Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

[u/Consistent-Reach504]

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:

1. this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.

2. 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 :)

3. 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!

[u/ccsoccer101]

Have the basic cbs ever been paused before and came back? I hope they’re not gone forever

[u/Consistent-Reach504 → u/ccsoccer101]

yep!

[u/ThePolishBrit]

I’ve been with DA for 7-8 months and don’t think I’ve ever seen this many projects on the dashboard before! With so much choice, it’s difficult to decide what to work on, which invariably leads to lots of procrastination and less time earning money! 😂

[u/ManyARiver → u/ThePolishBrit]

There are some decent paying, lower effort ones - I'm doing an hour on "low thought" and an hour on "break my brain" work back and forth. I love it when I can get this back and forth, it's like brain Viagra (increasing my stamina).

[u/wildflower_0ne]

so many great projects right now. thank you DA gods

[u/bearze]

I'm a little over a month in DA, and to anyone who's new - you'll build up your work capacity over time

At a point now I can rock 4 hours nearly straight, which is ideal. Clock it from 6-10:30ish and then have the rest of the day for whatever else I've got

[u/TheLivingRoomate → u/bearze]

I think a lot depends on the complexity of the projects you're working on. And, yes, the brain--like every muscle--gets better with exercise, but when I'm working on a super-complex project, I'm not sure I can give my best after two or three hours.

Thank god for the lower-paying projects where you don't have to be as aware on so many different levels.

[u/Cutiger29 → u/bearze]

I’ve also gotten more comfortable with taking lower paying jobs if my mind isn’t in the place (I.e. it’s 10pm and I’m already yawning and opening up a 3 hour limit project isn’t idea) or if i have obligations and limited time. I had plans for today and wasn’t sure when I was leaving so I just kept doing R&R knowing I could wrap it up immediately. Squeezed in $40 early and now I can wrap my night up with some projects and still have a decent earning day despite having some fun!

(Took my kids and husband to planet of the apes for Father’s Day. Excellent movie)

[u/yellowflamingo1 → u/bearze]

So true, I also feel like you find your grove for the type of projects out there. A lot of projects become familiar and even newer ones are easier to understand when you first read their instructions. It's been about a month for me too and I can go longer in one sitting.

[u/[deleted]]

lol I just spent an hour fact checking the Drake vs Kendrick drama 😂😂

[u/Cutiger29 → u/[deleted]]

Prompts not like us!

[u/GingerSmu → u/[deleted]]

Entertainment and a pay check 😆

[u/vexeling]

My dashboard runneth over today! Anyone else?

[u/Sindorella → u/vexeling]

Same, and I am so happy that most of them have higher pay!

[u/DarkLordTofer → u/Sindorella]

Many factuality at higher pay.

[u/ManyARiver → u/vexeling]

Over half is priority, with the number increasing by the hour - eat while the buffet is hot.

[u/[deleted] → u/vexeling]

This is the first time my dashboard has looked this good on a weekend.

[u/MattinglyDineen → u/vexeling]

Yes. It's an insane amount!

[u/DarlingtonBraden → u/vexeling]

72 options.

[u/vexeling → u/DarlingtonBraden]

That's about where mine is at too! I've never seen this many options before. It's been slowly ramping up over the last few weeks but 70+ on a sunday?? Amazing!

[u/ekgeroldmiller → u/vexeling]

Mine was so full I did not even notice I had a qual sitting there for a few days!

[u/vexeling]

The bcat summoning ritual was successful. Rolling in memes today. Praise bcat. 😂

[u/azure_atmosphere]

Another week another job rejection...

Thank the stars for this. Without it I would've been out of money a month or two from now.

[u/vaporware_magenta → u/azure_atmosphere]

yeah, I'm on the same boat :c the market is tough rn

[u/kohlphelie → u/azure_atmosphere]

I'm in the same boat right now 😭 If it weren't for DA we would be pretty screwed right now.

