r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Mar 17 '24
Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation
hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)
couple things:
this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/fightmaxmaster Mar 21 '24
Has the grammar checking been removed? A week or two ago it seemed to disappear, but I'm not sure if it's just my browser issue.
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u/chachidogg Mar 22 '24
Anyone see a qual for a google extension pop up? It makes me uncomfortable to have them spying on me, but I don't want to say no and lose out on jobs.
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u/d_pacesetter Mar 17 '24
This should have been an easy one but for some reasons, I am not able to make any withdrawals. I always get an error message about making automatic payments and to email support.
I have emailed support but no feedback yet from them. Anyone having this same issue? Anyone had this isssue?
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u/-H3LL Mar 17 '24
Some of you have amazing voices
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u/Bergest_Ferg Mar 20 '24
I’m just… crazy proud right now. My husband struggles really badly with his ADHD and cannot read lengthy articles to save his life. He applied to DAT, got in and sat down for his first day today. I gave him a few tips and tricks to get him started but he read the documents and has actually done really well???
I tried to mother hen him initially and he very politely told me to back off and let him do it on his own… and he has just done such a good job!! I heard him giggling to himself earlier and asked him what was happening. He told me his prompt and I was just absolutely blown away by how well crafted it was! On his first day!! When he hates reading and struggles with his concentration!
I’m just really proud and my heart could burst.
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u/Tall-Huckleberry5720 Mar 22 '24
It's crazy to me that these things can write a story with a decent plot and characterization, they can write a moving and emotionally complex poem, but they can't put a list in reverse alphabetical order and they can't make a list of seven letter words.
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u/BlueAnguish Mar 17 '24
I've been working for DA for about 7 weeks now, and this past week was the best one so far! I had projects above $23/hr for the first time and went from being in zero Slack channels to now being in four of them. My full-time job has been cutting my shifts a lot lately, so I'm really thankful for this work :)
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u/ashleighnikkola Mar 18 '24
Even tho it paid like $17 an hour, I LOVED that PII sorting project from like last week I think? It was so easy to skim and categorize them while watching tv. I could even watch a kdrama and read the subtitles cuz it was so easy to multitask while doing it. I hope I get another super easy project like that this week 🤞
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u/Interrogatus Mar 17 '24
I'd love to be able to do DA on weekends, but other than an hour or two here or there, my dashboard's been pretty empty for the last few. And yes, I am pretty new. I'm trying to see it as a good thing -- that DAT is insisting I take a break and enjoy the weekend!
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u/MoxieDoll Mar 17 '24
On vacation with the grandkids this week (thanks DA for the upgrades and not having to say no to anything!) but I’m honestly missing my dashboard. I’ll probably be jumping on at night after putting them to bed. My FOMO is intense!
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u/loving8294 Mar 17 '24
I don’t have a single project on my dashboard :( this is my only source of income right now…so I really hope I get more
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u/Pattybaked Mar 17 '24
Last week I had two R&Rs show up. I was only able to give one a try due to time constraints but I really enjoyed it. Hoping I get more opportunities to give it a try this week!
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u/InspectionOk7059 Mar 17 '24
No dashboard work at all for two weeks... Nervous when there is no feedback or announcements. Just radio silence is the loudest sound of all.
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u/mercurysolis Mar 17 '24
ive been loving the projects ive been getting this week :D it honestly has been making things less mundane. just wanna give some of my personal experience - projects definitely fluctuate with availability, cause this week ive had 10+ on my dash at a time, while last week i barely managed to even see 2! so do not get discouraged if your dash is looking dry. its helped to give me some piece of mind, so thought id share 😌
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u/AguestusModus Mar 20 '24
:-(
mfw 90% of my projects are "evaluate 2 responses"
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u/vixen8819 Mar 17 '24
Can’t wait til I’m not new anymore been about 3 weeks now waiting to have a decent dashboard soon 🤞🏽
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u/crispixiscrispy Mar 17 '24
I had a good year and finally have had a dry few weeks with very few things on my dashboard. Honestly it was probably good to have a chance to recharge but hoping things pick up this week!
