Hi friends, You’ve Been Blocked. The owner of this resource has blocked you, which prevents you from communicating with them. Most interactive features on this page will not work. I’ve never seen this message before, but apparently a user blocked me. I have no idea why, nor do I recognize the us…

I would recommend emailing help@inaturalist.org about this (or any) specific case where a user is unsure if blocking is appropriate or there’s the potential that it is being used incorrectly. Staff wouldn’t post the details of specific cases of blocking on the forum, so it’s best to address via a pe…

Blocking someone like joe_fish is suspicious. I have never experienced him anything other than helpful, friendly, always responds to questions and tags ect. He has done a lot for this site, and I’d like to emphasize that blocking someone like him decreases the data quality on iNat. Frankly, without…

[image] anon93074988: Are you 100% sure you’re not attracting these blocks through your own behaviour? He might not be sure about it. After all we are modest people, aren’t we? But I am. His behaviour is nice, friendly, helpful, modest, and (since this is an identification site) above all th…

I have bumped into 2 obs, where Joe Fish was tagged in. Despite being provoked he was responsive and meticulously polite. If we tag in identifiers, we owe them - clear pictures with info. I still cringe for that particular observer. Their only obs that I saw were blurry not quite sure WHAT we might…

I think that in spite of the opportunity to misuse blocking, and also the impact to the quality of data, we need to be really careful about limiting the ability or effectiveness of blocking. Blocking on social media can be a personal safety measure, and it occurs to me that information that is visib…

Honestly, I’d take it as a badge of honor. Top identifiers are bound to ruffle some feathers when they make the tough calls and correct someone’s misidentifications. If truly unwarranted, and it seems you have only positive testimonies from forum users, then I think a block or two shows you take the…

It sounds like you respect the way the blocking mechanic is supposed to be used and maybe the people who blocked you are not doing that. Or maybe don’t understand how the blocking mechanic is meant to be used to begin with. There’s a lot of users on iNaturalist so it makes sense that staff can’t ke…

I agree with @marina_gorbunova and while I agree that it is a bummer that misidentification will stand, at some level I personally believe that people feeling comfortable and respected in online engagements is important to protect, and blocking accomplishes that. While there are certainly some thing…

To my knowledge I’ve never been blocked and I’ve never had to block someone. So I’m just curious, has anyone on here had to block someone (I understand that blocking might be for very personal reasons so not looking for explanations, just curious)? Reason I ask, another rather controversial featur…

Just check the previous topic https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/user-blocked-me-for-unknown-reasons-which-interferes-with-curation/36042

User Blocked Me For Unknown Reasons, Which Interferes With Curation

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earthknight October 8, 2022, 11:19am 45

Same here. He’s helped with a variety of my marine observations in Asia.

Zero drama.

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