because observation taxon is such a fundamental thing in the system, there are very few parts of the system that would not be affected by what you’re suggesting. what you’re proposing here is a major, major change in the context of iNaturalist. the dollar figures that i’ve mentioned are back-of-the-envelope kinds of figures, of course, especially since we haven’t even defined what the alternative observation taxon model would look like, but i guarantee you that what you’re proposing would not just be a matter of someone knocking something out in their free time over a few weeks. it’s not just a technical issue either. there are lots of stakeholders and interfacing systems that would need to be considered.
It’s fine to propose ideas, but maybe let’s finish fleshing out at least one of the many that have been proposed (for example, https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-ident-user-taxon-id-and-unident-user-taxon-id-url-options/14885/7) before we move on to another…