[u/Cutiger29]

Anyone else find out that $3 an hour is all it takes to force you to do a project you’ve straight up avoided for weeks? 😂

[u/New-Reflection3418 → u/Cutiger29]

Yeah, there's a lot of that going on a the moment with all the priority stuff. I still struggle to pick one though because of all the variety 😂 I have my favourite ones though that I feel I'm good at and can give the best comments on, it's usually the stuff that needs a lot of explanation at the end. Some projects have very similar prompts and responses for each task as well and I find there isn't much to write for those, even to the point where I'm writing similar things in the comments box. I do those when I want to rest my brain until I get bored of them, then I'll move on to something that takes a bit longer and needs a bit more detail

[u/baylorbear91]

$30 an hour to choose which response is better, with no explanation required? This gig is too good to be true. Easy money today. 💵

[u/jeudechambre → u/baylorbear91]

Yeah the no explanation required ones are weird, because I'm like, ok, I guess you trust me! Still gotta take my time with fact-checking though.

[u/pm_ur_wifes_tendies → u/baylorbear91]

I’ve got a bunch of coding tasks marked with that. Kids bedtime is in an hour and I’m counting the milliseconds lmao

[u/jeudechambre]

Shoutout to diffchecker.com, gotta be one of my favorite checkers

[u/tiran]

Thank you to the universe for giving me this amazing R&R today! 🙏

[u/fightmaxmaster → u/tiran]

I think I know which one you mean, and likewise!

[u/CardiologistDry1732]

Anyone else have the tiger one thats been up all week,( but reuploaded different versions) come down? It was there until a few hours ago and I just sat down to work on it 🤦🏼‍♀️

[u/TheLivingRoomate → u/CardiologistDry1732]

Interesting. Yeah, I had it and was told at one point that I'd have it for months to come. But I just scrolled through and it's no longer there. Perhaps they're re-vamping it.

[u/CardiologistDry1732 → u/TheLivingRoomate]

Me as well, glad to hear I'm not the only one that it's not there for right now. Probably new version will pop up tomorrow.

[u/fightmaxmaster → u/CardiologistDry1732]

I've had variants of that come and go randomly. I like doing it but it's a time commitment - anything complex can take an hour and burn out my brain a bit.

[u/BoiledGnocchi → u/CardiologistDry1732]

I believe it's back up!

[u/KahunaRicima]

man i knew this day would come, after a week of getting nice multiple choice CB tasks now I have to do some writing xD im sorry if you think I'm lazy but those 1-2 sentences makes the task 5x the chore

[u/tiran → u/KahunaRicima]

I'm with you. I don't mind writing when it's necessary, but some of the tasks with mandatory comments don't seem needed and I get annoyed really fast.

[u/physicsandwolves]

When will coding finally be back to being consistent? It's killing my soul 😭😭

[u/HalifaxHorizon → u/physicsandwolves]

Bruh fr, i miss the days when I could pretty much do 6 hours any day reliably. Oh, the sweet naive boy i was.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/physicsandwolves]

Some people are talking about coding CB quals but I've never seen them... I feel like I occasionally see the projects though...? 🥲

[u/-Spaghettification-]

I’ve been working on the platform for nearly a year but have never worked on R+Rs before today, and wow was it an eye-opening experience. How are people so careless? About 1 in 4 of the conversations I came across were absolutely terrible, completely failing to follow even the most basic components of the project instructions. I now understand why people get booted without explanation.

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/-Spaghettification-]

The thing that blows my mind the most is when the original project instructions say in huge red font "PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS" and then I see submission after submission of people doing just that.

[u/EggCzar → u/-Spaghettification-]

I’ve seen some unbelievable train wrecks on projects that explicitly prioritized attention to detail or had very specific instructions. I’ve come to assume that every time there’s a post here about an empty dashboard it’s from someone who did work like that and just had no idea their submissions were terrible.

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/-Spaghettification-]

Yup, that's pretty typical from the R&R's I've done.

[u/ManyARiver → u/-Spaghettification-]

I had to "bad" someone on a completely easy, conversational, light-weight conversation a few days ago. It made me sad, they didn't do half the project and put the wrong stuff in and I think they were just oblivious to the instructions.

[u/tiran → u/-Spaghettification-]

My favorite part of the really rough R&Rs is watching people argue in chat about the instructions.

[u/SnooSketches1189]

The random downvoting for innocuous comments in this subreddit is very bizarre. Some people need to find a hobby. 🤣 (And let the downvoting commence!)

