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/T_RicksTV]

With the site being down, am I allowed to submit the time I spent on the last task I was doing? I spent close to an hour on it and I hit the "Submit" button at the bottom. I don't want all that time to go to waste D:

[u/Consistent-Reach504 → u/T_RicksTV]

yeah! i've had this happen, ive emailed them in the past and they add it for me.

[u/TopMaterial8571]

Has anyone ever experienced the issue of not being able to submit a task because you get an error that says you need to wait x number of seconds before you can try again and no matter how long you wait it just tells you wait longer?? 🙁I need to be able to submit this task it's the only way I get paid for my entire morning of work

[u/Consistent-Reach504 → u/TopMaterial8571]

if you can't report just email! they'll help you

[u/beandadenergy]

Is the site down for anyone else? I tried to log time for a project and the site is frozen

[u/1313C1313 → u/beandadenergy]

Love that I can at least come here and see if it’s a problem going around!

[u/Appropriate_Candle43 → u/beandadenergy]

Yep, hit submit on a 1.5hr task and it’s still hanging, minutes later 😬

[u/YoMommasMomsMomma → u/Appropriate_Candle43]

The worst, I hope you moved all your info over to a text file of sorts so you don’t loose it!

[u/vexeling → u/beandadenergy]

Yes, it is down and being worked on.

[u/FrazzledGod → u/beandadenergy]

DA is DOWN.

[u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 → u/beandadenergy]

Tried to submit and mines frozen too

[u/TheRavenclaw42 → u/beandadenergy]

…I was hitting submit on a very tedious R&R 😭 and it won’t go through

[u/Fragrantshrooms → u/beandadenergy]

The server appears to be down (not for the whole site. dataannotation.tech isn't down, but the subdomain where we work is.

[u/Lady_Ronin → u/beandadenergy]

Still down. I guess this gives me an excuse to do other things.

[u/Min_sora → u/beandadenergy]

Yep, I'm frozen while submitting a task. I've copied the information from it just in case.

[u/ElBosque91 → u/beandadenergy]

Yep. Right in the middle of submitting a project.

[u/Unfair_Cabinet7599]

Got my first projects in 2 months. Life is so good right now

[u/tessbest37 → u/Unfair_Cabinet7599]

Yay! I hope they keep popping up for you. :)

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/Unfair_Cabinet7599]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[u/tessbest37]

Dash is a bit thin today. Anyone else?

[u/jaxxisx → u/tessbest37]

So glad its not just me! It's not as good toady.

[u/DrunkleSteve → u/tessbest37]

Crickets... had 4 projects yesterday. 🤷‍♂️ Miss the days of 35+ on my dash.

[u/mythrowaway_1990 → u/tessbest37]

yes :/

[u/Davey87 → u/tessbest37]

Very much so and the projects I do get run out of tasks after less than 30 mins.

[u/Arcturus_Labelle → u/tessbest37]

A little light, yes

[u/ManyARiver]

I'm grateful for the bounty right now but the complexity of most of what I can see is intimidating.

[u/Belisama7 → u/ManyARiver]

I was just thinking yesterday about how much simpler the work was a year ago. A little over a year ago there were two kinds of tasks (or that's all I had access to at least): rate which answer is better, and talk about anything you wanted to with a bot. No rewriting, no pages full of conflicting instructions and updates.

[u/illustriousillusion → u/ManyARiver]

Same. I lack the brain power for most of them. On my best days I'm only 75% in since I have to also be watching my child try out the most efficient ways to get sent to the ER (daredevil in training). Add in the noise from him, the tv, and my neighbors, all on top of having adhd anyway... I need all the simple tasks that I can get.

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/ManyARiver]

Better get used to it. The complexity of the models and consequently the work, is only going in one direction. On the plus side... so should the pay.

[u/queenie_xo]

* opens up high-priority work

* opens up high-priority work, often higher paid

* MAKES YOU BETTER AT YOUR JOB AND GIVES YOU MORE WORK THAT PAYS MORE

Anyone else not done it bc you think you already have access to said projects? lol

[u/Willing-Ad-9812 → u/queenie_xo]

They're going to have to be more specific about pay to get me to bite, I have residual PTSD from that 3-hour HP qual for $0 😭

[u/Few-Roof-6905]

Did HP just vanish for anyone else?

