The website recently released a feature where curators can hide any identification and any comment by using ModeratorActions. On the website we replace the hidden identifications and comments with a message saying "Content Hidden" which users can click to open a popover showing who hid them, when they were hidden, and the message left by the curator as to why they were hidden. Ideally mobile apps implement at least the "Content Hidden" message for hidden identifications.
I made a test observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185148530 which has a hidden identification, a hidden comment, and hidden media. In the API response for this observation, the identification and comment have an attribute hidden: true. They also have an attribute moderator_actions which contains information on the hiding action including the hiding user, date it was hidden, and the reason message added by the curator when hiding the content.
Ideally hidden identifications and comments would be treated as a special case, rendering a message similar to "Content Hidden", that can be localized for the viewing user. If it makes sense to do so and there is room, the hiding user, date of hiding, and hiding reason could also be displayed somewhere. The hiding reason could be long, and on the web we only show it in a popover.
In summary:
[x] for observation identifications and comments that have an attribute hidden: true, do not render their content normally, rather display a message Content Hidden that can be localized to the viewing user's locale
[x] (optional) optionally include somewhere information about the user that hid the content (i.e. created the moderator_action), the date they were hidden, and the reason they were hidden
The website recently released a feature where curators can hide any identification and any comment by using ModeratorActions. On the website we replace the hidden identifications and comments with a message saying "Content Hidden" which users can click to open a popover showing who hid them, when they were hidden, and the message left by the curator as to why they were hidden. Ideally mobile apps implement at least the "Content Hidden" message for hidden identifications.
I made a test observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185148530 which has a hidden identification, a hidden comment, and hidden media. In the API response for this observation, the identification and comment have an attribute
hidden: true. They also have an attributemoderator_actionswhich contains information on the hiding action including the hiding user, date it was hidden, and thereasonmessage added by the curator when hiding the content.Ideally hidden identifications and comments would be treated as a special case, rendering a message similar to "Content Hidden", that can be localized for the viewing user. If it makes sense to do so and there is room, the hiding user, date of hiding, and hiding
reasoncould also be displayed somewhere. The hiding reason could be long, and on the web we only show it in a popover.In summary:
hidden: true, do not render their content normally, rather display a messageContent Hiddenthat can be localized to the viewing user's localemoderator_action), the date they were hidden, and the reason they were hidden