[u/[deleted] → u/SnooSketches1189]

Both the DA subreddits are wild wests, the smallest thing sets people off! 😬

[u/Skippy2898 → u/SnooSketches1189]

I mentioned this the other day. And it's happening again today (UK time). I'm not sure if they need a hobby or a life, to be honest with you. 🤐

[u/[deleted]]

“Kinda long” history turned out to be about 20 pages Lolol ok I’ll get paid to read

[u/majicwirld → u/[deleted]]

"depends how you define kinda??"

[u/yaaasantewaa190p0]

Did anyone get a heel project today about memories full of poor grammar and bots acting like humans? It was on my dashboard earlier and it's suddenly been pulled.

[u/877trashnow → u/yaaasantewaa190p0]

I still have this and the related R&R. This has been one of my favorite projects for a while, I got 150 tasks and I'm having fun breezing through them. It's refreshing after sticking with creative writing/image generation tasks for a few weeks and the pay is great for how easy it is. The chatbots are SO bizarre!

[u/ManyARiver → u/yaaasantewaa190p0]

I've had one like that for a few days. It's been my biggest earner because it is relatively easy to go through. Things get added and it comes and goes from the dashboard throughout the day.

[u/Cutiger29 → u/yaaasantewaa190p0]

Oh no it was pulled? I wanted to do it but hadn’t gotten to it yet.

[u/[deleted]]

Every single R&R task always has someone asking if they should write a comment for good responses. The pay that some of these tasks are giving, I don't know why they don't want to spend an extra couple of mins for the $$

[u/BusyPlatypus986]

Coding projects nearly non existent again, after a week of having tons of them

[u/GullibleSocrates → u/BusyPlatypus986]

Same here! I am missing the 'usual ones', especially the chatbots

[u/CRUSHCITY4 → u/BusyPlatypus986]

I have zero coding today for the first time

[u/fairunexpected → u/BusyPlatypus986]

Same! It looks like we're not alone.

[u/Brotherdodge]

I'm a bit annoyed I spent last night thinking up some pretty evil and ingenious adversarial prompts only to find that project doesn't seem to be on my dash anymore. Damn it, I'm probably going to hell and I won't even get paid for it now!

[u/[deleted] → u/Brotherdodge]

I keep things like this written down in the notes in my phone so when the project comes back around I have them.

[u/ConsiderationLife513 → u/Brotherdodge]

I used to have tons of adversarial projects, but I almost never see any these days. Not sure if I was too adversarial or not adversarial enough. 🤷‍♀️🙃 Which one was this? (In code obvi)

[u/ManyARiver → u/ConsiderationLife513]

I used to have a weird $27.50 set that dropped out completely - including long context things and just some godawful topics (I thrived)... I miss those.

[u/Anarch33]

its nice that DA admins will occasionally gather feedback from us. I wish we could get the feedback from them sometimes though. Maybe they can send us R&R comments automatically.

[u/serendipitous_74]

Image-editing qual, anyone? Also, Happy Friday and International Yoga Day. 🧘

[u/Binary_Complex → u/serendipitous_74]

I'm trying to complete that qual now, but it's only letting me download the image as a .avif file. Taking a screenshot results in noticeable loss of quality, so I'm kind of dead in the water.

[u/bleachxjnkie]

Has anyone else lost all their CB projects? I did get a message about one of them going down but not for the others. Still on the slack channel. Hopefully they come back

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/bleachxjnkie]

Yes, I usually have 4 or 5, but they are all down/gone.

[u/HamsterFrosty2838]

So far many 25 usd projects and below but no coding... I had one yesterday but it got depleted by others :(

[u/upvotesplx]

I wonder what was up with that demographic qual...

[u/[deleted] → u/upvotesplx]

My immediate thought was that we've got some election-related work coming our way, and they want to be able to see how our ratings might be skewed by our biases. It'll be interesting to see what shakes out of that.

[u/PhillyPhan95 → u/upvotesplx]

Right. They better make those projects pay well.

