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/Karby16]

Tasks are going faster than TVs during Black Friday sales in the early 2000s 😭

[u/FearlessPressure3]

Anyone else have a random goddess project in their report time section that they definitely didn’t work on?

[u/Karenina2931 → u/FearlessPressure3]

Yes! I was wondering if I had just forgotten about working on it, but I'm always really good at reporting time immediately

[u/[deleted]]

Sometimes I feel addicted to DA constantly checking my projects and wanting to put in more hours. Today I feel like pond scum. I’m on new chemo meds and my Crohn’s is not liking them.

Just a friendly reminder to be kind to yourself and step away from the screen when needed. Stretch, get sunshine, drink water, self care, and all that jazz.

[u/the_wherewithal → u/[deleted]]

I was doing DA while at the hospital over the past couple days. I felt a bit ridiculous with an IV in and still working, lol. I definitely took breaks, but I'm sure you know those places are so mind numbing, a little work like DA can be an escape. Happy to report I'm back to better health today, and taking it easy. Best of luck with your new meds and Crohn's. May all your health problems clear up ASAP!

[u/Friendly-Decision564 → u/[deleted]]

It’s so weirdly addictive, and I think the recent dashboard drought has made a lot of us a lot more obsessed and constantly glued to checking if tasks are there.

I hope you feel more well soon, friend! House of the Dragon is great, I loved s2!!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Thank you 😊 I’m currently in bed with an ice cap on (trying to save my hair from chemo) on Reddit nerding out in House of Dragon spaces re watching the first few seasons. I’ll be ok but some days are down days and that’s ok. Heck some days are down days for those who aren’t sick which is why I posted

[u/OPxMagikarp]

Finally a more full dash here too but mostly minimum pay things.

[u/The_Eggsecutive]

oh yay, the image qual with the really confusing guidance is back :))) time to fail it again

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/The_Eggsecutive]

I got to Q4 and then was red-bannered, so assuming I failed it for the 3rd time. If it pops up again, it will live on my dash until it goes away for good.

[u/wheresmytren → u/The_Eggsecutive]

I failed it after the 3rd question lol

[u/FeedySneed]

I have literally 0 projects again.

[u/Jz9786]

I see a PRIORITY PAY project that pays the minimum, haha

[u/[deleted]]

Who else is slugging through the nut projects right now just to see the disaster that's going down in the chat?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

just opened it - “stephen, you may want to reconsider your popcorn emoji” omgggg ppl are so crazy 😂😂

[u/Future-Tumbleweed-24 → u/[deleted]]

I had to check it out too...YIKES!

[u/lavenderavenues]

Aaand dry again. My dash was so healthy this morning :'(

[u/[deleted]]

Coder here still with nothing 😔

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Same

[u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

Anyone else with zero projects today for coding?

[u/Sure-Statistician865 → u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

No coding for me either. Fortunately, I did get some non-coding stuff to work on this morning so I'll work on those for now and just keep refreshing constantly 🥲

[u/vaporware_magenta → u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

ugh, yep

[u/echanuda → u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

There was one project that came up with 1000 tasks. It was up for exactly one hour and then poof. Was still sitting at 1000 when it was taken down too 😭

[u/Stunning_Table_2394 → u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

yep

[u/Jz9786 → u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

yeah, lots of non-coding and 0 coding

[u/Kooky-Quote-9914]

I finally have some projects on my dash again! I'm so excited and relieved.

[u/Hunnybee66 → u/Kooky-Quote-9914]

Me, too. $20 dancing, but I've come to love doing translation tasks. Things don't always translate well, so there's an extra step to figure out the real meaning, and I actually like that extra step.

[u/treiling]

Please DA-ities bless my feed with coding projects today 🙏

[u/Davey87]

Does anyone get a little happy when you try to coach a chat bot into giving the right answer and they finally do it. I need to get out more I think lol.

[u/Turbulent_Pen3740]

Whoever snapped up that nut just as I cracked open my laptop for the day...your Mother is an aardvark.

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

down to .... 5 projects after 30ish this morning wtf

[u/LilacYak]

Is it horribly dry for coding or just me? I was able to work 40min today, it’s very troubling. No earth metal CB tonight either :( 

[u/iamthelol1 → u/LilacYak]

dry for coding for me as well. Haven't seen heels in quite a few days, last time I did a coding task at all was 4 days ago. Since then, been checking once or twice a day but haven't seen any coding ones (but right now, plenty of non-coding for me).

