we should normalize commenting things like “nice photo” or “great specimin” or even just commenting on observations in general. im suprised nobody does it because the commenting system is very good and deserves more love.

This is a topic I feel so strongly about! I am in favor of leaving “useless” comments on observations. There’s so much negativity in the world, and I love sharing my joy with others because even little things like leaving a “nice photo!” comment can brighten someone’s day. I love it when people leav…

There is one person who always sends me a thank you comment when I have identified or agreed. And he does the same for everyone, so we all get everyone’s thank you comments. I don’t know how to ask him to stop without hurting his feelings. So I don’t do identifications of his posts any more, which i…

When I started out observing while I was very early into learning plants, a very prolific user commented on one of my observations saying that he liked which angles I got of the plant parts. It was a small but very meaningful thing to me that encouraged me while I really didn’t know what I was doing…

Couldn’t agree more! It’s the small things like that that matter

After reading this thread, it can be summed that some people who dislike excessive and/or non-scientific notifications are against superficial comments such as praise. Others seem to not mind notifications in moderation, and are for commenting. I myself welcome notifications, as I enjoy the interact…

:laughing: noooo I’m not allowed to reply with just an emoji! pretend this is just a laughing emoji

out of curiosity, would you consider “those are the perfect angles for an ID, nice” or similar to be the same sort of comment as “great shot!” or not?

i gotta occasionally drop a ‘cool find!’ or ‘great shot!’ or ‘what a cutie!’ along with an ID, but most of my comments are ID tips or interesting info about the subject of the observation

I agree, I also love to add totally useless stuff to the notes of some of my observations. People can comment anything they want on my observations as long as it isn’t obscene, I love having notifications when I log in

We should normalize commenting

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susanne-kasimir March 12, 2026, 12:13am 27

If I want praise for a photo I’ll upload it to one of the threads in Nature Talk. And I do! but I don’t need “great shot” as comment…

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