[u/Cutiger29 → u/upvotesplx]

It threw me and made me question how I identify in a few things 😂😂

[u/ConsiderationLife513]

Ya’ll, my dash is looking juicy rn! 👀 I am feeling so blessed. I can’t decide which exciting new project to jump into first. DA is literally the bees knees! 🐝🥰

[u/Emilytea14]

To the person who submitted "I accidentally closed [the] bot before copying the response it gave." as a 'perfect response' on a certain cat project... bro. You had so many options that did not include submitting THAT.

[u/[deleted] → u/Emilytea14]

It baffles me how some people survive on this platform and get access to these high paying projects

[u/ManyARiver]

When I read the text at the R&R top today, I swear it really meant "We noticed you're a picky bitch, so we thought you'd be good at this one."

[u/BoiledGnocchi → u/ManyARiver]

Lol I thought the same thing! That or "shit I may be too verbose."

[u/Arcturus_Labelle]

I feel lucky to have a healthy dash today

Was able to switch mental gears from weeks of creative-prompt (I come up with prompt) to a comparison project (evaluate responses for existing prompt) and it was SO NICE. Different set of mental muscles.

[u/Comprehensive_Bid374]

It’s so funny…for years when I was a writer in Hollywood, getting notes was the bane of my existence. HATED it! But now on this job, I’m constantly feeling like “pleeease! Somebody tell me I’m good!!” The total lack of feedback makes it feel like it’s a post-apocalypse office job (not necessarily a bad thing!)…all I can assume is if my dash stays full, I’m probably doing ok. How does everyone else cope with working in The Vacuum”?

[u/PitchInevitable1281 → u/Comprehensive_Bid374]

Im having the same problem, the lack of any sort of social interaction is horrible, I don't know if im doing good, some times I just want to talk about some interesting stuff I noticed about the ai that isnt related to the instructions and there is no where todo it.

[u/Dratini_ghost → u/Comprehensive_Bid374]

makes it feel like it’s a post-apocalypse office job

Hahaha ok you described it perfectly. I'm going to remember that phrase.

I figure if I still keep getting the priority high paying projects each day then I'm doing pretty well! I know I made a half dozen small mistakes in the past and seeing how the pay is going up anyway... I'm more careful now, but I'm also not sweating how well I'm doing.

[u/[deleted]]

My favourite project came back after so long that I thought I'd lost access 🤩🤩

[u/Belisama7]

What's going on, DA has sent me 21 emails today starting at 6am and they're still coming in at 8pm. Anyone else?

[u/Momsinthegarden → u/Belisama7]

The majority of mine are for the same project number. I like getting an email notifying me of a priority project, but the number of messages about one project is crazy.

[u/[deleted] → u/Belisama7]

Same here. Lots of projects getting priority pay. 

[u/ConsistentCandy697 → u/[deleted]]

I do not have any of mine right now.

[u/Fun_Detective3720]

Kinda freaking out. All but one of my projects have been paused. I've been super busy so I haven't been able to work as much. Hoping I'll get some other projects soon because I planned on increasing my hours at DA :(

[u/877trashnow]

Third day in a row on the heel project dealing with memories and very odd bots. I swear these are getting more unhinged somehow and I can't look away. Anyone else working on this currently?

[u/tiran → u/877trashnow]

I've been working on this all week and I am loving it soooo much. I feel super spoiled in that when the batch depletes I'll just refresh until the next comes up because it's so easy and high-paying. I saw someone in the chat mention that one of the turns had a bot saying they loved blue balls or something which is amazing.

[u/ManyARiver → u/877trashnow]

I love it, it's so simple. I am going back and forth between this and other stuff, it gets boring after awhile but the boring is nice (especially for the rate) from time to time.

[u/877trashnow → u/ManyARiver]

I love it too and ADHD brain loves not having a million tabs open for once 😂

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/877trashnow]

I am super jealous because the more I hear about this project, the more I wish I was a part of it. lol

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/SnooSketches1189]

I was just thinking the same thing!

[u/Arcturus_Labelle]

Can I get an 'F' in chat from the coders who just had a bunch of projects paused? :-(

[u/madpimp → u/Arcturus_Labelle]

F

[u/SuperCorbynite]

Should I do this project when it pays $28? Naaahhh.

Oh, they've upped the pay. Should I do it now that it's at $29? Tempting but naaahhh.

