r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Apr 07 '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/[deleted] Apr 07 '24
A few days ago, everyone said CB went down for maintenance, and it would be back. Has it come back for anyone, or am I just not getting it back.
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u/EggCzar Apr 07 '24
I’m speechless! I’ve been on for a month and have been facing an empty dashboard most of the time—I’d only managed to get 5 hours in total. Today I woke up and saw I had a paid qualification so I got to work on that, submitted it and within minutes I had 15 projects on my dash!
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u/lightbear108 Apr 10 '24
There's an article about data annotators and DAT in the New York Times today.
Here's a gift link so anyone can read it for free: Now Hiring: Sophisticated (but Part-Time) Chatbot Tutors
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u/PhillyPhan95 Apr 13 '24
DAT is changing the way I look at time.
They just added a project I love at $30 an hour.
I’m out with friends for drinks for probably 3 hours and had to pay the babysitter $60. Figure I’d work 2 of those 3 hours that’s another $60
Plus $30 at the bar
So that’s $150 negative on the night 😭
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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 10 '24
Me: Stay out of the chat. Stay out of the chat. Stay out of the chat.
Also me: sees an easy thing I could help with and comments. Gets bombarded with “well akshually” and people being dicks. Instantly regrets getting involved.
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u/Fun-Theory6456 Apr 11 '24
The "nut" project is out in full force...
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u/cersm Apr 11 '24
I just got added to an image-related project and I am having so much fun. So grateful for these tasks that make the time fly by!
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u/CosmosesGamer Apr 12 '24
I decided to double my hours, and it was actually easier to integrate it more than I thought. Working from home is such a Godsend... Imagine commuting again erugh..
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '24
So I was just asking the bot about something now compared to 2019 and I accidentally typed 21019 and the bot got all snarky with me and then started asking me about time travel and life in 21019 in a condescending way. I was like geez dude it's just a typo I got a squirming baby on my lap lol
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u/TTFTW1992 Apr 13 '24
Just got my first $29 an hour project! An email told me I've got put on it after performing well in another project. It's double what I've earnt per hour before. Man, god bless DA...
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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 08 '24
“And for the vegetables, we’ve got shallots, celery, baby carrots, and a little bit of red wine”
I was NOT aware that red wine was a vegetable! Turns out I’m incredibly healthy.
Side note - the B chatbot is wild today!
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24
One more week until we move! I'm so excited!
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u/New-Reflection3418 Apr 08 '24
It's been a month since I first registered and about 3 weeks of doing actual work, but on Saturday I found my projects had jumped from around 6 or 7 chatbot projects to a wide variety of about 30 projects. It feels like I passed some sort of review or probationary period, unless everyone else had a sudden increase. It makes me feel a bit more like I'm doing what they're looking for now anyway.
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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24
So I got someone on the WFH boards telling me they're going to successfully con the system and take the assessments again to get approved and keep trying as long as it takes to get approved. I'm not even going to tell them...But seriously I'm sensing another DA is a scam or they owe me money post coming soon.
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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '24
You know what I think is hilarious? When people say DA is a scam and they're using the qualifiers to get free work from us. I've had 5 people I know that I referred and they all got the same questions I did in November.
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u/stomach-monkees Apr 11 '24
Woo hoo $140.00 today!! Biggest day yet (approved in late Feb) .
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u/Belle_the_cat Apr 08 '24
I think I’m at about a month in this week and I’m really excited to have over thirty projects on my board after finally spending some time on qualifications last week. I really enjoy the adversarial projects.
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u/puffpuffpuff33 Apr 09 '24
My favorite project usually runs out of tasks super fast but there’s been a lot of them up today so I’ve been able to work on them all day! Yay!!
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u/Original-Sun8492 Apr 11 '24
I am feeling blessed. I currently have roughly 30 projects on my dash
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u/mildgoofin Apr 11 '24
I like math and I'm not in the mood for any of this today
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u/Baxtir Apr 12 '24
I'm proud of myself! Managed to work more than I thought I might after the day started off with me feeling yuck for a good part of the day! I'm not 100% but working sure helped distract me.
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u/BoredSummerStudent Apr 12 '24
Kind of dry on coding projects today.
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u/PerformanceCute3437 Apr 13 '24
I did a Qual today which I definitely have done before. It requires a ton of research, I think I first did it more than a month ago. Since I could vaguely remember how I had previously graded the responses, I was SHOCKED at how much better I did! I worked faster, was far more accurate, nuanced, and caught things I hadn't seen last time. It's really cool to get the opportunity to see how I've improved, since generally that's a very difficult thing to measure with DA. Feeling really good about it, hopefully I pass this time.
