocking the user, but this would only help with your observations; it would not change the user’s behavior. It is quite …

I’ve been dealing with several identifiers who display this same kind of behavior lately. It can be incredibly frustrating. I often resort to opting out of community ID on the individual observations they have identified - at least until I can get some IDs from less problematic sources.

I had someone yesterday who agreed with my, tentative, broad plant ID. They are a birder so I had the conversation in the comments where we can reach more people than that one. Why did you ID as Asparagales? I was agreeing with you. But - you should only ID if you can tell me WHY it is that. The…

[image] chuuuuung: DM them if they don’t respond to comments. If they don’t respond or do not change their behaviour, send an email to help@inaturalist.org […] Thank you! This will be my next step then. I hope this will sort this out and the staff won’t have to get involved, as, like spiphan…

[image] eyekosaeder: Would it be okay to hijack one of their observations own for letting them know? Yes. I do. You can always go back and delete your comment once the issue is resolved (I do if it does not break a conversation)

I had the same issue, once. Some weeks or months later, the identifier’s account got deleted. (There was even a 2nd identifier, always the same, who agreed with the 1st one, but not on all observations). My guess is that this will take you some time and efforts, before everything is OK with all you…

The Same Individual Keeps Posting CV-Suggested Misidentifications on Others' Observations, What Do I Do?

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The Same Individual Keeps Posting CV-Suggested Misidentifications on Others' Observations, What Do I Do?

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