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I also love the Seek app that they provide (maybe this overlaps with the linked app in functionality?). As someone who's grown fonder of Nature in general over

I also love the Seek app that they provide (maybe this overlaps with the linked app in functionality?). As someone who's grown fonder of Nature in general over the last decade but who has little actual knowledge of the regional flora and fauna, it's a great way to engage with the plants and little bugs in my garden (or others' while on walks and such). Fun to travel and "pokemon" some new local stuff too.

Tomte 6mo ago
Seek throws up a „please don‘t disturb nature“ modal at every single start that you need to click away. Usually at that point the bird has gone away, too. The iNaturalist app doesn‘t. It has more features, but Seek‘s former advantage „let me just the a photo and auto-identify“ is now in the iNaturalist main app, as well, so it is my default now.
- bluebarbet 6mo ago
  >Seek throws up a „please don‘t disturb nature“ modal at every single start that you need to click away. Frustration shared.
  - throwanem 6mo ago
    So the modal is doing its job.
    - bluebarbet 6mo ago
      Sure, it's "doing its job" much in the way a podcast advert you've already heard 1000 times is "doing its job".
      - throwanem 6mo ago
        I keep hearing people speak so positively of "friction," lately, and yet. Some more nuance required in that discussion, I think.
    - virgil_disgr4ce 6mo ago
      Making the user completely inured to its message is not doing its job
- andrewpedelty 6mo ago
  That's great to know, I'll give it a shot for sure.
- zem 6mo ago
  wow, that would be my cue to uninstall the app and write zeros repeatedly over the place it used to be!
  - ingonealan3 6mo ago
    This guy deletes!
GorbachevyChase 6mo ago
I’ve been pretty disappointed in the seeks applications ability to identify vegetation or insects. It seemed like it was really good a year or two ago and now I just seem to get so many bad predictions.
- chhxdjsj 6mo ago
  I stopped using seek and just started using gemini…

Tomte 6mo ago

Seek throws up a „please don‘t disturb nature“ modal at every single start that you need to click away. Usually at that point the bird has gone away, too. The iNaturalist app doesn‘t. It has more features, but Seek‘s former advantage „let me just the a photo and auto-identify“ is now in the iNaturalist main app, as well, so it is my default now.

bluebarbet 6mo ago
>Seek throws up a „please don‘t disturb nature“ modal at every single start that you need to click away. Frustration shared.
- throwanem 6mo ago
  So the modal is doing its job.
  - bluebarbet 6mo ago
    Sure, it's "doing its job" much in the way a podcast advert you've already heard 1000 times is "doing its job".
    - throwanem 6mo ago
      I keep hearing people speak so positively of "friction," lately, and yet. Some more nuance required in that discussion, I think.
  - virgil_disgr4ce 6mo ago
    Making the user completely inured to its message is not doing its job
andrewpedelty 6mo ago
That's great to know, I'll give it a shot for sure.
zem 6mo ago
wow, that would be my cue to uninstall the app and write zeros repeatedly over the place it used to be!
- ingonealan3 6mo ago
  This guy deletes!

GorbachevyChase 6mo ago

I’ve been pretty disappointed in the seeks applications ability to identify vegetation or insects. It seemed like it was really good a year or two ago and now I just seem to get so many bad predictions.

chhxdjsj 6mo ago
I stopped using seek and just started using gemini…