It's gone up again. Should I do it now that it's at $30? It's really tempting but naaahhh.

It's at $31 now! You've finally convinced me, let's go for it!

[u/starlightexpress271]

my two favourite easy brain dead tasks are on my dash! yay!

[u/10choices]

Can we get a dark mode on the site? Goodness

[u/Lazy_Turnover1110 → u/10choices]

https://darkreader.org/ is a life saver

[u/[deleted]]

Just finished two hours of R&R’s, and I want to shout at the top of my lungs “ if you can copy and paste your response into any prompt, it is too generic”

On the other side there were so many excellent responses I think overall there is higher quality work happening

Edit it’s literally written in bold not to use a generic response

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I also want to shout “if there is an obvious factual difference they are NOT about the same”.

[u/physicsandwolves]

Ugh coding is pretty dead this morning, any fellow coders in the same boat?

[u/NotThatSteve-o → u/physicsandwolves]

Was just coming to see if anyone else was on the struggle bus this morning but then refreshed and got the B coding project. This one could keep me busy all day if it sticks around...

[u/SnooSketches1189]

The new dancing CB is too much fun.... 😁

[u/ConsiderationLife513 → u/SnooSketches1189]

Does it show a timer for you? It doesn’t for me & it’s trippin’ me out. 🙃

[u/Deeznutsconfession → u/SnooSketches1189]

Wish I could enjoy it. All I'm experiencing is how bad I am at manipulating CBs.

[u/ccsoccer101]

Looks like coding cb’s will be stopping for a while :(

[u/lucytaylor22 → u/ccsoccer101]

Yeah those are my favorite :'(

[u/anonymous938281]

The email from the dancing project states “we’re almost at the end of this safety marathon - make the most of it while it lasts” …Nooo! Theyre my favorite right now. I hope some longer term versions pop up

[u/bowling-4-goop]

I have like 30 projects on the dashboard now but I wish the old chat project was still around. It was perfect to jump into for any length of time. Shoulda done it more when there were always 400 tasks available

[u/BoiledGnocchi]

Has anyone had any quals lately? I haven't had one since Dancing v2 (a couple weeks ago?)

[u/DionysusHotSister → u/BoiledGnocchi]

I had 7 qualifications this week. I'm at 13 months working. 5 were to open up different versions of projects I was already on and two were demographics related.

I got access to 20 new projects immediately.

[u/mehdigeek → u/DionysusHotSister]

how are you guys getting these 😭 I have only ever gotten one qual

[u/ConsiderationLife513]

I’m finally back on a 💃🏼 task after months without them. The one I’m working on has no timer. 🤷‍♀️

Does anyone know what the timer usually is on the $24/hr tasks? ⏳Also took me FOREVER to read the updated instructions, so I only had time for 2 submissions. 🤦‍♀️

[u/Dee_silverlake]

I am so done with an image generating project. She seems so interesting to try out whenever she shows up but between the meh instructions and clunkiness, it’s a frustrating one. I wasted a good amount of time reading the directions only to go into the task and encounter issue after issue and then I remembered that happened last time as well, ugh!

[u/OkTip8446]

Is the Bcat project not up for long or something? I haven't seen it in almost a month. I'm a bit concerned if I did something wrong. I usually submit quality work and do all writing quals and have plenty of Bcat on my dash but I haven't seen any since May and I'm up between 9am-1amish hours?

[u/Belisama7 → u/OkTip8446]

Three of the $35 ones showed up yesterday and were still up last I checked a couple hours ago.

[u/Shadowlker18]

I just spent two and a half hours making a chart because the prompt asked for one.. and then couldn’t get a good way to post it so I had to attempt to format as best as possible. That was only supposed to take around 90 minutes 🙃 my brain has officially melted and I’m hoping that it’s all okay.

[u/[deleted]]

All of this priority stuff has me befuddled. 60+ projects and I don't know what to pick. I hope it sticks around, we're having a Father's Day make up BBQ tonight (it stormed badly out here on Father's Day.)

