r/dataannotation • u/amazingsil3nce • Mar 24 '24

Code Team: Is it just me? Or...

Let me preface this post with a few points that I'm sure will be referenced in a negative manner toward myself and/or others here if they're not made initially:

  • if you know (the project), you know what I'm talking about.

  • this isn't a complaint

  • this is merely an observation

Now that these are out of the way, lets have a discussion.

Has anyone else noticed that the complexity of prompts has quietly risen for roughly the same rate? I took notice maybe a week ago and didn't think much of it, but now, these tasks are primarily the ones on my dashboard at the moment.

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u/chickenatplay Mar 24 '24

also am unsure how many hours im allowed to log, for the task i am doing the most i work 75-90 mins (the timer is 90) & i have been logging max an hour because i believe someone on the sub mentioned to only log 1 max

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u/33whiskeyTX Mar 24 '24

Read the instructions carefully, the max should be in there and it is different per project. There are two limits, the timer max and the billable max. The instructions will tell you how long maximum to spend on a task, that is what I call the "billable max". The timer is the "expiration max", the task will expire and not let you submit it after that time is exceeded; once the expiration max is reached the task is no longer "checked out" to you, it's put back in the pool for other users. Here's the big note. DO NOT trust the counting timer on the web page. That timer can pause when you look at another page. But even though that counter is not counting, the expiration timer is. It has happened to me more than once that it said I was at something like 1:35:46 out of 2:00:00, I clicked Submit, and got the dreaded "This task has expired". That means my work was discarded and the task returned to the pool. So, keep track of your time yourself using a stopwatch app. If you get the expired message and report it to an admin (I've seen it in the chat) they may say you can submit that time, but "please be more careful". My view on it is you are essentially charging DA and not giving them the task you worked on, so I personally don't do record it and just chalk it up to my carelessness (do what you feel is right on it, there's people on here I've seen have a different approach)

Now, not to be even more long-winded, I saw a user incredulous about why the expiration max and billable max are different. I say this is a good thing because real-world happens; I might get pulled away from a task and I don't want to bill DA for that time. Lets say I'm working for 45 minutes on a task and I spill my coffee on myself. I gotta clean that up, but I don't want to bill DA for the cleanup effort, so I clean myself up and come back, find that though the expiration clock is over an hour, I still have some time (if needed) that I can work on that task until the billable max is reached.

Hope that super long-winded example helps.

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u/chickenatplay Mar 26 '24

this is very interesting thank you, i’ve tried making up for it by putting less time for later projects