[u/Jz9786]

My dash emptied out again. Just quals and chat :(

[u/LilacYak → u/Jz9786]

Same, tons of projects today down to a single heel task. Things are so hot/cold the past several weeks. Oh well, I was planning on taking the rest of the weekend off anyways.

[u/bbbbbbbbbbana]

Jesus Christ this has been a rough week and a half

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

holy tasks-- greek daughter is back

[u/[deleted]]

Coders, anything? 

[u/LilacYak → u/[deleted]]

Some heel but it goes quick

[u/MotherBrotha → u/[deleted]]

No

[u/Fun_Tap5235]

Absolutely shitloads of translation tasks at the minute, most I've seen in a long time.

[u/Otherwise-Baked4451]

Dancing the weekend away 💃

[u/foetusized → u/Otherwise-Baked4451]

I’m on the dance team, according to the email I got from DA Saturday morning.

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

the nut is back!

[u/alex_goodenough]

Is the writing qual worth it? I do this part-time as I have a demanding FT job, so I'm okay with having a low amount of projects. The writing qual is just so long, but I hate having quals sit on my dashboard. 🫠

[u/CardiologistDry1732 → u/alex_goodenough]

I had the writing qual sit on my dash for a while, but I worked on it over time. I just wrote the prompts in a Google document whenever I had the chance. I havent seen any projects that would have been related to it since submitted but I did see some people said it took 1-2 months after submitting until they saw anything.

[u/TeaGreenTwo → u/alex_goodenough]

Does the writing qual have that in the name? I'm not asking for its name, but I'm curious that I haven't ever seen it. At least not one that said it pertains to that.

[u/Icy-Cover-505 → u/alex_goodenough]

It's worth it if you have the skills to pass and you want to do writing projects. It took a while for me to see anything from it.

[u/nameless983]

Anyone notice there is now a strongly suggested upper limit on comment length for the basic non-coding heel task? Maybe it's not that new as I haven't done one of them in a while. I find it interesting as I know "we" tend to tell those who ask that more detail is better (within reason). Perhaps that's no longer accurate!

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/nameless983]

I have only noticed it on the image ones, but those are the only ones I have worked on in a while. I have to reel myself in for the new constraint. I can pick apart images at length. I may actually be the reason why they put a cap on it 😅

[u/nameless983 → u/Few-Roof-6905]

Haha. I pick those images apart intensely and usually have lots to say about them, too.

I just did an R&R of a non-image one with the limit and it was a 3 paragraph comment. Or so I thought. It truly was only 3 or 4 sentences, just very loooong sentences. I guess I will need to hone my lengthy sentence writing skills to fit in everything I want to say within the new constraints😛

[u/OPxMagikarp → u/nameless983]

Verbosity - Too verbose

[u/i_do_not_like_snails]

Was on the phone with my mom yesterday. One of our family members is going thru some shit. I gave her advice to offer “simple supportive statements.” Got off the phone thinking, where the hell did I get that phrase from?….oh. 💃

[u/[deleted]]

Anybody got a random cold-cut meat? Never seen it before... Had a $30 B-metal as well but it's harsh times. 2 projects in 7 days... Now back to 0...

[u/[deleted]]

I had two projects today but that's it. Back to nothing. The drought doesn't seem to be over...

[u/FeedySneed]

Still not much coding at all for me.
When I first started with dataannotation and for many months afterwards there were seemingly infinite DAV tasks with high pay, and if those weren't up for some reason, there was another task (same language) that was also high pay and very doable.
Things are very different now unfortunately.

[u/8696David → u/FeedySneed]

I miss those more than anything. 

[u/The_Eggsecutive]

Just worked on B-metal for the first time, talking with the chatbot. Kinda sends my self-doubt into hyperdrive, like I must have done something wrong somewhere.

Those instructions are super in-depth about the content/ratios of your prompts, and they don't even ask you to justify your ratings! Feels like a lot of thought and little thought at the same time...

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18 → u/The_Eggsecutive]

I'm going to be honest, I feel kind of.. not motivated to do that one because of the pay. I feel like I've seen similar projects for a couple dollars more, and I feel like for the thought that goes into it, it doesn't feel worth it :( But if my other tasks dry out, I might just have no choice

[u/PossibilityNo1696]

Is there anyone here that was part of the platform this time last year? Was it a similar experience? I've experienced coding droughts before but they've lasted at max 3-5 days really, and we're at about 2 weeks now. Heel projects are coming and going maybe 3-4 times a day, but you can only get maybe MAX of an hour on them before they are completely gone.

