Chimp & See Talk

Unknown

  • gangerolv by gangerolv

    What if we see something, but it's too far away or too dark or too blurry to classify. Do we guess or is there an Unknown classification?

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Hey @gangerolv -- this from the FAQs might help you --

    Why do we not have an “unknown” or “I can’t tell” button?

    It is customary for most Zooniverse projects about identifying animals
    to not have any sort of “unknown” button. The reason for this is that
    it is more helpful to the project for users to guess when they are not
    sure—no matter how wild the guess! Since many people view each image,
    the sum total of classifications is taken into consideration. When
    guesses correlate, they tend to be correct! When they don’t, the types
    of guesses that are made can still tell us something about the video.
    This blog post on Snapshot Serengeti may be helpful in understanding
    how this works.

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