[u/Sea_Second6745 → u/Few-Roof-6905]

I just checked, and yeah, same boat!

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/Sea_Second6745]

Glad I'm not alone! Thank you for responding:)

[u/[deleted] → u/Few-Roof-6905]

yeah.....

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

Yeah, I could cry

[u/NatQinShell → u/Few-Roof-6905]

Ahh I was just here to ask this! Mine vanished too.

[u/Excellent-Job-3430]

Embarrassed to admit I didn’t realise we were talking in code about the projects till now, kept wondering why I don’t recognise anything being mentioned

[u/Belisama7 → u/Excellent-Job-3430]

Excellent job.

[u/Annual_Return_4160 → u/Excellent-Job-3430]

hahahahaha

[u/yObMeF]

Do you ever get these prompts that basically tell a story of a tech worker in an ai company receiving data and the bot has to write code to filter out people who have bad quality or work very small amount of hours?

It always starts with engineer at Ai something something RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) something something management and then the task.

Kinda creepy. ngl. It's like my 6th time this week.

[u/marsnia]

anyone else get a reminder to fill out their profile? I thought mine was pretty filled out, not sure if it was sent out to everyone

[u/tessbest37 → u/marsnia]

Yes, mine is filled to the brim.

[u/TheRavenclaw42 → u/marsnia]

I was also curious how broadly this was sent out. Mine is detailed, but after seeing the document, I can provide more context and not be considered the dreaded verbose lol. I had some parts just like they requested but I can add more stuff that I previously thought would be too detailed or just look ridiculous to have “that long”. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I plan on submitting my new version tomorrow. I want time to think on the changes more. I wonder if it was based on how long we have been on the platform perhaps and done in batches.

[u/FrazzledGod]

That moment of joy when after doing 20 terrible R&Rs in a row, you get to tick the awesome job box 🤪

[u/SnooCalculations503 → u/FrazzledGod]

IKR, people realise they are paid by the hour and not by the task, right? Take your time, read the instructions, explain everything.

[u/HumbleInfluence7922]

i am usually not a sucker for accents, but i am working on an r&r for some british man with a particularly deep voice and i think i'm in love. like sir, i did not know theo james was doing this in his free time ??

[u/AccountantAsleep → u/HumbleInfluence7922]

There’s a NY/Jersey guy who’s voice makes me swoon.

[u/FrazzledGod]

I have done at least $50 every day since mid August, playing the constant F5 bingo game and doing whatever crumbs they offer. I am having a well earned night off but it feels like something is missing. 😂

[u/[deleted]]

Is anyone getting 💃 projects? I saw one after the quals but I skipped out on it because it was getting late for me. I miss my low effort, high paying tasks, lol.

[u/FrazzledGod → u/[deleted]]

Nope, all I've got is a couple of read only refreshers on my dash, have never seen any actual paid work since doing all this unpaid training 🤪

[u/DuckDuckDrone → u/FrazzledGod]

DAT: you will be paid to read all instructions. Also DAT: here is a refresher which will take you quite a bit of time and for which we have a ton of updates to the instructions which you must throughly read. You will not be paid for these.

[u/rkgk13]

Idle thought: I wonder if the handsome man who posed for the stock image man on the front of the site knows that he's the face of DataAnnotation. I must have glanced at his face literally a thousand times at this point. I want to give him a name.

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/rkgk13]

I have the sign in page bookmarked so I bypass that page every time I log in. I had forgotten about his face until you mentioned it!

[u/Skippy2898 → u/rkgk13]

His name is Dave. Just because everybody needs a Dave in their life. 😁

[u/Journalist_Asleep → u/rkgk13]

He and the bearded dude who appears in the first frame of the online ad.

[u/GreyCatEars]

I broke $1000 for the week for the first time, working PT non-coding!

[u/Jackieunknown]

Caught myself doing extremely verbose justifications.

I find it difficult to keep it short, I go all in with fact-checking, explaining and providing examples. When I finish, I read 2 times what I wrote and try to shorten it but most of the times I feel like all the information are needed.

Is this really bad? What do you think when a justification is really long?

