A little while ago I found this muskrat observation ( https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5890862 ) and followed it because I thought the story behind it was silly (it has like 500 identifications and 1000 comments). Because it had so much activity it significantly slowed down the loading time on…

Have you clicked Unsubscribe on the obs on your dashboard?

The user’s screenshot does show the hover text saying “You’re no longer subscribed to this item”, so this confirms the unsubscribe at least, though it isn’t clear whether this was done from the observation page or the dashboard. This does seem like a bug to me if that message is showing but the use…

@cthawley I believe I’d also unfollowed on the observation page too, I attached a screenshot to make sure it all looks good. Weird that it keeps updating me, but sporadically, I don’t think it’s every notification. [IMG_0527]

Yes, looks like it should be unfollowed to me. I wouldn’t expect to be getting notifications at this point. I believe I unfollowed Gerald similarly years ago. I wonder if this is just Gerald bending the rules of the Matrix at this point (ie, being an outlier of an observation in many respects and in…

Unfortunately Gerald still is showing up from a comment on the observation yesterday, just a weird buggy post having some fun I guess.

I see you also wrote to help@inat, I’ll just answer here. On your dashboard ( inaturalist.org/home ), scroll down to Subscriptions then click on the gear icon next to Subscriptions, which should take you to https://www.inaturalist.org/subscriptions Click on Observations. Use your browser’s fi…

It just went through the first several pages and it’s not there, so it seems unsubscribed!

And are updates for it still showing up in your dashboard?

Unfortunately yes it is still showing up. [Screenshot (8)]

That update is from March 2nd, which is odd.

Unfollowed Observation Keeps Showing Up On Home Dashboard

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gieserguy April 5, 2024, 8:27pm 14

Yes, that’s totally fine with me.

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Unfollowed Observation Keeps Showing Up On Home Dashboard

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