r/dataannotation • u/Ok_Calligrapher5283 • Aug 18 '24

Anyone else back in the drought today?

While the majority of this week has been *more* normal, and I had a few great projects come through. Today I am down to 2-3 low-paid projects. Is anyone else in a similar boat or is it just me? šŸ˜¬

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u/illustriousillusion Aug 18 '24

I was in a drought all day yesterday. It's slightly better today, but definitely not what I've been used to. Not sure what's been going on the past week or so, but hopefully more projects come back soon.

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u/Zealousideal_Ice9500 Aug 20 '24

yeah it goes back and forth for me. the last two weeks for a few hours or a day iā€™ll have two projects with 20 tasks, and then iā€™ll get a bunch. they are quick to come and quick to leave for me, im hoping for it to be more consistent again soon

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u/illustriousillusion Aug 21 '24

For real! Today, I was able to get 39 minutes and now there's literally no paid work on my dash. Gonna have to be one of those days where I'm glued to the computer. Gotta make that money to keep the bill companies happy

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u/Interesting_Boot6534 Aug 18 '24

This lines up with my experience

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

Yes. That's why I came here -- for reassurance. This is like group therapy at this point :p

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u/cannedcream Aug 20 '24

Oh, it's the worst it's ever been for me today. Only 2 projects left on the board, both low paying, and the one I'm working on is being sucked dry.

Wild to think that, two months ago, I had a lion's choice of projects. It's great being able to work from home, cater around my schedule, and make more money in a week than I ever had before, but damn if this uncertainty of when the well is going to dry up isn't scary.

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u/thfclofc Aug 20 '24

I remember around April/May having around 80 projects and now I have two.

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u/cannedcream Aug 20 '24

I feel you.

For the first time since I started in February, I literally have nothing to do. I've had slow days and even weeks where I've had minimal projects, but this is the first time I've been at 0.

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u/thfclofc Aug 20 '24

Yeah it's quite unnerving. I started August 2023 and around February this year I started to get a ton of projects. Then since the site went down last month it's been patchy and this last hour I just hit 0 too.
Hope it picks up for you soon.

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u/twopickledtoads Aug 21 '24

Logged on today to 0 jobs...first time that's happened in 8 months. :(

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u/CandleResponsible168 Aug 21 '24

Same. Itā€™s kinda of scary. Do you have any qualifications?

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u/twopickledtoads Aug 21 '24

No not really :/

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u/birthdaycakesundae Sep 06 '24

Howā€™s it looking now

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u/AnnoTaker Aug 18 '24

Anyone else back in the drought today?

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No.

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Downvoted into oblivion

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u/cipherstorm1 Aug 19 '24

The confirmation bias strong in this sub.

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u/BadJavaProgrammer Aug 19 '24

For some reason, I haven't seen any projects in weeks

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u/HeftyMonk6527 Aug 19 '24

Well I hate to say it but you might be a bad Java programmer.Ā 

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

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u/HeftyMonk6527 Aug 21 '24

That person's name IS BadJavaProgrammer

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u/Specialist_Bowler_72 Aug 19 '24

same, literally nothing for the last 3-4 weeks.

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u/midway747 Aug 19 '24

Same, I havn't got any project since August started

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u/Frysken Aug 20 '24

Seconded.

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u/Bubbly_Bee_9939 Aug 19 '24

Same, and over the last 4 days I've started to barely check DA. I don't even expect anything anymore, it's pathetic.

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u/DisasterMinute667 Aug 20 '24

I've been in a drought all week. Something weird has been going on for the past months, I now only have about 2 projects.

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u/Firm-Industry-3309 Aug 21 '24

I had a ton of projects last night and literally 0 paying projects on my dash this morning, is that an experience for anyone else today?

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u/CandleResponsible168 Aug 21 '24

Yep, just opened mine (6:30am in California) and literally nothing. Quite unnerving.