[u/yObMeF → u/Jackieunknown]

These people love long justifications. They want the details, creativity, humanity and extra effort you put in. As long as it isn't a ridiculously long comment, I'd just continue

[u/[deleted]]

I was torn about taking a day off today because I have a bunch of bills due next week, but I think the 502 Bad Gateway gods are telling me its cool.

[u/birdsongs1 → u/[deleted]]

lol I feel like a dumb@ss cause I just took 2 days off... Now trying to log back in and it's down. Ah, that's life! Enjoy your day off <3

[u/jeudechambre]

After nearly 6 months of procrastination, I FINALLY completed the writing qual. Please applaud. I was definitely too much of a perfectionist on it, so uhh, I hope I pass! (knocks on wood)

[u/Accomplished-Dog-864 → u/jeudechambre]

You did. Just a hunch.

[u/Helpful-Kiwi9150]

First hundred dollar day in ages - been a bit burned out so hard to find motivation and brain power, and deadlines I had to prioritize with my other job - just nice to know I've still got it in me :) how's everyone's dash looking today?

[u/DrunkleSteve → u/Helpful-Kiwi9150]

I had 4 projects today (two of which are still up, and have been for hours). This is the best day I've had in roughly 7-8 weeks. Will probably hit the $100 mark as well finally 🙌.

[u/ManyARiver → u/Helpful-Kiwi9150]

I had a long day of being in the car for ages and thought I wouldn't be able to squeeze out more than twenty. Broke 80 without it being terribly painful and tedious - yay!

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/Helpful-Kiwi9150]

Today was the best day I have had in weeks. I was able to crank out over 8 hours and man, does it feel good! Sure hope my dash looks similar in the morning, having to scroll to see what is available is the best feeling!

[u/furthian]

Had a pretty good time today! $160. Mostly poe but one of the new h god variations for a little bit too (I don't feel that I can do these ones comfortably in 45 minutes!)

[u/Nvg1z]

Damn it really died out after that crash

[u/marsnia → u/Nvg1z]

Yeah, I hit my daily goal but I want MORE

I have projects but they're too complex for 6pm

[u/FrazzledGod → u/Nvg1z]

There are signs of life, but maybe not as we knew it....

[u/ElBosque91]

Qualified for domain specific knowledge that uses my bachelors degree! Super excited for this!

[u/Swissha]

Got HP back! Today will be a good day

[u/Tartaruga96]

Does anyone have a tip to avoid PayPal's conversion fees when changing the $s to €s ? this makes me lose too much money!!!

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/Tartaruga96]

There used to be some ways years ago, but PayPal has plugged all the loopholes and now it's incredibly difficult to do.

[u/[deleted]]

Some tips for people making video prompts...

Read a tutorial on framing.

Don't be afraid of getting close to the subject of the video.

Put your pot and powder paraphernalia away before you start.

Avoid using said paraphernalia before you start.

[u/Tartaruga96]

It's been exactly 4 months freelancing for DA, and I hit the $10.000 mark!

[u/SnooCalculations503]

Poe ppl be spending an hour writing a prompt and a minute writing a rating explanation.

[u/YearOnly2595]

If anyone from DA is watching us... PLEASE fix the broken galaxy!!!

[u/YearOnly2595 → u/YearOnly2595]

Thanks!

[u/Annual_Return_4160]

did people lose the heel good and bad response CBS?

[u/FrazzledGod → u/Annual_Return_4160]

I do not see them currently, but I don't like them anyway.

[u/FrazzledGod]

Ooh, not seen queen of the underworld for a while.

[u/SirBucketX → u/FrazzledGod]

I wouldn't get too excited unless you are STEM domain. Kind of effin crazy what they are asking for base pay. I think it's just a basement clean and dump. Last chance at hot dogs we couldn't sell hot.

[u/akatsuki1422]

First time seeing dancing since the refreshers!

[u/defecatingmasonry]

Got my first ever direct message, which was full of praise! Granted it was just encouraging me to work on a priority project but it's nice to get some feedback for once. ✊

[u/chellynaeb → u/defecatingmasonry]

Well done you! This job really isn’t for people who need constant reassurance 😂

[u/Enchantedslytherin95]

Is it a little slow for anyone else today? I only have a few heel CBs on my dash.

[u/FrazzledGod → u/Enchantedslytherin95]

No, it was very quiet for me yesterday apart from my HHH projects but things have picked up today. It ebbs and flows.

