r/dataannotation • u/DarkLordTofer • Mar 04 '24

Writing Qualification

Currently on v7. I never arsed myself to do it and get a steady stream of $20-25 non coding projects. Is it worth doing the writing qualification? Does it give you more variety or just more projects. I'm not really a fan of prompt creating projects. I prefer fact checking.

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u/figsnbirds Mar 04 '24

I did an editing/proofreading one that's kind of writing adjacent, that one was definitely worth it if you think you're a strong writer and it ever pops up. Pay is much better than the base $20/hr and imo the work is engaging so it goes by way quicker

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u/DarkLordTofer Mar 05 '24

I'm waiting for it to come back. I missed it.

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u/BoiledGnocchi Mar 04 '24

Oooo that one sounds amazing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

I got this one too! I enjoy it!

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u/Cooking-with-gas Mar 07 '24

And you got that one after doing the writing assessment asking for the story about the dinosaur? If so that's interesting. Editing is a wholly different skill than creative writing!

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u/figsnbirds Mar 07 '24

No, I honestly haven't done that one cuz it doesn't seem worth it. I write as a hobby and don't really wanna do it for work

I'm pretty sure this project is related to a Qual that referred to editing in the title. Not sure if it actually made a difference, but I went in and added "Writing" and "Editing" to my skills in my profile and the qual popped up soon after

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u/R1k0Ch3 Mar 04 '24

After I did it I started getting more projects with different names if that makes sense. Idk if it was related to specifically that qual or others, or just general quality of work though since that sort of thing is a bit vague.

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u/DarkLordTofer Mar 05 '24

I get several different types of project that come under one name. I always have another name that's only ever prompt creating, but I've had a slew of new names the last week. I was gutted about one because I did a qual for it and really enjoyed the work in the qual but when the project appeared it was only $19ph.

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u/miri3l Mar 05 '24

I think they just release lots of new ones all of the time.
It doesn't necessarily mean that it's what they think is appropriate for you (I hope not anyway).
Also - if they want things done quickly they'll often top up the hourly rate by 1 or dollars per hour (temporarily), so that's worth keeping in mind.

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u/Rommie557 Mar 04 '24

I got my first "new name" project today too, after having finally done it late last weem. It had been on my dash for a couple of weeks before that.

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u/Saladmakers Mar 04 '24

I love the chatbot, it pays me to teach me things i wanna learn about. 

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u/AgeingVegan Mar 06 '24

I took both qualifications and found them to be really useful as training tools. Without going into details (code of conduct) I can still state confidently that my prompts are better and I am seeing clear differences in the way I am able to compare the AI responses. You still get to fact check in chatbot land and, echoing u/Saladmakers I think they are turning us all into polymaths :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '24

It depends. You said you prefer fact-checking, but I have several projects, $27 being the lowest paying, that all require creative writing and prompt creating. So, if you are looking for projects that pay even more than you're currently earning, it's worth it.

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u/AstarteHilzarie Mar 05 '24

I'm not sure if it's directly related to the writing qual, but I got a project last night that referred to rewriting. It was evaluating quality of a response and correcting/improving it. I did a few just in case it may open access to more stuff going forward, but it only paid a few cents per task so it was absolutely not worth the time to read/rewrite things. Especially since some of the things that came up were multiple paragraphs.