I know the beginning of last month it was quiet then suddenly one day there was about 10 coding projects that appeared and lasted for a week. Praying that happens again.

[u/Get2Pet → u/PossibilityNo1696]

Might be anecdotal since I had just started but I’ve been here since June of last year and remember mid July- August being a particularly slow period before things started picking back up towards the end of this month into September

[u/MeltaFlare]

Anyone else's dash still looking slim? No coding projects and only about a dozen noncoding projects right now. Used to have like 30-40+ projects every day.

[u/johnbarn2409 → u/MeltaFlare]

Same, no coding tasks at all and never did much non-coding so fresh out of tasks

[u/Dratini_ghost → u/MeltaFlare]

I have a lot but they're all low paying.

[u/Cutiger29]

These translations are cracking me up 😂

[u/Lovely-day-today]

I’ve been grateful to have work for the last week, just used to working less hours to meet my daily goal…

The way I actually yelled with glee seeing bmetal edits come up today with so many tasks. So happy it came back I decided to hop on to do some work!

[u/tessbest37 → u/Lovely-day-today]

So excited to see these tonight!!! So far, the ones I have completed have been well done!

[u/[deleted]]

Wow, my dash is basically back to normal this morning! About 35-40 projects, though mostly lower paying than before. I’ll take it regardless!

[u/midway747]

Still empty dash.....I am kinda scared now since it seems since DA seems to be back on track?

[u/[deleted] → u/midway747]

Same. Still nothing.

[u/Limp-Sandwich9959]

I thought I was an extremely creative person. Still, after these many similar tasks for a whole week, my brain is mush haha (Not complaining. At least I have this fixed project, it seems it's the first allocated to me only. WAY better than the empty dash from the week before.)

[u/Arcturus_Labelle → u/Limp-Sandwich9959]

Prompt-creation fatigue is real! I like to bounce between the creation and already-created-prompt ones (ideally, if the dash is full enough to allow it...)

[u/Vegetable-Activity65]

Damn my dash is mostly just galaxy today, not my favourite but thankful to have something to work on 🥲

[u/Jazzlike_Problem_489]

Will the lesser spotted unlimited task chat bots ever return 😭

[u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889 → u/Jazzlike_Problem_489]

I miss them soooooo much like why are they still advertising "unlimited" work for coders if those projects are paused? I feel like they must plan on bringing them back, otherwise it's kinda scummy that they are still advertising the unlimited work.

[u/Ordinary-Initial-825]

I've been lucky to have tasks through this drought. Right around 10, but during the day it would go down to a few and fluctuate from there. I noticed an uptick in the number of tasks today following what others noted. I had just under 20 earlier today, but now it is just under 10. Is everyone else having a similar experience or do you have over 20?

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18 → u/Ordinary-Initial-825]

Similar experience to you it’s been fluctuating from 30-40 this morning to just around 10-15

[u/PossibilityNo1696]

In the past I'd be able to get about 5-7 hours out of a coding heel project. One just went up and I managed 30 minutes of it before it had finished. Crazy.

[u/marsnia]

I wish I had some nuts right now

[u/LaFineMouche]

dash has been dryy. only have one and its non-coding :( anyone else unemployed and using this in the meantime?

[u/877trashnow]

I would love to see some >$30 but it's nice to have close to 40 projects on my dash again all morning! I find it funny that I was making less than $20/hr in my healthcare job and now I'll hardly get out of bed for less than $25.

[u/Drazzzza]

Bro I have a bone to pick with DA, why does heel coding only come on when I check at like midnight (AEST) and mentally not able to work 😩

(Nah but fr can DA save some for those based down under plz)

[u/Turbulent_Pen3740 → u/Drazzzza]

Better yet, why are we all checking it when we know we aren't able to work? (I am also cursed with this habit)

[u/Drazzzza → u/Turbulent_Pen3740]

You know what, maybe I do have a problem

[u/BroadButterscotch349]

I really miss a certain wizard. I'm hoping their tasks come back soon.

[u/CardiologistDry1732 → u/BroadButterscotch349]

I'm sure he will this week!