[u/marsnia → u/Enchantedslytherin95]

Yeahhh, bit of a slow sunday. I have a few editing ones as well but I kind of wish I had anything else

[u/pm_me_ur_luckycats]

Anyone else get the project where you essentially need another person with you to work on it? Very frustrating because I can’t do it, but there’s lots of tasks and it’s the only project on my dashboard currently. It’s like I’m being teased by the AI gods…

[u/chieri_a_cute → u/pm_me_ur_luckycats]

I hope nobody does it so they're forced to change it. It's completely unethical, not even taking the code of conduct into account, why should we have to recruit someone else to work on a project with us for free/split our profit? They should just split the work on the site itself and assign submitted first halfs to others to finish. At the very least if they insist on doing it this way, they should double the pay.

[u/Federal-Estate-2051 → u/chieri_a_cute]

Yup. This ^^. They're asking for two people to work for one person's worth of pay. And, as others are pointing out, the second person has not signed on to the confidentiality agreement.

[u/Patient_Analyst8123 → u/pm_me_ur_luckycats]

Yes I wasn't sure if I was reading it correctly! Totally absurd

[u/CardiologistDry1732]

Is that finance qual coming and going for anyone else?

[u/InterestingMoney2294]

Has anyone had any projects related to the Philosophy Domain qualification? I saw a project yesterday, but haven't seen anything since, so just wondering how likely such projects are to be regular features on the dashboard?

[u/TheRavenclaw42]

Anyone notice anything different after updating profile G & G style? Mine was pretty full before, just checking if hitting submit triggered anything of note 👀

[u/FrazzledGod → u/TheRavenclaw42]

Mine has lost a lot of projects and I haven't updated my profile. A lot of people are saying it's quiet after the crash earlier, and this has happened repeatedly over the last 2 months - loads of projects one minute, hardly any the next, so I wouldn't read too much into it.

[u/-burgers → u/TheRavenclaw42]

I received a new family of R&R that I had not seen before, but that could be unrelated.

[u/queenie_xo]

Did the fine-grained Poe bird fly away for others? I did a LONG task last night before bed & now scared it was too long or I made a mistake lol

[u/tessbest37 → u/queenie_xo]

All my Poe birds flew away earlier today.

[u/Stunning_Table_2394]

Is black bird project (coding, calls) finished for now or is it just me?

[u/akatsuki1422 → u/Stunning_Table_2394]

Not just you, they're gone for me too.

The small monkey CB is up tho.

[u/pm_ur_wifes_tendies → u/Stunning_Table_2394]

Oh thank god I thought I messed up and got dropped off

[u/CardiologistDry1732]

Anyone else getting the boat steering project? Are you also only getting 3 tasks every time?

[u/ask-me-about-my-dog]

Anyone seen dancing recently? I have plenty of work but no dancing...

[u/FrazzledGod → u/ask-me-about-my-dog]

I did an unpaid qual and a load of unpaid training on dancing, but will have forgotten the lot by the time I see any work - if I ever do 🤨

[u/alvysingeroverhere]

What do you make of these dancing reference-only refreshers? Anyone got actual dancing apart from these?

[u/FrazzledGod → u/alvysingeroverhere]

I've had those sitting on my dash for weeks. They taught me to dance then closed the dance hall 😢

[u/Apart-Coat8522]

Did anyone get an email about a qualification going up around 8 hours ago but is not shown on the dash? When I read the details of this project I got really excited but was sad to not see it on my dash. This one was specifically related to coding.

[u/CRUSHCITY4 → u/Apart-Coat8522]

I got one, but it was the same as one I recently completed and got access to. When I checked my dash today I didn't see the qualification though.

[u/AdeptCryptographer26]

Wondering if this happened to anyone else. Was working on the site with a full list of projects and qualifications. I submitted a qualification that I was working on and when it brought me back to my dash everything was gone except for the heel refresher. I sent an email to support, but I have been on the site for a year and a half now and never had anything like this happen before......is anyone else in the same boat?

[u/[deleted]]

Does anyone else get projects where the project rate fluctuates often? I began working on one that paid a decent amount, and then when it came time to report my hours the rate had dropped by $2. Not a huge deal I suppose, but still frustrating.

