Tony is definitely in the minority here, and phrases like “nothing more annoying” and “infuriating” are more a reflection of his personality and niche workflow than anyone else’s particular choice to add coarse IDs, which to be clear, is 100% okay to do. The community can’t be expected to know what every observer wants done with their observations, and if they don’t want community input iNat isn’t really the right platform for their data.
I do agree it’s more helpful to help with a backlog of Unknowns by starting with older observations, not the most recent ones.