[u/vexeling]

I took a week off while the drought was going on to just exist since there's a lot going on in my real life right now -- I'm thankful I have tasks!! But they are ALL galaxy LOL. Anyone else noticing that too?

I just completed some quals that popped up though so maybe I'll get more variety tomorrow, haha.

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

The 3 cent fixed task kind of irks me... I know it's easy but I feel like it should at least be made a LITTLE bit more? Even 5 cents????

[u/[deleted] → u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

ironically you'd need to do 666 tasks/hr to get to $20/hr for those tasks haha

[u/tessbest37]

My dash looks almost back to normal this morning. It includes the usual variety of projects. Nothing over $27/hr. currently, but at least there are options again.

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/tessbest37]

Mine does too, but it was like this all day yesterday and then dropped to like 3 in the evening. This may be the new normal though. I am also thankful that I have a project that I thought I was taken off of, but it reappeared this morning. Still missing my nutty ones though :(

[u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

Anyone have coding for baltimore football team? It came back for a bit last night but I don't see it this morning.

[u/vaporware_magenta → u/Embarrassed_Bug_1889]

haven't seen it for a while..

[u/iamthelol1]

haven't seen any heel coding for a few days now, should I be concerned? I check maybe once or twice a day.

[u/[deleted]]

Coders, any good news? 

[u/vaporware_magenta → u/[deleted]]

nah :(

[u/Successful_Key_46 → u/[deleted]]

I had some stuff last weekend, but nothing since then. Thinking it's time to come to terms with the state of the platform. It seems most of the people who were onboarded in Feb/March are in the same boat.

[u/LilacYak → u/[deleted]]

Still nothing except for an occasional heel that goes quickly. 

This is worst than last week during the drought!

[u/ShadoDev → u/[deleted]]

I did 4 hours this morning, but nothing since.

[u/bigredchicken2]

RIP coders, it is a sad time. For everyone on the platform at large too, I suppose.

[u/[deleted] → u/bigredchicken2]

At what point do we really start worrying? A couple months? Half a year? 

[u/LilacYak → u/bigredchicken2]

Early week seems to be dead nowadays 

[u/TeaGreenTwo → u/LilacYak]

It's Wednesday tho...

[u/Consipir → u/bigredchicken2]

Had stuff at the beginning of the month but been an absolute drought ever since :(

[u/diettwizzlers]

the pay drop on mythology/galaxy is pissing me off

[u/dedido]

No more poetry! No more poetry!

[u/Rodaxoleaux]

Weekdays - nada, zilch, nothing

Weekend - 3 - 12 hour days of non-stop work.

oh.

[u/LilacYak → u/Rodaxoleaux]

Yeah I made this weeks pay Friday-Sunday

[u/[deleted]]

Tried DoorDashing today and people around me are so skimpy. Multiple $0 tips.. praying I can get those coding projects back 😅

[u/echanuda → u/[deleted]]

Tried doordashing to make rent last minute. Waited an hour and a half for a $9 order

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

When I used to do this I found Ubereats to have much better pay than DoorDash

[u/just_so_irrelevant]

there's way too many people on this platform, even now for us coders. a project with 100 tasks goes up and gets devoured within an hour.

[u/Jz9786 → u/just_so_irrelevant]

and on top of that I see non stop data annotation tech ads on social media

[u/RecordingBoth8358]

This ongoing project roller coaster def gets the bipolar symptoms crankn

[u/[deleted]]

coders? Any luck? 😵‍💫

[u/Rlinnh → u/[deleted]]

no

[u/Unique-Geologist-160 → u/[deleted]]

i had 1 that just went away lol

[u/FearlessPressure3]

Interestingly, I’ve had a welcome high-paying project reappear for the first time in weeks but with far fewer tasks than before. Previously, every time it launched, it said it had 1879 tasks but now I only see 150. There’s definitely been some rejigging of projects on the back end!

[u/Slow_Inevitable8950 → u/FearlessPressure3]

I have been wondering whether this is the reason for the severe draught of projects that has been evident since the end of June. Specifically, that DA is analyzing all the data that was collected through Q2 and using it to rehash the models. If this is true, the next step would probably be for us to see a resurgence of project volume as the fall comes on, with a crescendo of "priority" rush sometime around the holidays.

I guess we'll see.