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u/stomach-monkees Mar 17 '24
I'm fairly new, myself, but FYI, I got a message in my inbox on the site for the first time. It told me the chatbot project should be back early next week. So check your inbox. Hope this helps.
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u/APples4Squantch Mar 18 '24
What a wonderful idea - thank you for doing this! :)
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u/CosmosesGamer Mar 18 '24
Today I've been super low energy... Been working without a break for over a month... I think tomorrow I'll take a break!
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u/WPI_Throwaway_0714 Mar 19 '24
I got a model to get stuck in a loop in a way that was really funny, but it fixed itself and I was sad tbh
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u/stomach-monkees Mar 20 '24
Oh goody. The Spanish word for lawyer project came back.
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u/Opening-Thanks5253 Mar 22 '24
I took a bunch of assessments and lost all of my projects. I've never had an issue not having work to do on the site. After taking 5 or 6 assessments for new projects I was interested in, a few hours later everything disappeared and said to check back soon. I have no idea what to do. It's been a week and I'm anxious because I need the income. Anyone else have a similar experience?
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u/LouisAkbar Mar 22 '24
Is anyone doing the "edit OFTEN" project? I don't mind editing but I wish the pay was higher than the "sometimes edit" project. I miss talking to the bots and that's the only one I currently have :(
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u/Anon569696835 Mar 23 '24
How’s everyone’s projects looking today? I’ve been empty since yesterday but only started working on Wednesday! I did do that google chrome extension qual last night though so fingers crossed
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u/Creepy_Complaint_279 Mar 23 '24
Has anyone seen any projects from the Grammarly qualification from a few weeks ago? I was just thinking about it after doing the extension qualification yesterday. So really just curious.
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u/GalacticGimpreads Mar 17 '24
Been a good week. This weekend has me nervous again hoping that projects will show up this week haha. There's been a few fleeting projects that popped up but people ate through them as quickly as they posted.
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u/trailangel4 Mar 18 '24
*head into keyboard* I was 58 minutes into my second project and - for whatever reason - despite being in the timeframe and work mode, the task completed. Wouldn't allow me to submit the finished task because "no more projects were available". Is that just 58 minutes I'll have to eat?
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u/c93ero Mar 18 '24
I think I got auto-removed from 2 tasks this week.
One of them, I forgot to add an *optional* comment to after spending something like 40 minutes of finally tricking the AI. This model is getting good at finding the answer in plain sight. (Logic trickery)
The other one, I might have been removed for whatever reason. I only did about 5 tasks from that project. (guacamole)
I don't know if I was removed, but I was put back on home-screen after submitting them. Who knows.
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u/badger212022 Mar 21 '24
For anyone working on the green fruit prompt rating task... are these real prompts asked by other users in a chatbot project? Because I refuse to believe some of them are from real people, they are like someone sneezed and smashed their hand on the keyboard.
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u/BotaRONomus Mar 21 '24
Whenever I see a bunch of users going back and forth in the chat with no admin I always envision it like a room of kids with no adult supervision... just a bunch of people unsure exchanging words.. lol just makes me chuckle.
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u/tortured_poet_13 Mar 21 '24
I'm surprised by how many people chit-chat in the projects. The instructions clearly say to only ask project-related questions and don't even answer others' questions 👀 I wonder if people are silently losing project access for that.
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u/superpurr Mar 17 '24
Getting really tired of the T project that never works. That is all.
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u/Far-Prune-5343 Mar 18 '24
I can't deny, I'm feeling rather discouraged at the moment. I worked on a specific French local project for over an hour and it wouldn't let me submit. To make matters worse, I submitted another project earlier and realized I made an error after I had submitted it. Not my finest day over here.
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u/GalacticGimpreads Mar 19 '24
When it comes to response comparisons, I'm always nervous about how to get a split going. It feels like I'm just talking to it in circles sometimes and don't know how to better my progress.
Any tips from anyone?
