I’ve thought for a while about doing something like this… Maybe just because it’s a little positivity that reminds us why we are all here on this site—a little positivity that we might need sometimes. It’s a simple question, one that I’m not sure has been asked before: What is it that you love abo…

[image] naturegirlkh: what girl runs around chasing bugs and weird things in the mud or creek I was lucky enough to have 3 brothers, so trying to catch dobsonfly larvae and centipedes was “normal” in my childhood… but yeah, I never had very many other girls as friends either. I recall invitin…

Haha this just reminded me - I used to collect old cicada exuviae off of trees. Obsessively. And when I was about 9, I was very annoyed by some bratty kindergarteners who were always messing with my stuff at school - we didn’t have lockers, just open cubbies, so there was no way to keep them out. S…

Thank you! You do. a great job.

Yes, of course! At this point, they’re doing their job so well that I almost take their work for granted—thanks for bringing that up :grin:

[image] tiwane: it’s really nice to hear about the positive effects iNat has had on people. That’s exactly what I was going for! We focus so much on the negative stuff. It’s always good to take a step back and look at what we’ve accomplished ;-) And thank you so much—you and the rest of the s…

I still do that. I have bones and fossils and wet specimens everywhere in my home.

I didn’t have many friends at all. As I got older I did, boys mostly. Girls still think its weird. Most of my friends actually are about 20 years older than me. I would have loved going to the beach, although I might not have done the dead jelly fight I would have been inspecting them all with you.…

Same here, ie not many friends and those I had when I got older were mostly male because they were more interested in nature and less, “ewwww” about it. And I hated/still hate shopping. Generalities I know as there are plenty of women on iNat who aren’t afraid of or disgusted by nature, which is a g…

I love it as a fantastic place to learn, especially reef fish species that are tricky to ID (I’m looking at you, Acanthuridae, Scaridae and Pomacentridae!). Having a convenient place to store photos of all the stuff I’ve seen is fantastic too. I also love being able to take a photo of organisms I kn…

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