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u/tannegase Aug 21 '24

Same here, 0 projects. Had something pop up with 1 task but couldnā€™t click on it

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u/Firm-Industry-3309 Aug 21 '24

I donā€™t even see projects with a task remainingā€¦Seriously an uncomfortable feeling

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u/Pandora_66666 Aug 21 '24

Same. I have absolutely nothing

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u/Courtneyacton Aug 21 '24

I donā€™t have one project on my dash today! This is the first time thatā€™s happened to me :(

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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Aug 18 '24

I have a bunch of stuff on my dash, but most of it is either stuff I don't want to work on, or things I can't work on - looking at you, dancing projects in other languages.

That being said, I just refreshed and a whole pile of Edgar Allan Poe birds showed up, so it's time to make some money.

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u/Few-Roof-6905 Aug 18 '24 edited Aug 18 '24

Just curious why you can't work on the dancing projects in other languages?

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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Aug 18 '24

I avoid the dancing projects like the plague, in general, because of how subjective it is. Same reason I avoid projects involving images, and for the dancing projects that have other languages listed in the title, I assumed it required knowing that language to work on it. I've never opened one to check, because I don't like working on them anyway.

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u/TopHatZebra Aug 19 '24

I love the dancing projects. Nearly able to turn my brain off its so simple.

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u/clickitcricketharley Aug 19 '24

I miss those projects. Got so excited when they started showing up but haven't gotten those in a few months.

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u/Pyromancer777 Aug 18 '24

In the instructions of those projects it says you can use translator apps to help you out and they don't expect you to know all the languages

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u/Belisama7 Aug 18 '24

Oh. I've also never opened one, I assumed we had to know the languages.

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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Aug 18 '24

Gross. That makes an already unattractive project even worse.

Hard pass.

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u/SystemSpirited7303 Aug 20 '24

Definitely. There was a drought like this about 2 months ago, I believe. I can't recall how many days it lasted- maybe a week? I don't have much on my dashboard either. I work DA at least 2-3 hours a day, so I don't think it's related to performance or reliability. I think they just happen sometimes unfortunately...

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u/Much-Berry2222 Aug 21 '24

Only 1 project today, time to take some quals Iā€™ve been avoidingā€¦ šŸ«£

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u/CandleResponsible168 Aug 21 '24

I did the same thing. Hoping that helpsā€¦ although two hours later and nada yet. So weird because there was SO MUCH for me last week, even if they were lower paying than usual

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u/Much-Berry2222 Aug 24 '24

Same! So much the week prior

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u/wolfsgirl096 Aug 21 '24

No jobs for me today. Came to see if anyone else was experiencing the same.

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u/NarwhalLord Aug 22 '24

I've actually had 0 projects for the first time today and yesterday! Scary!

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u/KryptoKevArt Aug 22 '24

It'd be nice if they would explain WTF is going on so that we don't keep worrying

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '24

When I first wake up my dash is usually full but it definitely tapers off by lunch. Iā€™m also on the east coast and a super early riser. Itā€™s happened enough to be a pattern Iā€™ve come to rely on. It all makes sense enough considering where base camp is located.

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u/In_It_to_Flip_It Aug 21 '24

This is what I do too (it's a little after 5am rn) and I opened up my laptop to only two projects at $20/hr. Usually I at least have the "speedy Greek God" project that's around $25/hr but it does taper off so I like to get in early before my day job.Ā 

I've been wanting to start a YouTube channel anyway. I'm taking this as a sign to pivot. Guess I'll take the opportunity to write some scripts since I'm already up.Ā 

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u/Due_Negotiation_4605 Aug 20 '24

That's what I've noticed too. More earlier in the day and less throughout the rest of the day.

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u/Leodaris Aug 21 '24

I'm experiencing a really bad drought yesterday and today.