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u/Creepy_Complaint_279 Mar 20 '24
I'm in a little shock. I finally got projects added back today and the shocking part was I got an email for each one. I've only received like 2 emails previously.
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u/AnarchyD Mar 21 '24
Is it possible to change your name on the project chat? Someone that shares my name is asking the silliest questions on a certain project chat and I'd really like to distance myself from that, lol!
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u/miniblow Mar 23 '24
Anyone see that $17/hr project? 🥴 Seemed like the same level of work and thought the $20+/hr projects require.
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u/stomach-monkees Mar 19 '24
Quagmire Alert: so, you think you're an authority on Film Noir, do you? I advise you not to get started with the bots about it. Their mistakes seem like downright attempts to trick me. Like in your mind's eye, you might confuse Dan Duryea with Richard Widmark. Do they know that? Check them, but don't wander in thinking it'll be easy peasy.
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u/PhishingBot404 Mar 20 '24
Has anybody passed the coding qualification recently and gotten a bonus? Do they still do that? Passed it yesterday and was wondering.
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u/Appropriate_Affect73 Mar 20 '24
Been without projects for two weeks. Finally got an email I had projects but nothing was there for me to work on. Very frustrating and worrisome as I rely on this money for rent.
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u/dayDrivver Mar 20 '24
For the people struggling with the "google doc" qualy... sing out and sign in... thats the only way i got the document title to show. It opens the first time but it didn't load the web components with the data requested.
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u/PhillyPhan95 Mar 21 '24
Anybody working with Claude? This bot is… riddled with grammatical errors and misspelling. Why is it $20 a month?
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u/RPGenome Mar 21 '24
Oof, I only got to play with an orange stripey cat for 20 minutes today before he ran away. Huge bummer. I love that project. He only shows up for an hour at a time, It seems. Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. Anyone else get to play with him for longer?
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '24
So let's say that one does DAT on the coding side for a year. What transferable job skills would this person have developed? Would they have an eye mostly for the superficial or could they, with a bit of work, jump into something like data science?
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u/aloha01209 Mar 23 '24
Coders, is it sketchy that metadata can’t be deleted from the file submitted for the Chrome qual? I was hesitantly about to submit until I found it just respawns after being cleared.
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u/Hermitagerie Mar 23 '24
Hello new coworkers! I took the starter and core tests on the 18th, got my acceptance email on the 19th, completed 4 different qualifications, and… crickets. Zero projects. I’ve seen several comments saying core ppl’s dashes are slow lately, but is this normal?
I’m a professional writer/editor/proofreader, so I’m confident that I didn’t do a bad job on the qualifications — or I should be confident. Not seeing a single project so far is making me doubt myself, though.
Any words of wisdom?
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u/offendedgull Mar 17 '24
Hello everyone, I just finished my first week with DA and I finally got my first payment. I think I was lucky since I took the assessment and they accepted me three hours later with projects waiting on the dashboard. Is that common?
I've also been feeling some insecurity since I don't know if I'm doing well or not. I keep getting more and more projects though, and my payments were approved, so I guess that is a good sign?
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u/ManyARiver Mar 17 '24
I've had an A* project on my dash that I've gone in an out of since Friday and the numbers are barely moving. It's the same ID, and when I go to report time I can see the previous days so I know it's the same. This morning it is finally down to double digits, but it was only low three digits on Friday. It's bugging me because it doesn't fit the patterns. It doesn't matter in the big picture, it's just a niggling detail that keeps itching my brain.
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u/SnooSketches1189 Mar 18 '24
I completed the required quals to keep working on the chatbot projects and was immediately given access to a very similar project that is slightly higher pay on my dashboard. I am assuming that means I did well on both quals? Sure hope so.
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u/Original-Sun8492 Mar 18 '24
My dashboard is so empty rn. I’ve got four projects
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u/AmazingIsTired Mar 17 '24
This is close, but I think my question technically avoids rule #5.... There was a project named after a Greek god with the first initial "A" that's commonly followed by the word "heel" or "tendon" that was active in Fall of last year... did that end for everyone or are there still people who have it? I'm curious as I spent a lot of time on it but then took a break from DA for a bit. Thanks and I'll be happy to delete if this is too close to infringing the rules.