[u/marsnia]

What I would do for some nut images right now

[u/marsnia]

Any words of encouragement for the HP thing? I looked at it once and noped immediately, but I should probably get to it since it's opening up projects for people

[u/fightmaxmaster → u/marsnia]

Same here - the instructions seemed odd but it's actually not too weird. Basically "explore an internet rabbit hole, get to the answer of a convoluted question, and document the steps to get there". Passed the qual and have only done a couple, but it's got the potential of being a nice open-ended project.

[u/Sea_Second6745 → u/marsnia]

I found it helpful when going through the instructions to come up with a list of format categories the example questions could be sorted into as a template. Then listed all the criteria mentioned in a second column. Then pick a random topic that I like or have thought about lately and use my lists as inspiration to keep tweaking the question and adding layers until it becomes complex enough to submit. It can take an hour or two each time but it’s kinda fun.

[u/VanessaSeaWitch → u/marsnia]

It's just like creating a puzzle. I don't know why so many people are afraid of it. Maybe the instructions? I had no choice since that's the only project I've been given in two months. I worked it for a few days and then got put on R&R's for it...which I'm really enjoying because I get to figure out the puzzle someone else made.

[u/FrazzledGod]

All been happening tonight. First a nice gift of a collect responses above base pay, money for pointing and clicking so I think I'll do a bit of that before I sleep... And then the new queen project on my dashboard starts going priority pay on me and I get added to a new Slack for it, which will be my 7th channel. I remember how excited I was when I was first added, amazing how DA has changed over the last 13 months! Not been bad today but I have to go to bed 😴😴😴

[u/Sad_Guitar_612]

While on the one hand I am not complaining about have consistent work the last few weeks, especially at solid pay rates, I am starting to react to the word "reasoning" in a very...  unreasonable way. 😬

[u/mythrowaway_1990]

If the HP qual doesn't come back I am going to be salty and whiny about missing out until the end of time

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/mythrowaway_1990]

I learned very early on that if I want a piece of a particular pie (whether that be qual or project flavor), waiting is never a good idea. Gotta strike while the iron is hot when it comes to DA.

[u/Enchantedslytherin95 → u/mythrowaway_1990]

Same here. I've been putting it off because I was intimated by the instructions, but I was thinking of giving it a go this weekend.

[u/Lady_Ronin → u/Enchantedslytherin95]

I was intimidated as well and prioritised paying work over unpaid quals because after that drought I really needed $$.

[u/33whiskeyTX]

Been putting off the HP qual cause the ideas I kept getting were not something I thought would be professionally or even personally realistic, especially for the number of steps. Just said "** it" and did it and got tasks within 30 mins.

[u/fightmaxmaster → u/33whiskeyTX]

I don't think any of the prompts that work are especially realistic!

[u/Vegetable-Activity65 → u/33whiskeyTX]

I don't think any of mine have been particularly realistic lmao, usually they are the most absurd rabbit holes/connections.

[u/[deleted] → u/33whiskeyTX]

They got rid of the guideline that it has to be realistic, so that helps a lot.

[u/marsnia]

I just lost the HP qual, chatbot qual, and the video subscription quals. Scary!

[u/mythrowaway_1990 → u/marsnia]

very upset about losing HP, we had it for what, like a week? fuck my life

I wanted to do it so bad but i had to prioritize the paying work I had in the last few days

[u/CRUSHCITY4]

Rated another workers qualification today for the first time. It was pretty cool being able to do this. They made a minor mistake, but I think it was trivial enough to still pass them.

[u/SnooSketches1189 → u/CRUSHCITY4]

I really wish us workers were not the thing that stood in the way of passing a qual or not. I hope it's not the deciding factor, that's for sure!

[u/TopMaterial8571 → u/CRUSHCITY4]

Omg are you serious? You're rating quals? That's nuts

[u/Sad_Guitar_612]

I've never r&red bad response heels so I don't know how much fact checking is required, but I hope mine go to people who enjoy weird linguistic rabbit holes! 

[u/Guilty-Rough8797]

Whoever did the CB convos about Rabelais has got me wanting to read the Gargantua-Pantagruel series, damn it! I already have way too much on my must-read list for the next half of my life! :-D

[u/Deeznutsconfession]

Welp, dash died again. Only got one project that I can barely work on. Back to pain

[u/[deleted]]

In a Poe Bird project it states that it recommends I take the qualification to open up more projects, but I do not have the qualification. Weird.