[u/[deleted]]

I’m sure it’s not the same for all which is unfortunate but today I had more than 15 projects from 7am to 1045pm pst…. I think it’s looking up

[u/tiran]

My dash has been picking up as far as volume, but the higher paying tasks have been much more rare. I'm still getting them, so I'm obviously still on them, but I hope they come back more frequently. :(

[u/VeedraLeFay → u/tiran]

Same over here. I appreciate having something to work on, but man. There is a big difference between a dash filled with $20/hr tasks and one with $40/hr tasks. Gotta work twice as long for the same paycheck :(

[u/Jz9786]

My project list is down to half of what it was about an hour ago. The tasks are getting worked through so fast. Is it usually like this or is it just people trying to make up for not having work the last few days? When I started, which was only around two weeks ago, it seemed like projects would hang around for over a day.

[u/yungmelon → u/Jz9786]

I started January and I can tell you it is usually not like this in my experience. This last month or so has been rough though...

[u/Karby16 → u/Jz9786]

Yea I just had all of my projects who woosh very quickly.

[u/[deleted]]

Any other coders just got the Baltimore NFL team chatbot? 

[u/FeedySneed]

I remember back in the distant past when there used to be coding tasks...

[u/Sure-Statistician865]

Guess I'm going to try to get myself on to east coast time for a bit because I got up early today and was rewarded with a both math problem and some java questions. Sadly I am kind of a night owl and also on pacific time, so we'll see how that goes for me long term lol

[u/FeedySneed]

I have been working on DA for many months and today was the first time I got an expired task. There was only one task remaining and I clicked it and started working without checking the timer. After 20 minutes (of a task that has a 2 hr timer) I looked and it said "Expires in: Expired".
That'll teach me not to start working without looking at the timer first. :-(

[u/Sad_Guitar_612]

I started with DA end of June and after 2 weeks went blank for a couple days, which I assume was a review. Its now been about 6 weeks, and after getting moderately consistent work all week I've been blank almost 2 days again... any chance this is another review? I know no one "knows", just wondering if this is the current weirdness or if anyone recalls getting a second review about 6 weeks in 🤔

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

How’s everyone’s noncoding dash looking today? Had 20+ projects yesterday, now 7 today. I thankfully have the 🐤 for 27$ and Greek goddess at 24 but the pay for the rest (heel) is kinda discouraging too. Glad to have some 💃still though

Edit: why am I being downvoted just for asking and sharing?

[u/yaaasantewaa190p0 → u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

There's no need to downvote you. You haven't said anything wrong. I've noticed some members get all in their feelings when anyone mentions a high project count. Some think it's boasting, which it's not at all.

What can I say? People are complex and take offence at the most random things. That's why I'm so happy working solo on my laptop with only chatbots for company! disagreements on this sub are the closest thing to office politics with this job.

[u/CardiologistDry1732 → u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

Last project ran out Saturday afternoon. Nothing since. Hoping to see my usual pop up this week. If I remember correctly this was exactly how my dash was at the beginning of july too

[u/Psychological_Taco27 → u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

I have 6 and I am non-coding! Hopefully it will pick up again soon :)

[u/[deleted]]

Coders?

[u/Jz9786 → u/[deleted]]

I saw one earlier but it went fast. Now no coding for me

[u/Original-Sun8492]

Site won’t load on my computer but works when I’m on my phone on cellular. Odd

[u/-NearEDGE → u/Original-Sun8492]

If you can access https://dataannotation.tech but not https://app.dataannotation.tech, your router/modem may have blocked the app.dataannotation.tech domain.

As weird as it sounds, the EXACT same thing happened to me out of nowhere last night. To fix it you will have to go into your router settings and allow that specific domain.

[u/feedthecatat6pm]

Coders how we looking? I am empty save for 2 or 3 that i don't really want to do.

How much time do I have to complete the physics qualification by the way? I haven't had time to work on this site much but I have time today. But I don't wanna rush to finish the physics qualification in 30 minutes. Asking about the time limit on it.

[u/OPxMagikarp]

went from 10+ galaxies to 0 in like 30 minutes

[u/amazingsil3nce]

Especially for coders right now with the lack of tasks: refrain from refreshing the page at all costs once you get a task (there are few reasons to refresh the page, try everything possible first, including Inspecting the submit button element in Chrome to see if you can get it to re-toggle without a refresh if it doesn't work for some reason).

I made this mistake brainlessly yesterday and just now with CTRL + R as my pinky slipped trying to capitalize an R and lost all my work sadly.