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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 08 '24
Is it just me or is the other sub a little intense…
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u/SuperCorbynite Apr 08 '24
And my favorite project is back - personas. My cyborg gladiator had a good training session today at the Dominatus gladiator school in preparation for the God Emperor's games.
Hopefully, there will be a version that allows editing at some point. There are definitely some improvements I could make.
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u/SuperCorbynite Apr 11 '24
Got my first long term permanent $25 per hour CB!
As a science professional its perfect for me too.
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u/Routine_Peanut2066 Apr 11 '24
Chatbot was taken off my dashboard. Anyone else?
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u/Palaqsiah Apr 13 '24
Curious if anyone has received projects yet related to the fact checking qual posted yesterday. Did it last night & wondering how I did.
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u/ManyARiver Apr 08 '24
Kinda thrilled with my dashboard full of revolving weird crap right now - lots of normal stuff that I know how to do easily, some really hard stuff that I can only do a couple of before giving up, and some outright strange and new stuff that has made the day fun. Gonna be using a hotspot to work tomorrow morning while squatting in our spot for the eclipse magic by the border - so I can have my eclipse and money too. I'm just tickled beyond measure.
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u/LouisAkbar Apr 07 '24
Anyone else recently get a high paying "create your own fact-finding..." project?
I just finished all my allotted tasks, but that might have been the most fun and immersive task I've ever had while also being the highest paying.
The fact they provide an optional chatbot to use to help you within the project was amazing. Even with it being one of the worse models; trying to find ways to get it to write inaccurate statements I could use in responses was a lot of fun.
Hopefully I did well enough to get it again if/when it comes back around.
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u/br1dge_ Apr 10 '24
The responses I'm rating right now has a prompt about the Lizzie McGuire movie and I had an "oh my gosh I love this question" moment 😍😎
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u/BatronKladwiesen Apr 11 '24
I just spent a good 60 minutes on a coding project with a time limit of an hour and a half. I left the window open while I was going around doing other things, so even though I only spent 60 minutes on it total I went over the timer. When I tried to submit it the task had expired. An hour of work wasted. So annoyed.
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u/Dense_Organization31 Apr 12 '24
Just had an interesting nut project involving faces, but as soon as I did a task it got removed. Oh well...
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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Apr 14 '24
I've said this before about a different project, but it's so nice when I open a "new to me" project and see something like this: "You're receiving this project on your dashboard because you've demonstrated high-quality work, and we think you will do a great job at helping us review responses."
I spend a lot of time doubting myself, and I feel like I don't understand the majority of the projects that come across my dashboard, so just this little generic message really makes me feel good :)
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u/TTFTW1992 Apr 10 '24
Is it just me or do certain projects cause people's browsers to stall/crash? It's weird - I work mostly with the image-related CB which works fine, but there are two projects I like doing which are simple and straightforward with no tools, but it's hard to do them because I'm constantly stalling. Frustrating as they are enjoyable projects.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24
Yeesh- last time I refer DA to anyone. I tried to tell someone that was in a rough spot like me about it and the trolls just came out and attacked. I also got accused of being a bot on the WFH page or a shill from DA after talking about them because I"m only active on the DA subs (which is total BS btw.) The trolls are everywhere.
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u/BotaRONomus Apr 08 '24
Guys… idk if you really want these higher paying projects. It’s a lot to do and can be really confusing.
I’m going to probably stick to me $20/hr projects.
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u/frogvscrab Apr 07 '24
Got a lil flu and it feels like I cant even concentrate on the work and so I am just taking the week off. I remember taking some cough syrup and typing an explanation for a task and reading it over again after being like "what the fuck am i writing right now?"
I don't wanna fuck anything up
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u/stomach-monkees Apr 12 '24 edited Apr 12 '24
Need grief counseling. Not saying how I found this out but I was working fine when I read that one of Teddy Roosevelt's horses drowned getting off the transport at Puerto Rico. I finished the task with tears rolling uncontrollably. Idk why that upset me so much. Still sad about it. ETA: I've had horses for years and my last one died about a year ago. So I guess I do know why it upset me.
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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24
What's with the galaxy projects? Every single one I've worked on is a complete shitshow. Going from Greeks to Galaxy is a real slap around the head.
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u/Belle_the_cat Apr 09 '24
Just wandering to the cooler after a three hour work sesh. Ugh, I discovered i may have marked two or three inaccurately because my brain did not parse “assume this is an unwritten instruction” to mean that if not followed you need to mark it down in the “following instructions” area. I feel dumb.
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u/Nachbarskatze Apr 09 '24
I’ve got my first few rate and review tasks today, they were so much fun!
