whetstone: i mean they’re not wrong? — Subium • Bluesky web client

People on iNaturalist be like "idk I'm not an expert but that ID doesn't look right, I think it's , what do you think, ?" Anyway, don't do this.

#EmotionalSupportSpood 🖤 In preparation for a spider-finding trip with GB Edwards next week, I'm picking up some more of these little black nuggets, for science. This is an adult or penultimate female "Chalcoscirtus" - they may end up being placed in a different genus. 🌿 🕷️ 🧪

Me, getting a couple of iNat notifications: "Oooh did x scientist get a chance to weigh in on this weird creature from a month ago--oh no it's just some rando thinking one of my 20 Chalcoscirtus observations is actually Heliophanus or Phidippus johnsoni again 😬😬"

i put up a picture of a flower i didn’t recognize and somebody helpfully informed me that it is a plant

Whyyyyyyy

i mean they’re not wrong?

maybe you can confirm their id and get this puppy to research grade

But I do question their life choices

Be fair, I went to an iNat webinar last year where they encouraged everyone to add identifications wherever they could even if it was very general like this

To be fair*

yeah it's for visibility. in my country (we don't have many users), observations with no ID at all are often left untouched for years. but once i do broad IDs (angiosperm, passeriform, etc), then the experts for those groups will see them and take over within days.

that being said, once someone said it's a plant, you probably don't need to agree that it's a plant. that'd just add extra notifications for everyone.

i did agree, because i thought it was funny "now that you point that out, i concur! definitely kingdom plantae!"

Oh, yeah, once is plenty

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