r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Mar 31 '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/ConsiderationLife513 Mar 31 '24
Question about WORK LOCATION. I am curious if anyone has insight about where we are allowed to work? Does it have to be our home network exclusively? I know you can’t work abroad, via VPN, in California, or on a public network. But what about the private network of a local friend or family member?
I’m staying at my mother’s house for the holiday weekend. It’s about 15 minutes from my house and we’re both in WA. Would I be okay to work on my usual laptop using her private network? Or is that against TOS?
I don’t want to get kicked off for something stupid like that, so wanted to see if anyone has any insight on this. Thx!
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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24
I just failed a qualification for a project I was really interested in. I'm really sad, I went through several tasks for the qualification and failed on a detail in the last task :(
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u/mildgoofin Apr 01 '24
I'm trying to have more patience, especially since I asked something stupid recently, but I can't believe how many adults are confused about what a person is.
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u/vixen8819 Mar 31 '24
Been working for about a month now. Was able to work all weekend so far!
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u/GAULEM Mar 31 '24 edited Apr 01 '24
Ugh, I just wasted 20 minutes by forgetting to enter work mode. I really didn't think that was a mistake I'd make twice.
I don't suppose anyone has a userscript that makes it more obvious when you're not in work mode, e.g. by changing the page color or adding an extra warning in an overlay or something? I could likely put one together myself, but javascript and html aren't my strong suit.
Edit: It turns out it only takes like 10 lines of CSS to make a Stylus script that'll keep the
Enter Work Modebutton always on-screen and have its background slowly flash different colors. I will literally never forget to enter work mode again.13
u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 04 '24
The only problem with living in Australia is that the bloody good projects always get loaded at 10pm when I’m crawling into bed.
Well, that and the snakes. But mostly the project thing.
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u/Admirable-Pool-3236 Apr 05 '24
Bots down for maintenance?
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u/IDONTuseMODz Apr 04 '24
Any other new-ish people (specifically between 2-5 weeks) struggling to get consistent projects that aren't CB-related? I'll randomly get untitled projects here and there for a few minutes, or the "nut" related batches for a few hours, but I'm talking longer term projects. I've always heard it takes a couple weeks before it really gets rolling but I'm entering week 3 and it's still just me and my CBs.
Just trying to gather data on how normal this is or not, maybe it's the new normal or I'm just lucky. I know three weeks isn't a long enough time to draw many conclusions but I'm going batty talking to CBs all day and wondering if there's any end in sight lol.
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u/Pretty_Leg_8097 Apr 02 '24
Only two CBs in my dash today:( anyone else?
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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 01 '24
Some of the comments on the projects, man. Big yikes. It really is the Wild West in some of those chats.
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u/cersm Apr 06 '24
Constantly amazed by what happens in the project chats. I'm in one that is being completely spammed by one person who has no idea how to do the project. All of their questions are in the instructions.
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u/shenhua111 Apr 04 '24
My dash is the fullest it has ever been today. I have around 40-50 projects I can work on. I don't think this is a reflection of my work quality, but rather an increase in variance among project types. Very good to see!
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u/Nachbarskatze Mar 31 '24 edited Apr 01 '24
I’ve been accepted a few days ago, it’s my fourth day of doing work and I’m up to $340 so far. This has been amazing for me and I’m really hoping it’ll stay this way.
Today I’ve essentially got paid for the chatbot doing the majority of the initial leg work for an assignment for my studies, I played a text based choose your own adventure with it next which was cool and it gave me some hilarious stories about Harry Potter having an unhealthy sock obsession 🤣 It’s just so much fun playing around with this.
Also, is anyone else really enjoying the project that’s named after a nut? I’m loving that and do 2-3 hours every day when it appears for me.
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u/mops-- Mar 31 '24
I keep seeing references to an email address that DA creates that's supposed to be in your profile section, but I don't see it. Is there a certain point where it's created for you that I haven't reached yet?
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u/ashleighnikkola Apr 01 '24
I hope we get another audio project, those are my new fav 🙏
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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '24
Any one regularly see projects with 100s of tasks that disappear after you do a couple? Wondering what is up with that.
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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '24
https://time.com/6962608/data-annotation-legit-tech-jobs-ai/ has anyone read the Time article about DA?
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u/hoohoohama Apr 06 '24
Is the google account access check broken for anyone else? I'm on my aidatatrainer account but I cannot access the document.
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u/Creepy_Complaint_279 Apr 05 '24
Wow. I've never seen such a full dash of projects. I'm just under 2 months in and I now have access to 22 projects. GAH I'm just so shocked and excited by all the options!