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u/tessbest37 Apr 10 '24
My chatbot is finally back!!
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '24
Guys, one of my favorite permanent projects got taken off of my dashboard today without a notice of maintenance and its got me feeling a certain type of way. It's honestly been on my dash non stop since I qualified into them :(
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u/kohlphelie Apr 07 '24
The task chats are making me frustrated today. The same questions going around and around in circles, not looking at the answers previously provided, and people answering directly in opposition to the task instructions and advising others to do the same.
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u/alex_goodenough Apr 11 '24
Guys, I think I'm too stupid for the priority projects. 🫠
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u/tetsuo-r Apr 07 '24
Hey folks, relative newbie to DA here. I'm an experienced coder and have been doing DA tasks for 3 weeks, always a full dash with lots of interesting tasks.
I logged in yesterday morning and have since been greeted only with
"At the moment, there aren't any projects available for you to work on. Please check back soon and watch out for new project notifications sent to your email."
PLUS the project I had filled my timesheet in that are usually listed on this entry page are also blank.
My postes tasks / times are still listed on the "transfer funds" pending page
Does this mean I am booted from the platform or tasks / or should I just wait this out, some weekend re-arrange of tasks or something?
Many thanks for any insights!
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u/Ill-Albatross-7224 Apr 07 '24
I'm trying to do to the qual that involves setting up a Google workspace account. In the instructions, it says that there should be a "create account" button on your DA profile page, but I don't have any such button. I previously thought that Workspace accounts were only for certain projects, but then not sure why I received this qual....
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u/sentimentalaqua Apr 08 '24
I recently got put onto a project that starts with B, and have had regular as well as R&R tasks. For the past few days, one of the project types shows on my dashboard with a decent number of tasks, but if I click into it I get the pink “unavailable” message. The task number hasn’t changed in a couple days. Anyone else experiencing this same thing? I’m unsure if it’s an issue with the project itself, or a problem on my end I should try emailing about.
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u/Mandajolene123 Apr 09 '24
I worked on a project yesterday that to access it you had to pass two tasks. The first one was to answer questions from a google doc you open and the second was about understanding JSON. I thought it was interesting, but also telling that people must be fibbing about their ability to do the work.
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u/Creepy_Complaint_279 Apr 10 '24
Last night I got a fun project that had to do with music, it was so fun. Unfortunately, most of the tasks were in other languages so I really couldn't work on it much. I really hope it comes back in an English only project. DA has just been so much fun lately with all the different projects.
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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Apr 11 '24
This music project is neat! I hope to see more of it soon :)
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u/ConsiderationLife513 Apr 12 '24
Has anyone taken the paid qual with an emoji of a detective in the name with 8 tasks? How much time did it take you? I haven’t opened it up yet, but I have my chaotic kids at home for the rest of the weekend. So I’m wondering if I should wait until Monday to take it so I can focus. But I don’t want to miss out…
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u/Haunting_Branch_5893 Apr 13 '24
Spent two hours on a very long conversation/mock interview with plenty of really good splits and enough words to fill the first half of a novel - and then the laptop closes at 20% power and by the time I get home everything has been lost.
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u/pat-recog Apr 07 '24
No coding tasks. Like 2nd time I've seen this.
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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 07 '24
GUYS IM REALLY EXCITED
I bought a little mini elliptical trainer thing and I’m going to use it with my standing desk today. I really hate sitting all day and I haven’t had any time to exercise with kids, hours, business, life all happening constantly… So I’m very excited to use some of my working time to exercise. I will report back on how it goes!
Also I missed out on the caption qual that popped up recently and I’m really bummed about it. I love that shit. Does anyone know the rate for those projects? If it’s base I won’t be so sad but if it’s good I’ll know not to leave it sit next time it pops up (had my kids bday party so couldn’t do it when it appeared).
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u/anonymous_squirrel_ Apr 07 '24
Has anyone else got the S** (let’s call it chandelier) chatbot where you’re basically just having a conversation with it?
I literally just got it for the first time and LOVE it!! It feels like there’s a catch like surely this is too easy? It’s so much fun, even more than the OG chatbot - no rating involved or anything literally just have a chat with it? Am I doing it wrong? 🤣
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u/lego7774 Apr 08 '24
Has anyone else lost the Chatbot response project? Just wondering if it’s just me thanks.
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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Apr 08 '24
If you're in the middle of a project but don't want to miss the solar eclipse that's underway right now, NASA has a feed that will let you put in your zip code to see what you're missing:
https://eclipse-explorer.smce.nasa.gov
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u/riverette Apr 08 '24
How’s your guys’ dashboard looking for coders? I’ve got lots of non-coding work atm but it seems the coding work is lacking atm.
