This is a discussion area for release of and guidelines for timed suspensions on iNaturalist, you can read more on our blog post and help site . This is the first time we’ve ever had guidelines for suspension, as well as the ability to easily suspend an account for a specific period of time, so we d…

Thanks for all the feedback, it’s much appreciated! I’ll try to respond to some of it here. FWIW, we haven’t received any appeals from suspendees of timed suspensions, as of earlier today. [image] jenna489: I have one question. I don’t see AI-generated images among the list of infractions — wo…

[image] tiwane: We’re hiring someone who head up moderation/curation in the next few months Sounds great for you and stressful for them :-)

[image] tiwane: I just want to make sure that these aren’t thought of as “punishments” (I don’t meant to pick on you, just using this as an example). Let’s really think of warnings and suspensions as interventions to stop/prevent behavior that is detrimental to iNat. We are not trying to inflict…

In regards to: [image] tiwane: [image] insectobserver123: My biggest concern is the conflation of major insults and threats. A threat is defined here as “any content that indicates an intent to harm another person”. This is a fundamentally different thing from an insult, I have a really har…

I was interpreting a threat as a statement of intent to physically harm the person, I’ve only ever seen this a few times, but I have seen it. Under the current guidelines it appears that these cases would require consultation with another curator in order to suspend for more than a day, which does …

[image] cthawley: I appreciate the desire to make everything more transparent, but I also worry about the amount of “paperwork” that some of this will involve. I agree — I am sure that we all use iNat in different ways and have different “workflows,” but sometimes I’m in “ID mode” and sometim…

Here are a couple of thoughts/questions that have been running in my head since the new guidelines were published. Some others have touched on the very real human side of moderating on iNat. There are instances when, for different reasons, moderating feels best done quietly. By that, I mean we rais…

[image] karthik_83: we’d all agree that it’s not always best to bring up suspensions when we warn users, especially for minor or first violations I do not agree here. If a suspension is possible for a user’s next infraction of the same type, I think we actually have a duty to warn users (poli…

[image] cthawley: I do not agree here. If a suspension is possible for a user’s next infraction of the same type, I think we actually have a duty to warn users (politely) about the potential consequences of continuing the action. Thanks for your inputs, as always. That does make sense, and I…

[image] karthik_83: bringing up suspension might be too escalatory when we first intervene That’s exactly my concern. It shifts likely responses from “ah, ok” to “you don’t get to tell me what to do”. Not just on part of the user who’s directly involved, but also for anyone else who reads thi…

Timed Suspension Discussion

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