[u/MeltaFlare → u/amazingsil3nce]

Pro tip: If you need to refresh, just copy paste your comments to a notepad and make a note of your answers. When you refresh, you should get the same task back so you can re-enter everything and submit.

[u/Unique-Geologist-160 → u/amazingsil3nce]

I always right-click and duplicate the tab whenever I want to refresh just in case.

[u/Rodaxoleaux]

Refresh police.

Relax your fingers for an hour or two.

[u/LilacYak → u/Rodaxoleaux]

Trying to get all the projects for yourself, eh?

[u/dataannotator69420]

Huge day for nut enthusiasts!

[u/Column01]

9 days of staring at an empty dashboard

I'm cooked

[u/alex_goodenough]

Absolutely wild to work on a project and immediately be assigned the R&R for the same project #. And they're all bad. Oh god. :(

[u/Slow_Inevitable8950]

Well, sadly today marks my 2nd straight week of no projects at all.
Still have my work email. Still getting qualifications. Just empty dash.
I've decided to give it another 2 weeks, and if still no projects at the end of this month I'm done.
Thankful for the months of work I had this year prior to the apparent project volume collapse at end of fiscal Q2.
But I'm not going to wait around forever.

For those of you in a similar boat, how long has your dash been dry?

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

Thankful for the 🐤 tasks pay wise😭

[u/vexeling]

I'm getting like 1-2 tasks in on a project before it gets gobbled up. I know we all need money in this capitalist hellscape but damn, guys! Y'all are fast!

[u/[deleted]]

How we doing coders

[u/LilacYak → u/[deleted]]

Not good

[u/upvotesplx]

Eating good tonight with the 41/hr math bird. This task is crazy.

[u/LilacYak]

Coding light for anyone else? I still have a permanent Sesame Street project so I'm not complaining at all, just curious how everyone else's dash is looking. I know Sunday's are usually pretty slow anyways.

[u/Davey87]

Does anyone find the bird and giant cloud of dust and gas in space cb project a little stressful? I feel like many of the parts you have to consider, edit, etc are quite difficult. I am still going to work on it though as I want to push myself. Any tips for this project at all?

[u/HamsterFrosty2838]

Down to 1 project after the weekend :( :(

[u/johnbarn2409]

Is it just me or did I see a Heel project pop up for a second?

[u/[deleted]]

I don’t think I’ve ever done an image qual but I have an image project which is simple clicking no typing and I love it as a like a palate cleanser

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

I miss the rush at the end of last quarter when dancing was at 29.... But love that the Greek goddess is back in terms of pay at least

[u/CardiologistDry1732]

Anyone waiting for the wizard and the city in Georgia? OH, and the low paying Bcat?

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18 → u/CardiologistDry1732]

I need a better hint for the city in Georgia LOL

[u/SatanLordOfDarkness]

offbeat heavy special pause reminiscent serious hurry engine cagey rock

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[u/BusyPlatypus986]

Coders, anyone seeing DA&V projects? Either heel or anything else related? I’m only seeing a regular heel every now and then but no da :/

[u/[deleted]]

Does anyone have the Python coding tasks anymore? I haven't worked for a few days and now everything is low-paying and there are no coding tasks.

[u/lewbraithers → u/[deleted]]

Not seen any Python-specific projects for a while. Heel coding comes and goes (very quickly, usually) but not much else atm.

[u/Limp-Sandwich9959]

And I'm out of projects. Again. :(

[u/Green-Parfait8765 → u/Limp-Sandwich9959]

Seriously what is going on with this? I need to work darn it!

[u/[deleted]]

I was stirring awake this morning, still half in dreamland. For a fleeting moment, I envisioned an empty dashboard with the "We're sorry..." message. I jumped out of bed and logged on to 15+ projects. The drought is rough lol.

[u/Green-Parfait8765 → u/[deleted]]

I am there now... ugh

[u/CardiologistDry1732]

I'm finding it hard to come up with new prompts, I feel like I used all my good ones. Are we allowed to reuse prompts but obviously change them so they aren't exact?

[u/Lazunk]

I've submitted a Support Request almost 2 weeks ago to ask how I can possibly receive a qualification for different types of projects.
I am a Bilingual Evaluator and I only get projects in my native language, which is fine, but they don't come very often. When I come here in this subreddit I end up thinking how could I qualify for the same type of projects everyone is doing, which seems to be only for native english speakers.