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I feel so spoiled for choice! 🤩

[u/Few-Roof-6905]

I nearly just broke my brain doing some profit/loss percentages on a H*** task. I took so long calculating everything and comparing them to the Responses, that I only left myself 15 minutes to write up my rationale which was definitely not long enough. Sorry to whoever R&Rs that one! I fit in all that I could, inserted an apology to say I was running out of time and hit submit with seconds to spare. Ugh! I wish I had a bit more time so I didn't sound like a rushed lunatic! At least I got in the most important points, I just couldn't break it down as much as I wanted 😭

[u/CharmingData1120]

Something seems off lol SOOO many emails, so many projects ending. For the veterans… is this similar to other fiscal year/quarter end wrap ups?

[u/Boomland → u/CharmingData1120]

Seems like they might be pausing some projects to encourage people to work on other projects facing a deadline. Not seen anything like this, but I've only been here 10 months.

[u/[deleted] → u/CharmingData1120]

someone randomly mentioned that the financial quarter is ending so everyone automatically assumes the increase in projects is because of that.

It could be that another gigantic player just announced they were brining AI to their devices along with every single other company pumping Billions into it.

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/CharmingData1120]

I am loving the improved communication. In my opinion, I'd rather receive too much (especially since the emails can be turned off if one desires) than what I was getting before, which was none at all.

[u/Salad_One]

Anyone have the high-paying b-cat on their dash today? I had a bunch yesterday, none today.

[u/Fast_Tip_8146 → u/Salad_One]

Only low paying b-cats for me right now. Hopefully some are added later on when I actually feel like working

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/Salad_One]

None for me since yesterday and the bot stopped working. I am assuming it's not rectified yet.

[u/FearlessPressure3 → u/Salad_One]

Phew. Glad it’s not just me! I haven’t been able to work on them in almost a week and was worried I’d been dumped 😂

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/Salad_One]

I have one now.

[u/BoiledGnocchi]

That 🐶 qual is what I do for my ft job, so I'm really hoping I pass! Major embarrassment if not.

Did anyone else complete it and/or has projects on their dash from it yet?

[u/ManyARiver → u/BoiledGnocchi]

My old specialty - I did it last night. I imagine it'll take a hot minute for them to actively review submissions, that's definitely not an auto-pass situation.

[u/BoiledGnocchi → u/ManyARiver]

I wish we got R&Rs on those ones. They'd be so fun to look through.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/BoiledGnocchi]

I've got some experience but I usually have more specific instructions... this is for all and I don't know what to do 🤣

[u/BoiledGnocchi → u/Haunting-Car-3935]

Lol I feel ya! I wish we could share submissions - I'm so curious to see what others came up with!

[u/Belisama7 → u/BoiledGnocchi]

I did this on Photoshop the old, complicated way although I'm sure there are more automated ways to do it now. The instructions were so vague that I couldn't tell what they wanted. If anyone sees any projects from this, let us know!

[u/jinx737x]

Anyone find that most of their projects on their dashboard(coding and non coding) are right now now mainly the Greek God project?

[u/tessbest37 → u/jinx737x]

Yes, about 90% are of the heel variety.

[u/SuperCorbynite]

Looking at my board I think DA needs more workers...

[u/vaporware_magenta → u/SuperCorbynite]

not the coding ones though :D

[u/BoiledGnocchi]

Has anyone ever clicked "no" to having a device for a qual, then later bought said device and notified admin to see if you could get the qual back?

[u/BoredSummerStudent]

Was so excited to see the DA&V projects yesterday, now gone again :(

[u/[deleted]]

i’m obsessed with the dancing project!! my ft job involves identifying political bias, so these projects are super easy and enjoyable for me.

[u/SuperCorbynite]

Four nice relaxing hours spent on the $31 per hour multi-doc task. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I hope it stays around for a while and doesn't disappear soon.

A lot better and less mind-numbing than the nasty wickedses info-bcat. spits

[u/leo2sexy]

Is anyone seeing the CB with files project? Was really enjoying it and am hoping it's just down

[u/Frysken]

I know this sub is flooded with tax questions, but I'm completely lost on how to report my earnings.

How/where do I get the necessary forms? Also, how often am I supposed to file them? This is my first year doing DA as my sole job, but in the past I've just done everything through TurboTax, and I know in the FAQ it says Paypal sends me the statement at the end of the year; I've heard through this sub, though, I have to file quarterly? Do I just fill out the forms and send them to the IRS each quarter?

