Your opinion on poster's opinion (1 Viewer)

steveo · Nov 26, 2008

I go back and forth on this . Do you think it is better for the original poster on an Id q & a to give their opinion on what species the bird in question is. Or just to post the time, place, photo and field observations and that is it. I'm starting to think the latter because it is a cleaner start for the people on the Id ing end. A clear pallete if you will.

Peter C. · Nov 26, 2008

steveo said:
I go back and forth on this . Do you think it is better for the original poster on an Id q & a to say their opinion on what species the bird in question is. Or just to post the time, place, photo and field observations and that is it. I'm starting to think the latter because it is a cleaner start for the people on the Id ing end. A clear pallete if you will.

I think in any situation I can imagine, Steveo has the right idea on this; whether or not the original poster has a suspicion about the identity of the subject bird, people posting should be going on only what is in the photo - plus any further written clues, behavioural or otherwise - rather than having any preconceived ideas.

Peter C.

cavan wood · Nov 26, 2008

Peter C. said:
I think in any situation I can imagine, Steveo has the right idea on this; whether or not the original poster has a suspicion about the identity of the subject bird, people posting should be going on only what is in the photo - plus any further written clues, behavioural or otherwise - rather than having any preconceived ideas.

Peter C.

That's probably a good idea, unless you read all the other posts before making reaching your own conclusion. Generally I try to ID the bird before reading anything other than the location and date.

Scott

MLoyko · Nov 26, 2008

cavan wood said:
That's probably a good idea, unless you read all the other posts before making reaching your own conclusion. Generally I try to ID the bird before reading anything other than the location and date.

Scott

I agree,

When I post some of my ID threads I try not to say what I think it is because I don't want to influence somebody else's decision because of what I said. In a sense so that they do not go, "that IS what it looks like!"

I also do that Scott, when I open the thread I scroll all the way up or cover the bottom of the screen with my hand so that I can guess without seeing the answer.

-Matt

rjackb · Nov 26, 2008

People are going to make posts however they want regardless of how anyone else thinks they should make their post. Just observe the frequent lack of location in the title despite a "sticky" (which nobody ever reads anyway) asking for that information. I think that posting however you want is the way it should be.

Jack

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King Midas in reverse

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...just zis guy, you know?

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