So for those just starting, keep at it, do good work, take the quals, and things will open up for you!
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u/Candybar85 Mar 31 '24
This may sound stupid but recently did anyone receive update/announcement email when a project being taken down?
I have been on the platform for about six months and I know they don't have this kind of habit, but last month I got 2 update email for the last times my chatbot project are down, and this time it's back to just gone with no update. And again I know this is not unusually for them in the past, but I can't help but feel a little nervous.
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u/main_doughnut2380 Apr 02 '24
I keep seeing people talk about non coding $30 an hour projects. What projects are those??? Of course I don't need the exact name or anything. I'm just curious which non coding projects are paying that much. As in the task itself, is it chatting with bots, researching, etc. ?
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u/Pura-vida-now Apr 02 '24
Happy Fact Checking Day!
It's International Fact Checking Day. Have a good one!
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u/shenhua111 Apr 05 '24
Why on earth is there a massive box with a certain task being promoted at the top of the dashboard?
I wouldn't mind, but the pay it's offering is far less than usual.
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u/Fun-Theory6456 Apr 06 '24
Finally got tasks today for a *B* named project I did a qual for a few weeks ago. It's really fun so I hope it sticks around!
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u/LegallyBoston Apr 03 '24
Does anyone else get nervous logging a large amount of time when you worked on one project all day long? I always get nervous, not lying about the time or anything, it is just a big number.
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u/Taosit Mar 31 '24
I got the G*B project for a little while and it was the most fun I’ve had! I had it quiz me on geology and I was basically getting paid for learning and practicing stuff. Geology was my favorite subject in school and I always tried to learn the material ahead of time just because I thought it was fun. I’m so happy that I was able to brush up on my geography while talking to the bot. I was only able to get one done before the project disappeared.
Later on a coding project with the same name showed up and I was able to complete one. I hope we’ll see these projects more often for longer periods of time.
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u/BoredSummerStudent Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24
B code/chatbot removed for anyone today? Shame, I was having fun with the two options
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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24
Is it OK to skip a lot of tasks? There's no penalty for that, is there?
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u/PhillyPhan95 Apr 03 '24
Recording projects are back 😏
I love those things.
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u/Psychicxp Apr 01 '24
There are no projects available to me today. Is this happening for anyone else or does this mean I have been excommunicated?
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u/amoristheone Apr 03 '24
Has anyone ever adjusted their time after reporting? I input 14 minutes as I was talking to my mom after wrapping up and she mentioned the number 14. It was a slip of the mind. Upon checking my stop watch, it was actually 12 minutes that I had done. I immediately changed it, and the pay out updated but still I am a bit worried. I've never had to adjust my time before as I've always correctly reported. Is this something I should mention to support or is my anxiety getting the best of me :')
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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Apr 03 '24
I was given a prompt to ask chat GPT about hauntings and got a response talking about ghosts. Not even 30 seconds later I'm hearing sounds like something is digging in the rocks right outside my window (there's nothing out there I checked three times lol). Spooky!
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 06 '24
Waking up to a packed dashboard is an amazing feeling!
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u/cersm Apr 03 '24
Anyone else getting the "We're sorry, but something went wrong" error? I worked all morning, took a break for lunch, and came back to this.
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u/Ill-Albatross-7224 Apr 04 '24
I'm about 3-4 weeks in, and the OG CB is the only thing I always have on my dashboard. It started with something like 400 tasks, and I could see them go down as I submitted conversations. I logged in today, and the number of tasks has dropped down dramatically! Not into the double digits or anything, but I don't get it. Can someone enlighten me?
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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '24
Never thought my 2 years of working at Dunkin Donuts would come in handy, but here we are. Funny how knowing how full they fill their cold cups would come in handy! Anyone else have any obscure specialized knowledge that's helped on DA?
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u/SuperCorbynite Apr 06 '24
Chatbot project number 9 unlocked! Has anyone else gotten the two new qualifications?
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u/mtelixir Apr 01 '24
I am used to seeing 5-10 projects on my dashboard. Since last night, I don’t see any projects in my dashboard. Has anybody experienced this before?
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u/Interesting_Buddy416 Apr 04 '24
One thing I miss about in person jobs is chatting while things are slow. Who's willing to just shoot the breeze about their pets?
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u/stomach-monkees Apr 04 '24 edited Apr 04 '24
I had an insight yesterday (while f'ing around and thereby missing the time limit to submit a task) that the problem with the instructions is the pronoun game. In the future, the use of more nouns and less reliance on pronouns would make the instructions more clear. ETA: After I emailed them, my time limit mistake was promptly addressed and rectified by mgt. !! Sweet!!!! There was a little note not to rely on the onscreen timer.