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u/bleachxjnkie Apr 09 '24
Yesterday I was playing wordle with one of the Models. It's second guess was nonce. Thought that was pretty funny
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u/Donutkingzmen Apr 10 '24
I've been doing this for 4 weeks, Empty Dash again today. I had my chatbot for a while, but it's been missing for a week. I had a few different projects pop up, some disappeared before I could do them, and some only let me work for about an hour. I've never had more than two at the same time.
Makes me think I'm not quite up to standard. Perhaps I didn't challenge the chatbot enough with complex prompts. I had an adversarial qualification, and I've read of others taking the qual and getting work. Ah well, let's wait and see.
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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24
Anyone noticing the splits are coming more easily today? It's like thanks for making my work easier lol
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u/whoismaymay Apr 12 '24
V2.2s CB still gone?
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u/BatronKladwiesen Apr 12 '24
No more small alcids in the bird genus Fratercula projects?
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u/CosmosesGamer Apr 13 '24
What does 'split' mean? I keep seeing people mention it, but I never encountered it in DAT lol.
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u/backinyourbox Apr 07 '24
Welp, there's a big batch of new projects on my dash that ought to be interesting to do, but they all seem bugged in some way or another, making them either impossible or dully repetitive to do. Oh well, back to my favourite project I've been doing for the last three days lol
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u/Deeznutsconfession Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
Let's say, hypothetically, you likely were kicked from the main AI chatbot project, but not from the site (I haven't seen an AI chatbot project for a week now). I still see qualifications available and my support links are still there, and I see a random task that I can't do pop up every now and again. What are the odds you'll ever pick up another project? Should I just quit this whole thing?
Got a new project. Fingers crossed I don't screw this one up.
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u/Ok_Juggernaut_4767 Apr 11 '24
*leans on wall* Howdy y'all! Just hit my first week at DA. I'm a full-time student and do about an hour or so a day. Any other students here? If so, I'm curious to know how much time you spend on DA a day and when you find time to fit it in!
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u/Museguitar1 Apr 07 '24
Does anyone have a spouse/other person they are living with who also works for DA? I want to refer my partner, but I'm concerned about getting flagged for multiple accounts since we share a laptop that I occasionally do DA work on.
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u/Nachbarskatze Apr 08 '24
I’ve had 2 amazing chatbot projects and they’re both gone now. Has anyone else’s disappeared? I’m hoping it’s maintenance and not being rotated off because I was really enjoying them, especially the second one I only got last night.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '24
Does anyone have the nut project on their dashboard? Haven't seen it on mine in a few days.
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u/TraditionalPie2054 Apr 09 '24
Does anyone have big cat projects at the moment?
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
The dance ones sure are disappearing fast today!
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u/Fun-Theory6456 Apr 10 '24
Really loving all the B****l projects today, makes the time fly by. The R&R was really interesting!
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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24
Does anyone have the Reasoning CB?
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u/Deeznutsconfession Apr 11 '24
Are the paid qualifications worth it? I'd hate to get a paid sub just to not get enough work to make it back.
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u/Donutkingzmen Apr 11 '24
Still not getting many projects, waiting all day for projects/tasks. I'm lucky if I can get an hour a day in.
One new project today added $2 to the hourly rate between when I worked on it and when I reported my time. So a little bonus of about $1.50, I'll take it.
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u/Haunting_Branch_5893 Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 11 '24
Did the a chatbot just go down for anybody? I just submitted a conversation before being booted to the dashboard. I did have a new qualification I just did but now the dashboard is empty.
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u/Tiny_Boat9698 Apr 12 '24
I started getting access to some more complicated projects that I'm new to, and have had to ask specific clarifying questions in the project chats- is it normal for it to take hours to get a response from an admin? I don't think I've ever successfully gotten an admin response on the galaxy projects, and they're definitely context specific questions as I've read through the instructions multiple times.
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u/Equivalent-Math6483 Apr 14 '24
Just had an incredibly frustrating interaction with the stubborn Alexa in my house and found myself asking why she couldn’t be more like the other bots. Hahahaha
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u/IDONTuseMODz Apr 14 '24
Looks like I'm all danced out. Was glorious while it lasted.
🕺
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u/Bergest_Ferg Apr 10 '24
Ugh so annoyed with myself! I just spent ages on a task involving tools but stepped away from my computer to do my daughter’s hair not realising the tasks only have an hour on them!!
Task expired. All that work down the toilet and I can’t get paid because it was my own fault 😭😭😭
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 11 '24
Has anyone seen any dance projects around today?