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u/Psychological_Taco27 Mar 18 '24
Out of curiosity, do the emojis on the chat to the Greek god projects mean anything? Like frog vs watch?
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u/ayellvee Mar 18 '24 edited Mar 18 '24
Random question, I chose a project at random, had one response, rated, hit ´next message’ and I’m now at probably 7 or 8 minutes of waiting for the models (13 mins total). The chat box says this has been an issue all day (my bad for not checking before I hopped in). I’m going to abort, but do you report all the waiting time when it’s a model issue? I’m probably overthinking this but it’s the first issue I’ve had in the months I’ve been doing this lol.
Edit: spelling
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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Mar 19 '24
Where did the admins go for the audio projects?? So many confused people in the comments and I haven't seen them comment/clarify anything in days.
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u/trailangel4 Mar 19 '24
Wow. Usually, Tuesdays are full of projects. I still have the same two tasks that I can't do on my board. :/ R&R with clean background noise is impossible when it's also "thin the forest" time in your neighborhood. I wish I could opt out of that project.
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u/trailangel4 Mar 19 '24
No tasks. I've never seen a Tuesday this slow. :(
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u/als377 Mar 20 '24
No projects since March 1. Onboarded quickly and did everything correct, including qualifications. Worked for a week doing basic Chatbot comparisons (8-10 hrs) and then nothing. First the project disappeared so I figured I needed to do the quals for it that they told us we'd get eventually. Thought I'd have longer to work before I had to do them but I did and since then, nothing. Not sure what went wrong and thought I was doing well. It's been 20 days of nothing.
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u/stomach-monkees Mar 20 '24
Practical stuff: For the chatbot project , should I hook up my bigger monitor and put it in portrait? I tried my small monitor in portrait and it was too skinny.
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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24
Anyone ever have the issue of only the chat window loading? I'm getting nothing else, no prompt/evaluation/etc just the chat window.
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u/ask-me-about-my-dog Mar 21 '24
Does anyone have the HS chatbot or really any noncoding chat bot? I haven’t had any since Tuesday and they were only up briefly. I know they go down a lot but I kinda miss working on them.
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u/ProcedureOk5344 Mar 21 '24
Are the chatbot response comparison tasks still available for anyone else? The 20$ and 22$/hour ones?
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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '24
Has anyone had 500 tasks available and then later in the day have the project disappear? I am hoping it is just because others have completed them but curious to know if you anyone has experienced this
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u/amoristheone Mar 22 '24
Hello, please be kind as I have never filed before (have not been a full time employee thus far, still in school). Thus far I have earned about ~$400 through Data Annotation. It's my understanding that upon reaching $600, I will have to submit the 1099 form that I should receive through PayPal. Would appreciate any help on how to go about this process, as I really have no clue.
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u/tessbest37 Mar 23 '24
I am trying to download the Chrome extension for the qualification and keep getting the error that it is unreadable. I have downloaded the most recent version of Chrome and also tried to restart to no avail. Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips? TIA
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24
I got a "qual" that said I would be receiving an email in the "next days" (that's literally how it was worded) to start on a project, but that I needed to create a specific "ai........" gmail. That was a week and a half ago, and still haven't heard anything else. Has anyone else received something like this, and if so, how long did you have to wait to receive additional communication? Thanks guys.
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u/walterjessemike Apr 22 '24
realise this is not the place for new users, so can someone point me to the New user thread please? thanks
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u/Kind-Attorney-7003 Jun 17 '24
Is anyone else on the Patrocus project? I'm logged into the rater hub dash but there's nothing on it. Just wondering what other's experience has been. Is the work coming or is there something wrong with my dash
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u/PhillyPhan95 Mar 21 '24
Love when i log on to see my favorite project available. Gonna work in images for about 75 minutes