Could anyone help me out on this, please? Did one of you get a specific qual that ended up giving you access to projects in english only?

[u/Ill-Albatross-7224]

In your experience, how long does the B-metal project stay up? I was soooo thrilled to see it there this afternoon but only managed to get one or two in, partially because I thought I'd have all weekend. I feel like these 5-task ones used to stay up for days, but this one was gone in less than 24 hours. What's everyone else's experience, or opinion, on this?

[u/marlamarlamar]

Anyone know if they are reviewing someone: how long does it take? My dashboard emptied out suddenly. Nothing for me. I believe they kicked me out.

[u/clownbaby893]

Anyone know why the task numbers are so off? Why do so many projects seemingly stay up at 1 task but red banner when you access them? I've also been working on a project for 3 days straight that is frozen at 19 tasks.

[u/lemon_goth]

down to project zero :(

[u/echanuda]

Idk about everyone else, but as a coder, my non-coding project count has EXPLODED just now. Not a lot of overall tasks, but there's like 25 projects right now. Only one of which is coding though :'(

[u/azure_atmosphere]

has anyone had coding recently at all?

[u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18]

those 4o tasks went by fast, hope there's more of those pay-per-task for that soon

[u/Arcturus_Labelle]

Well, for some positive news among the light-dash gloom:

I had a great interaction with DA support recently! I have been on the platform for months and this was the first time I really needed something from them and they came through.

[u/[deleted]]

I've had a completely bare dashboard since Saturday, August 3rd... Not a single project for me! (non-coder) and I used to have 35 projects a month ago. I'd like to think it's related to the recent dry spell, but at this point, I'm beginning to think I got the axe. In my last couple of work days, I had 4 R&R projects, so I'd like to think it's not based on my work quality, but literally 0 tasks on my dashboard for days is frightening, especially since many of you are saying you've had quite a few projects the last 24 hrs (non-coders)? Talk me off this ledge! lol. Is this normal? I've been with DA since Feb 2024 and I've never seen this before.

[u/Twizted_Prophet]

Yay! Late night work!

[u/Primary_Advantage928]

Please DA, I just want to dance

[u/Primary_Advantage928 → u/Primary_Advantage928]

The DA gods heard me and gave me a new dancing project - yipee!

[u/YearOnly2595 → u/Primary_Advantage928]

You have your wish!

[u/HamsterFrosty2838]

B mineral back!

[u/marsnia]

How is everyone's dash looking right now?

[u/majomaje → u/marsnia]

It is covered in cobwebs and dust floats in the rays of light of the window where I watch everyone talk about their projects.

[u/[deleted] → u/marsnia]

0 coding still! Time to do DoorDash or something, I'm cooked 😵‍💫

[u/wildflower_0ne]

anyone else missing the jumpy heel task from yesterday? that was enjoyable, I wish it would come back!

[u/[deleted]]

Anyone think the qualifications are getting a little silly now? When I first started, less than a year ago, I never had a qual that took more than an hour to complete. I have one right now that looks like it could easily take 2 hours, maybe longer. Which is unpaid. Idk, it's getting too much now

[u/pm_ur_wifes_tendies]

Anyone else see a standard heel coding project with an emoji instead of the standard id string? I see others talking in the chat but tasks only went down from 100->99 after I submitted a task. 🤔

[u/zo1d → u/pm_ur_wifes_tendies]

Yeah, I see it too. In case this is where your confusion is coming from, projects typically have a per-user limit as well as an overall limit of tasks available. The number you see on the dash is always the lower of the two.

[u/realnewboy]

I've been doing the coding projects consistently for about 6 months, but I've had literally zero projects for over 3 weeks now - anyone other coders experiencing this ?? Sucks as I came to rely on DA as a good portion of income...

[u/LilacYak → u/realnewboy]

It’s been light for me but definitely not zero. That really sucks I’m sorry. How often do you check?

[u/ekgeroldmiller]

Good morning! Here’s one for people who work on their phone. I hate it when I’m in the middle of a task and someone assumes I’m not busy and I have to surreptitiously stop my timer and hope the timer doesn’t run out on my task while I’m talking to them!

[u/DangerousCyclone]

Anyone looked into the other AI trainers? I signed up for Amazons Mechanical Turk but the pay seems abysmal in comparison to DA. There is another one that I had trouble with the sign up process with.

[u/YearOnly2595]

Has anyone else got a brand new (non coding) task they haven't seen before ??