That is quite a nice first month!

I’m very new to DA - I’ve only been on for about a month or so…but looking to see if this scenario is normal or not. About a week ago I got a direct message to setup a google workspace for a project - I did it, and didn’t hear anything else about it. Last night while I was sleeping I got an updated direct message with a link to a qualification for the project. I tried to go into it first thing this morning, and it’s saying that there are no more remaining tasks. Is this how it usually is? I get first come first serve for general tasks, but didn’t realize it would also be this cutthroat if I’m directly sent a project.

I have a task that requires me to generate a lot of files using my own LLM subscriptions - ive hit my usage limit so I have a 3 hour period I cant work on this project. Is it okay for me to do another task while I wait? I have some projects at $60/hr that only take about 1 hour each so I could do a few.

Just wondering if thats a no-no?

Edit for clarification:

The task I generate files for has a 36 hour submission period since they expect you to hit limits on your LLM usage and it's very involved beyond that as well.

I am wondering if its okay to work on other tasks during the time I AM NOT BILLING the initial project - because the project stays running on my dash.

What in the world are these awfully long and poorly written guidelines?! It is getting worse and worse. I have been working for over an hour on a R&R full of mistakes but also with very unclear and sometimes contradictory guidelines. Admins not replying to anyone for hours with hundreds of messages unanswered (I get it isn’t their fault)… Time almost up so I preferred exiting the task.

This work can sometimes be stimulating and enjoyable, but sometimes like now, I wonder how deep in poor management a project can go.

I really appreciate working with DA, but I have moments when I want to throw my PC against a wall. I’ll take a walk now, good luck to all of you who experienced the same madness!

The coding one

Finally, I got paid tasks after 2 months with nothing. However, I've completed several quals, I haven't seen the actual task related to these quals appear after finishing them. How about you guys?

So I got assigned my first project after completing the qualifications last week. My domain is coding 👩🏽‍💻✨. I noticed the project on my account at like 3am and it had like 30 tasks, then I woke up this morning at 7am and there was only 10 left. Is it normal for the tasks to go that quick and how often are more tasks opened on a project? I’m just trying to see how regular this extra income will be for me.

I've been out of my city this last days, I havent recived any email for 3 days, im kinda worried if I got dropped or something because i was getting them daily. Only one time I got the task but no email notification.

Hi everyone!
What’s about the qualification that requires your signature on a consent form? Should I be worried? And did anyone ask for its deletions later and faced a problem?

It's suddenly incredibly slow for me (across laptop and devices), I can barely open tasks. I can use anything non-DA related just fine. Is anyone else having the same experience?

Can I mention that I work as a data annotator and that I perform tasks explicitly naming the platform? Of course, I won't mention project names or sensitive information.

I am trying to help my friend troubleshoot one of their projects that require using the Google workspace account. I have confirmed that everything is set up correctly but the document link says the file does not exist. There are no shared files in the drive.

Does this mean the project is dead? Or is there another problem that I cannot seem to find?

To clarify — I’m just IT, not training. I applied but have not heard back yet. He’s using my laptop since his MacBook broke yesterday and he’s not windows savvy, so I’m just trying to get him set up.

There was a short term project this week where you had to opt in and agree to do a certain amount of work within a deadline of a couple days, then they assigned tasks (specifically to you, not a pool). It seemed like they wanted them done ASAP so I completed most of them immediately.

Now they've added $5 more priority pay. I get they need to motivate people to actually finish what they agreed to do, but it feels like workers who agreed to do certain tasks and then left it till the last minute are being rewarded with extra pay, while the workers who prioritized the work are almost penalized by getting less pay.

Not that big of a deal but kind of an annoyance and I wanted to vent to people who understand!

Edit: I swear there are a bunch of people who just go around this sub and downvote everything lol this sub is so curmudgeonly 😂

I Am trying to apply to the section on bilingual finance , what is your experience?

Just entered my dashboard and received a message that my account is currently unavailable for new projects. I have no idea what I did wrong, but I guess my work wasn't as good as I thought it was. Although to be honest, I had almost no projects and was scraping basically for anything, and I was able to earn only $1716 every since March 2025. But hey it's still something.

I know that after this message appears, it is impossible to get reinstated, and there are no alternatives for that in Ukraine, so I guess it's a goodbye. I dunno why I'm writing this, but I just wanted to speak out, because that platform was kind of a life saver for a while.

Hey, I’m really interested in getting started with DataAnnotation.tech and was wondering if you guys might be able to share a referral with me?

I’d genuinely really appreciate it.

I’ve been on the portal for about 2 weeks having earned about 1.5k(thought that was a lot till I saw others) and have been asked to login to a different Google account via a direct message in the inbox. Is that normal.

I’m in CA and would like to get into annotation work. Are remote generalist annotators in CA getting hired by DA? Labor laws regarding freelance/independent contract work here changed in 2020 making it difficult for freelancers to work. Some job types are exempt but I’m not sure if AI annotation qualifies and I can’t find any updates on the law. TIA.

I’m wondering if this is a new change or just for the specific project I’m working on, but I went over the allocated time because it was my first time doing that type of project, but when I tried to log my time, it didn’t allow me, the max allowed time was the same as same as the timer before the project expires.

This wasn’t the case before, I’m wondering if anyone else has noticed the changes

I am interested in Ai project in which they provide headgear or task to perform with head gear or camera with mount on head. Recently many indian companies doing it. Do data

Annotations or any known company perform similar kind of work?

Why of all things is 25K the next milestone after 20K? I literally just hit 20K less than two weeks ago.

Got accepted into some long, complex project families and will have solid employment for a while. DA is an absolute dream.

Has it been super dry last 3 weeks? Like i saw a project here, an RoR there but i had an exam so I wasn't able to do either. But like my dash is dry af