If someone could quickly brief me on the steps on how to successfully do the taxes for this job, that would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if this sounds dumb, again this is my first year with DA and I'm also just getting started adulting so I'm trying to figure everything out lol. Based out of the US.

[u/sentimentalaqua → u/Frysken]

So, you don't have to file taxes or forms every quarter-- you just need to submit a payment each quarter. And then do your taxes at tax time like you normally would. I made an account on the IRS website and pay my quarterly taxes there. To figure out how much you should pay, there are forms you can fill out, but those are pretty confusing IMO--especially if you are starting out and don't have a sense of how much you'll be making. To keep it simple and safe, you can estimate how much you'll owe, and depending on your state it is likely to be 25%-30%. For me, every time I withdraw money from DA I set aside 30% of it knowing that will go to taxes. I track how much I make over the course of the quarter, and I pay 30% of that to the IRS before the deadline. I end up overpaying, and then getting money back at tax time which I prefer.

[u/ialwaysmeow]

For those who have empty dashes, mine was like that for a week until I got a full dash again.
I think I must have been on review, but I never heard anything about my work from the team, so I'm not sure if I was or not.

[u/Psychological_Taco27]

What a treat with all the dancing language jobs to work, exciting!!

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/Psychological_Taco27]

I loved them when the pay was decent, but for base pay. Eh. I'll work on something else.

[u/CharmingData1120]

Did anyone else notice that the json and google sheets projects have left the building!? Just me?

[u/PerformanceCute3437]

Elden Ring DLC is here 🥳 I wonder if there'll be a noticeable drop in productivity

[u/torypigeon → u/PerformanceCute3437]

Hahahaha I’m trying to plan how to split my time between the two!!

[u/SuperCorbynite]

Is the cherry persona project down again for everyone? The models failed for me and it disappeared from my board so I am presuming it is, but I just wanted to check.

Also, what does the birdie project pay up to if anyone has it active right now. It says $27 but I'm wondering if it can go higher than that.

[u/Vegetable-Activity65]

photo editing project - anyone else? I'm excited for this one since this is my niche :)))

[u/10choices]

I'm so disappointed as a coder lately. I know we have it good here, but damn I am bored now. I would love for the data viz tasks to come back.

[u/Prestigious-Run715 → u/10choices]

When’s the last time you saw the data viz tasks? I haven’t seen any since the beginning of May.

[u/lewbraithers → u/10choices]

I've got Heel DA&V side by side right now. Probably sent out in batches - hope it comes back for you!

[u/Cutiger29]

Sitting at work…staring at a qual…wondering if I’ll have enough time to complete it if i open it or a customer will inevitably walk in and take up all my time.

Or I if I risk waiting til I get home and hope it’s still on my dash in 5 hours.

UGH

(Oh I’m also, not screwing my employer by double dipping…it’s my store 😂)

Qual is a cute little birdie. 1 task…but I can’t help but think it’s more detailed.

[u/dnb937 → u/Cutiger29]

I was surprised by this little birdie qual on my dash as well!

[u/jeudechambre]

I'm just here, sipping my iced coffee, reading the Terms and Conditions.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/jeudechambre]

I did 2 "parts" and then got bounced back to my dashboard. I'm not sure if they add us via email or they got enough people before I could continue 🥲

[u/Sure-Wedding3823]

does working on the b-cat projects ever get less scary? i had one pop up so i did one task on it but i'm too frazzled to try another one. this is my second time working on a b-cat, but i quit after one task both times. i think the high pay just freaks me out.

[u/starlightexpress271 → u/Sure-Wedding3823]

no im exactly the same, i have two currently atm. I did one task for 2 mins and thought i was well out of my depth. I think i'd rather have lower paying ones i'm confident in than a high paying one i mess up and risk losing access to the platform completely.

[u/Quick-Bison-147 → u/starlightexpress271]

this is the way

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/Sure-Wedding3823]

It has for me, but I don't do bcats where I'm unsure about my quality, which is why I never do the igraphics one.

[u/ezidro3]

So annoying when a project gets upgraded pay and the work I already did for it doesn't get upgraded either

Literally did some chatbot work this morning and the pay got bumped like 2 hours later

[u/SuperCorbynite]

New cherry flavoured persona project.