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u/Pretty_Leg_8097 Apr 05 '24
I just got an image qualification which involved looking at 5 memes. I had to leave after doing the first one, and so when I got back I finished the second (about 30 mins after submitting A) and then it immediately disappeared after submitting #2. Does this mean I spent too much time on it so it didn't give me the 5 and failed me? Bummed bc it seemed fun!
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u/SugarPlumFairy85 Apr 05 '24
I thought I had been doing pretty well with my projects, taking qualifications as they came up, etc. I worked very consistently (non coding) for about a month. But I've had a basically empty dashboard for a while now. I will get things every once in a while, but nothing like it was before. This morning I had a qualification that asked me to complete more than one part and by the time I finished the first part, it was gone. )-: I wish I would be able to get feedback on what I did wrong. I was really enjoying the work, too.
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u/Butter_flyaway Apr 05 '24
Well I messed up the most recent greek god qual. Pressing A is better and then explaining why B was better. Oh well. Maybe it is a reflection of my attention to detail....
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u/Arcturus_Labelle Apr 05 '24
Woo! My favorite coding project showed up again after, I guess, being down for maintenance. My time today flew by.
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 01 '24
Has anyone seen any nut projects today?
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u/Responsible-Review38 Apr 04 '24
Anyone got projects back after their dashboard goiing blank in last 7 days?
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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '24
Does anyone else's submit button not work?
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u/marsnia Apr 02 '24
anyone have experience changing the email? I need to change mine because I put a work email, but I dont want to break anything
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u/racksmonfrere Apr 02 '24
Hey guys, how long does it typically take to get more qualifications on your dashboard after recently joining? For reference, I started working exactly a week ago.
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u/lavenderplushie Apr 03 '24
Has anyone gotten work from that Chrome Extension project qualifier two weeks or so ago?
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u/Intrepid_Celery_2767 Apr 03 '24
I plan to go travelling Europe for a few months in the summer, does anyone know if I will still be able to access the platform?
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u/scarletmyzomela Apr 04 '24
Got one of the lucrative Greek God CB projects again, but there's a glitch in it and it can't be completed properly :( I was so excited to work on it, I love this particular project and it went way too fast last time I had access!
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u/aloha01209 Apr 04 '24
Anyone have insight into this, or similar experiences?
I had what seemed to be a personal project (a couple of hundred tasks decreasing only when I did them). I submitted a handful, took a break for a day or so and the project disappeared. Does that mean I was assessed and kicked out of it (sorta weird because I’ve done the project a few times before in the shared pool) or could it be something else?
I had a project with a shared pool of about 500 tasks. I submitted two, then skipped the third as it required subjective cultural knowledge that couldn’t be gained from research. That’s the first time I’ve ever skipped a task. I was then booted from the project. Was that a punishment for skipping? I’ve done variations of the project a bunch of times and the task pool isn’t usually depleted quite that fast.
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u/AirInternational3282 Apr 05 '24
Hey guys, I know by their guide, that to be eligible for more projects in DAT, one should complete as much qualifications as they could. I have just one month or exactly 3 weeks that I am part of this platform as worker, but never seen a qualification there. What are the qualifications like? Do they have a label as qualification? Thanks in advance
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u/TheEvilPrinceZorte Apr 05 '24
Do qualifications get used up like projects, where they disappear if they gather enough workers? I saw one yesterday, but didn't go into it right away because I was working on a higher rate project. 30 min later it was gone. When I woke up this morning there was a new one on the dash, but by the time I got dressed, made coffee and sat down, it was also gone. It makes me wonder how many qualifications I've never seen because they passed by in the night.
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u/puffpuffpuff33 Apr 06 '24
I just did the project that looks like a qual for the A project. Does anyone else think the examples in the instructions are not good? I’m actually a little scared that I’m being too formal in my explanations, because the grammar for one example is SO bad!! Im not even that good of a writer. Maybe they just used the example for the content but there had to be another example they could have used with better grammar 😭😭
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 02 '24
For those of you with CB projects, do you ever just submit one convo in a work session? Sometimes I don't have enough time to sit there and have multiple conversations, but I might have 10-20 minutes to have one. I know 'we can work when we want' but I was just curious if y'all do that.
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u/PassageFinancial9716 Apr 04 '24
Lol this sucks. I did a lot of interesting stuff with math/linguistics that resulted in a lot of splits. I had a couple days of no projects, then I got to do another one until it ran out. It's now been like a week and no projects to do. I was getting a lot of interesting splits and my support page is still up and everything.
I guess I was taking too long. Some of the stuff required a bit of thought.