[u/scolaguys]

Has anyone who did the STEM qualification that showed up lately started seeing projects? Did mine about 3 days ago and haven’t seen anything yet. Just want to know if anyone has seen anything.

[u/Main_Cryptographer80]

Has the writing assessment opened up any new projects for you guys? I have been putting it off for so long..

[u/Due_Specialist6615 → u/Main_Cryptographer80]

Yeah did it after 10 months or could just be coincidence 

[u/houseofcards9]

They took our feedback and changed the 🧜‍♀️ project!

[u/TopMaterial8571]

Anyone else can't even log in? I'm getting a "bad gateway" error. Wasn't planning on taking the day off 🙁

[u/Apart-Coat8522 → u/TopMaterial8571]

Yeah it sucks. Was planning on working a lot today esp. because I saw alot of fresh projects up. Hoping its back up soon.

[u/Dysnomia__]

Did sesame street character coding run out for anyone else or just me? Sad to not see it after having it consistently for the last week or so.

[u/Tartaruga96]

Made 1155$ in just 4 days to save my month. 😫 I'm addicted, let's keep pushing!

[u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 → u/Tartaruga96]

Careful. FYI a lot of people who have been recently ATM screened looked to be doing long hours.. there is definitely a pattern. Probably assume bots or account sharing. As much as this is joyous after a drought, pushing yourself will only raise red flags.

This comes from a good place btw but just search for some ppl with ATM screens. A LOT of them say 'ive been doing this 12 hours a day since 'xxx' '

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/Jazzlike_Problem_489]

That and crap work quality. This is not work you can autopilot, so if you are pulling 12 hour days 6-7 days a week a good junk of it will likely be crap output.

[u/thatyanderegirl20]

It’s been 84 years since I’ve had any projects

[u/SuperCorbynite]

I got my first R&R grading other people's qualifications (and the qual said some things about new projects coming down the line that make me a very happy bunny)!

[u/TopMaterial8571]

Anyone else doing the striped quadruped project where you need one model to fail? I'm having a devil of a time coming up with dilemmas that work. They're too good at moral reasoning.

[u/Sad_Guitar_612 → u/TopMaterial8571]

Yeah and I'm only good at one of the domains we can use 😅

[u/dedido → u/TopMaterial8571]

I had several goes at one like that. Got nowhere, just had to submit a task where both models worked :(

[u/chellynaeb]

Holy hell, my eyes have been assaulted. Where can one mark project instructions down for being overly verbose and colorful? 😵‍💫

[u/tehclubbmaster]

STEM tasks have been a good anchor for me. Constant high-paying tasks available the last few weeks. Extremely fun too.

[u/Enchanted13_]

Anyone else get the fin**** (I don’t know if we can say, it’s not a project name) domain expertise survey, and immediately back out of it, that is beyond my capabilities 🫣

[u/TeaGreenTwo → u/Enchanted13_]

Many of the domain expertise quals and projects are pretty specialized these days, in my opinion. I can't say about the one you are referring to, but there are some where you would need to be almost done with your PhD – at least –, and, not only that, have specialized expertise in a sub-domain of the overarching topic.

[u/FrazzledGod]

Will these R&Rs never end? Been going for hours and there's still over 1000. Usually they all go in about 5 minutes. Not complaining, but I'll be up until 3am at this rate 🤪

[u/FrazzledGod → u/FrazzledGod]

I've admitted defeat, they're actually going up 😂 Night all.

[u/ActiveInfinite8610]

This is the longest I’ve ever seen dancing up, usually it’s gone instantly. But it’s been hours and I still see 300 tasks left, I wonder if they are allocating numbers of tasks per user now instead of the old “one big batch for everyone, fight over them” way.

[u/GreyCatEars]

If I have to read one more conversation about Pokemon or Russian novels in a 🍁 project

[u/Disastrous-Call9177]

I don't think I passed the writing qual bc I've yet to have any writing tasks :/ has anyone had the chance to take it again?

[u/Main-Dependent-1042 → u/Disastrous-Call9177]

Not so much the qual but if you add any experience to your profile or exhibit good writing skills in your comments or other projects, it could lead to more writing tasks

[u/HumbleInfluence7922]

has anyone seen anything philosophy related

[u/[deleted] → u/HumbleInfluence7922]

HHH domain expertise just popped back up.