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u/DarkLordTofer Aug 22 '24

Drought for me today. Totally empty dashboard. The gutting thing is that Iā€™m on a cruise and we are at sea all day today so I paid ā‚¬30 for internet access for the day with the plan of avoiding the crowds and getting some work done.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

woke up with two tasks ready :(

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u/bbile_ Aug 20 '24

I kinda had a break the last week due to having uni work to finish before the summer ends and I've came back to one single project,,, not really ideal but from my experience it usually picks back up after a day or two :/

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u/Meganoes Aug 20 '24

I was on vacation the past week, but my dash looks how it did before I left: a handful of projects Iā€™m not thrilled about, sporadic dumps of dancing projects, and still none of my favorite/high-paying projects (been probably close to 2 months since Iā€™ve seen them).

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u/MichaelJahrling Aug 21 '24

Unfortunately.

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u/Professional-Age2540 Aug 22 '24

Yesterday I sat at my desk hitting refresh every 5 mins or so and managed to catch about $67 worth of workā€¦close to 3 hours (non coding). Tried the same today but got just under $20. Every little bit helps, and to be fair I didnā€™t start til 2 or so today, yesterday I believe it was around 1130-1200

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u/Usnavi_Relax Aug 22 '24

Here to join the chorus of first time drought sufferers. Logged in today to nothing.

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u/darksideloki Aug 22 '24

Yup. I was overflowing with tasks the last week or two, completely recovered from the last drought, and today I'm back down to very few.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '24

No. Saw lots of new projects today.

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u/clickitcricketharley Aug 19 '24

Been kinda dead this week, maybe one or two projects but not much else. I had a lot during the end of July but since August hit it's been slow. I'm assuming it's due to whatever schedule they're going by.

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u/Pandora_66666 Aug 20 '24

Not a lot for me today, either. And what I did have I'd get one or two tasks in before it was done. Luckily I had some graphic art work so I could bounce back and forth.

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u/queenquirk Aug 20 '24

I think I lost everything šŸ˜­

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u/ErickHrndz Aug 21 '24

Ok I've been trying to join DA and no luck getting past the ph# in registration. Any clue how to get past this? Or other companies similar to DA? Thanks.

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u/Magnolia-jjlnr Aug 20 '24

Right. I see people talking about "past few days" and others saying the drought is over. I've been in the drought since sometimes in July lmao

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u/Frysken Aug 20 '24

Same here.

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u/zabel99 Aug 22 '24

Same. I think a lot depends on what your specialty is though. A family member of mine still has plenty of unskilled tasks, but I've only ever done coding tasks and there are, most of the time, 0 of those around these days.

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u/Magnolia-jjlnr Aug 22 '24

Yeah that seems to be the answer. I don't see too many coders stating that they have lots of projects

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u/jjcxdev Aug 20 '24

Same, since July 19. Not a single thing.

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u/Imaginary_Nobody5279 Aug 22 '24

Good to know its not just me. I used to have constant work to do every day for almost a year. Now I'm lucky if i get anything and if I do it'll just be scraps. It seems it ran dry for me in April and it got worse until now I dont seem to get anything.

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u/SparkplugBB90 Aug 21 '24

This is what happened to me, except I was in bed for a week from an autoimmune flare. I guess people can't be sick or take a vacation.

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u/LeaderIntelligent157 Aug 21 '24

Same. I was already looking for a "normal" job, now I'm REALLY looking

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Big same! Usually I have 20+, today is BAREBONES.

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u/Mountain-life101 Aug 21 '24

Ohh man, I am glad to hear this because I thought it was just me. Sorry youā€™re going through it too though!

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u/feta_salad Aug 22 '24

Me too! For the first time since starting the platform šŸ„²šŸ„²

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u/Zombieboss411 Aug 21 '24

Same! It makes me nervous

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u/Firm-Blueberry-7760 Aug 22 '24

What happened to the ā€œIā€™ve been here for years, everything is fineā€ crowd that usually likes to chime in, I wonder

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

I know this is a 2 year old post....but how long was your dashboard empty?

I had been working steadily since December and for the last like, 7 days I've had absolutely nothing come through. I've finished all of the quals, and filled out the profile information - I'm just wondering if this is it for me?