Hi Paloma - yes, I did, but it was deleted. There are lots of things iNat could be doing from a tech perspective.
The one I suggested was to allow organisations to exchange observations between systems. This is called “group accounts.” Rather than forcing people to join iNaturalist to exchange data, the network allows groups, with their own communities, to join.
Yes, I understand this goes against iNat’s existing culture of wanting 1-to-1 communication between individuals.
Which is why I also suggest giving users the option - “View observations from group accounts - y/n.” This way those iNat users who don’t want group accounts in their feed don’t have to see them.
But those who want to participate in expertise exchange can do so while remaining in a community/culture that’s most comfortable and appropriate to their needs. (Note how this got twisted into “bots” - and the community reacted against it - when it’s just a group account solution).
So that’s one concrete suggestion to increase diversity. We have many.