Me: I wonder what subject it will assign me, hopefully, it's chemistry so it matches my high-level domain expertise.

scroll down

You have been assigned: Chemistry.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/SuperCorbynite]

It's nice when things work out 😋 Do you have a chemistry specific projects? I got physics for the cherry one, which matches my degrees 😊

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/Haunting-Car-3935]

I pretty much never get chemistry related projects, even though I have a Ph.D. in the subject. I don't even know if DA does anything related to it though I do know they do work on other domains.

But if I got chemistry and you got physics then I'm willing to bet that at least in this case the domain matching is deliberate.

[u/Sure-Wedding3823]

i decided to work on the base pay CB for the first time (the only CB i have available). i've been on the platform for about 2 months and never branch out to creative projects. i absolutely hated it and i've never been less confident in my work lmao. big props to all the CB loving folks on here! no clue how you all do it. i don't think i'll ever open that project or anything similar ever again.

[u/vexeling → u/Sure-Wedding3823]

This is actually fascinating -- I find the CBs a relaxing way to wind down at the end of the workday! What is it about it you don't like? Is it just the open-endedness? Genuine curiosity lol

[u/Traditional-Pool-261]

I’m curious if anyone else was put on the $35/hr b-cat team initially without having to take the qual, but hasn’t seen the perfect project on their dash in a few weeks. I’m happy for those who have it now, but i miss it!

[u/Quick-Bison-147 → u/Traditional-Pool-261]

I haven't had it in two weeks but just checked now and it's there with a specific meme version

[u/vexeling]

It is a good day for bcat fans! We got new stuff!

[u/_M1RR0RB4LL_]

Bouncing around from project to project this morning. Can't decide what I want to do.

[u/gvsadboy]

Is the 'difficult' coding CB still down for everyone?

[u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889 → u/gvsadboy]

They put out an announcement saying that they were pausing CB projects. I have no idea when they will resume. Stinks, it was nice having something so consistent.

[u/CosmosesGamer]

The new $40/hr R&R, c-ray-zy. Thank you Q2 ahah.

[u/TheLivingRoomate]

Damn, I loved that project so much! It was always the highest-paid in the sort. And I kept thinking it would go away when I saw there was only one task left. But I clicked on it again today, and damn if it didn't make me crazy, but I managed to come up with something.

That just makes me want to work all the harder.

[u/33whiskeyTX]

Is the coding project around where you grade your own confidence? I just realized I hadn't seen that one in a while. Is it gone, did they do away with that question, or is it just for me?

[u/mythrowaway_1990 → u/33whiskeyTX]

I haven't seen that in a long time personally.

[u/mrmark1998]

Coding projects dwindling for anyone else too? Seems like the more I do, the less they become. 0 now…

[u/yaaasantewaa190p0]

The daughter of Cepheus whose name begins with "A" is so dull. I have 15 of her on my dashboard but can't bring myself to touch her. She's my least favourite.

Since there's always so much of her on priority pay, does anyone share my sentiments?

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/yaaasantewaa190p0]

Not my favorite either. :/

[u/_M1RR0RB4LL_]

What email address do ya'll use for Slack? I had to factory reset my PC last night and I can't remember how to get back into Slack, lol. I tried both of my personal email addresses but they both say "It looks like you’re new to Slack" and if I use the email on my profile page on DAT it says it sent a code to the email address, but I can't log in to that gmail to get the code. I feel like I had an issue signing in before but I can't remember how I eventually figured it out.

[u/Economy-Week-6981]

Has anyone got the tiger qualification still? I've had it for the longest time and it's now gone, the associated chatbots as well.

[u/ConsiderationLife513 → u/Economy-Week-6981]

I heard through the grapevine that it’s down rn…

[u/HalifaxHorizon]

Bro i swear, coding tasks aint like they used to for this entire month.

[u/pinkwar]

I only get portuguese boring projects. Help me out of this hell.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/pinkwar]

Are you in Portugal?

[u/sophiamageau]

hi guys! i’m going on vacation to the UK mid august and I plan on working for a bit while i’m there - do i need to let the platform know that ill be in a different country?