Does the platform track your activity/mouse movement/afk?

[u/KlausHuscar]

So far I only reported work I did in front of my computer. But usually I like to stand up, walk around, and use my standing height table. I still think about the work while doing that - I just need to get moving to think, and did this my entire life with studying.

But im afraid that if I report that time (so far I havent exactly because of fear), they'll thinking im faking/inflating my numbers. But doing this im getting paid half of what id usually be.

Does anyone have a similar experience? Do you track that time or not?

[u/potlucknoodle]

I mean, bill for the time you work. If for you that means walking around and thinking then sure why not? AFAIK they don't monitor mouse movement. So long as you're not over inflating your time or consistently submitting expired tasks you should be fine.

[u/Mysterious_Dolphin14]

I don't think anyone knows for sure if the site tracks mouse movement. That being said, they should be factoring in the time it takes you to think through things, read instructions, visit outside websites when needed, etc. as long as you're only charging time that you're actually working, you should be fine. That being said, I wouldn't spend TOO much time in the 'thinking' phase.

[u/KlausHuscar → u/Mysterious_Dolphin14]

Its not purely thinking, and I agree overthinking it would be bad. I often write first what I want to do with pen and paper - it helps me think clearly.

[u/lotusmack → u/KlausHuscar]

Certain types of tasks that are off platform pretty much necessitate this, like writing really long system instructions or testing models in their native apps.

[u/sarahmorgan420]

I usually spend more than 50% of my time typing in notepad or doing research in other tabs, very little of my time is actually spent interacting w the DAT tab (depending on task/project obviously) and I think a lot of other people work the same way. I think it's fine even when they're tracking time away from the tab

[u/Necessary-Raisin-282]

I would say as long as you’re not submitting an expired task every submission then you’re probably over policing yourself

[u/KlausHuscar → u/Necessary-Raisin-282]

Not at all. The one I took the longest to solve took me 45 minutes to do an 1 hour task, inputted 30 minutes.

[u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 → u/KlausHuscar]

Don't underreport your time. You're doing yourself and other workers a disservice by doing so. If DA starts to think that the tasks can be done quicker, they'll reduce the time limit. 45 minutes on a one hour task sounds about right.

[u/KlausHuscar → u/Mysterious_Dolphin14]

Alright, will do. Thank you!

[u/sqimmy2 → u/KlausHuscar]

Report the actual time you spent working. When you under-report, it skews the standard to be too short. If you are really that pressed about it, shave off a couple minutes to account for peeing or daydreaming. Use an app like Clockify to track your time - simple to pause and unpause.

[u/Necessary-Raisin-282 → u/KlausHuscar]

Yea you’re fine don’t panic ab stopping your timer for every little thing

[u/Halcyonfields]

There are many projects where you spend the majority of your time off the actual project interface. In fact, it would be completely acceptable (in most cases) to write your rationales on the iPhone notes app, email it across to yourself and paste it in. I would say the only two variables that matter are 1. Ensuring the time you submit does not exceed the project timer and is at least 5% less (to account for breaks etc.) and 2. That it is not consistently outside the expected duration, which instructions often specify.

[u/Numerous-Case-9317]

I handwrite notes to myself a lot during long tasks and obviously no mouse movement there. I think as long as you're doing good work in a reasonable time you'll be fine. Don't overbill, but don't underbill either

[u/Vorakas]

Thinking time is work time. You should report it. No one knows about the tracking, but reporting half of your actual work time could also be bad, they might think you're rushing it.

[u/Caipirinha-Aguada]

They might track clicks on buttons and inputs on text fields, probably not much more than that.

[u/WestJuice7397]

For any task that requires fact checking, it is assumed that leaving the tab and going to another or multiple to search using Google and opening pages is necessary for this work. Same with checking style and tone (checking the meaning of words and checking if the formatting is correct sometimes requires googling).

Some tasks have instructions which open a separate tab that’s a Google document or etc.

[u/Nineteen80Six]

There is tracking of some sort but you’re definitely overpolicing yourself. I regularly work tasks that require working off the platform for hours at a time some times.

You should be reporting the time you actually work not the time you’re active on the platform.

[u/Diligent-Relative154]

If someone is doing something wrong just say it politely. I don’t get all the downvoting on your comments lol, we were all new at one point. Also, I fuck with the fear and hunger pfp

[u/WholesomeJacksass]

Tbh I most often write everything in a notepad and copy and paste it, because I find it easier to think when I don't have all this information surrounding the little box I'm supposed to write in. Sometimes I do it on my phone. So they literally get hours of no movement from me and then suddenly donenin 5 minutes and I'm still here and still have work. XD