If someone does “Opt out of community ID” on an observation and others disagree with the ID, it is still included in the maps. I realize it’s not research grade and won’t be in research grade maps, but I strongly feel it shouldn’t be in non research grade maps as well. The non research grade maps …

Even in the community ID, dissent is more heavily weighted and given priority , I assume it is an extension of that approach. Unfortunately too many people who use the functionality have no business doing so.

I recall reading comments from some users that they get very disturbed when others add an ID to their observation and they disagree with it. In such cases, the observer believes they know the species better than the community, and the incorrect IDs mess up their datasets. So, they have the option t…

In such cases, I think it’s the community ID that should appear on the maps, not the observer’s ID. They can call it whatever they want, but in my experience they’re more often wrong than right when they refuse to accept community ID.

There was a topic on this exact question, would be cool if these were drafted together.

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-ids-should-not-be-eligible-for-community-id-opt-outs/16159/20 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/change-to-the-way-opting-out-of-community-id-works-was-almost-always-display-community-id/3953 I would like Opted out to be displayed with Research / Casual. So often id…

[image] teellbee: the observer believes they know the species better than the community, and the incorrect IDs mess up their datasets. That’s rather like the climate deniers who “know better” than the 97% of climate scientists.

[image] DianaStuder: I would like Opted out to be displayed with Research / Casual. So often identifiers keep adding IDs and it WON’T change. Waste of time and effort. The first time I ran into this, I honestly thought it was a bug because in my understanding when someone opts out of the comm…

[image] annkatrinrose: they do not want other people to add IDs to their observations More accurate would be to say they dont want people disagreeing with their identifications, they have no issues when people agree to move their records to research grade.

How often people opt out with right ids? I never seen one, only wrong ones.

The high majority of observations with an opt out are correctly identified by the observer and not an issue. It’s the small percentage cases where the observer is wrong which causes the disagreement to become evident due to the 2 different id on the page. There are some very skilled observers who …

Why does community ID honor "Opt out of community ID"?

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jasonhernandez74 June 5, 2021, 3:24am 7

That’s rather like the climate deniers who “know better” than the 97% of climate scientists.

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Why does community ID honor "Opt out of community ID"?

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