What does “Mark as reviewed” mean?

[charmedlife]

What does “Mark as reviewed” mean, particularly as it applies to items that have NOT been identified by an additional iNaturalist member? What does unchecking the box do?

[reuvenm]

Items that you have marked as reviewed will not show up in Identify mode for you in the future. It will not affect what anybody else sees.

[charmedlife]

Thank you! I’ve noticed that the box seems to be automatically checked when I add an identification—does that impact the likely hood that another identifier will verify/disagree with my identification?

[schoenitz]

It has literally no effect on anybody else. It’s a check mark for you only to indicate that you’ve looked at the observation and presumably don’t need to revisit it.

[charmedlife]

Thank you!

[arboretum_amy]

It’s like the iNat equivalent of an email inbox marking opened emails as read.

[daturademon]

I’m glad someone asked this. I was wondering the same thing.

[velosteve]

Thanks! I was afraid to add comments to my observations because I didn’t know what that box might do. I searched all the tabs of “getting started” as well as the FAQ without finding the word “reviewed”. Perhaps it should be there. Another idea: a search function within the help pages of the site. The one here on the forum worked perfectly.