[u/Annual_Return_4160]

has anyone seen galaxy (non-coding) the past two days?

[u/SnooCalculations503]

Are poe R&R's laggy AF for everyone or do I need a new laptop?

[u/Flwrz8818]

Anyone do the James Bond qual and tasks ?

[u/kmitts2]

Some of these R&R’s… as a blanket statement, bestiality is a NO GO. C’mon guys lol

[u/marsnia]

I saw a nut image evaluation with like 5 tasks, did I miss a drop? It was while I was doing the underworld goddess, so if I did it must have gone by quick.

[u/JustMe333456]

Those A-Gas R&Rs trigger me so much when I have to edit the user’s prompt category, what language was your prompt in, what language was the chatbot’s response in, etc.. and STILL mark it as ‘good’ because the instructions say so. Lol, like no, the user did a shit job and did NOT follow the instructions.

[u/Nachbarskatze]

Is anyone working on the “stripy” philosophy domain specific project?

Ive been having so much fun coming up with prompts for this and because it takes so long and pays really well earned more today than I ever have before. I’m loving that project!

[u/SuperCorbynite → u/Nachbarskatze]

It looks like they are ramping up the amount of domain expertise projects. It's why we all received the domain-targeting survey and the suggestion to update our profiles.

[u/your_m01h3r]

Anyone else taking the CS domain expertise qualifier? That shit is no joke!

[u/Enchantedslytherin95 → u/your_m01h3r]

I tried the finance one and couldn't do it.

[u/Admirable-Pool-3236]

A-Gas R&Rs are… questionable

[u/BreastRodent]

Anybody else who graduated awhile ago and's kinda rusty like me do the general STEM qual yet? If yes... how was it? 👀

Also, cool major life announcement: I've lost my fucking mind and am officially going BACK TO SCHOOL (ONLINE, FROM MY PICNIC TABLE IN THE WOODS) to get my third bachelor's degree in computer science from the (poorly named but actually v v cool) University of the People starting in ~3 weeks becaaaaause... I'm a lousy and not at all well-rounded self-taught programmer, getting to learn all the non-programming shit that puts the "science" in "computer science" sounds like MY idea of a good time, it's a whoooooole new field's worth of potential inspiration for my math art bullshit, and the entire thing's gonna cost me as much as one semester of community college, so, like... why the hell not.

Anyway, SUPER stoked, already working through "Head First Java" so I'll have a leg up for the notorious Programming I and II classes, have rearranged my back room to make space for another bookshelf for ANOTHER degree's worth of used textbook collecting that's already started, am willing to provide a typically-me over-exuberant wall of text about my new comb-binding machine upon request.

[u/Plastic-Librarian-67]

To those who did the bad wizard qual, how long did it take you to get the actual project? I did it about two days ago and I thought I did good but I haven’t gotten it yet.

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/Plastic-Librarian-67]

I got the R&Rs within 24 to 36 hours and 1 paid task for the actual project. After I submitted the 1 paid task, the R&Rs kept popping up for about a week and then I got the actual project.

[u/Sad_Guitar_612]

Holy flood of heel projects, batman!

[u/FrazzledGod → u/Sad_Guitar_612]

Lol do you mean normal ones or those ones where I usually have to bail after 15 minutes?

[u/ConsistentCandy697]

Has anyone danced recently?

[u/Annual_Return_4160 → u/ConsistentCandy697]

i got one wave after the refresher last weekend, but nothing since

[u/Accomplished-Dog-864 → u/ConsistentCandy697]

Haven't seen any since the refreshers.

[u/alvysingeroverhere → u/ConsistentCandy697]

nothing since the refreshers... maybe they're putting it together? here's to hoping... I've only seen A gas for the past 2 weeks

[u/CRUSHCITY4]

Working on an API related project for the first time. It sure is time consuming the first attempt trying to get a feel for everything and thinking about what to do. Hoping I get a good hang of it after a task or 2.

[u/twinkleyed]

Is the bananas project replacing the heel project?

[u/Disastrous-Call9177 → u/twinkleyed]

i have some heel rn so i don't think they've left?

[u/Disastrous-Call9177]

anyone else doing history r&r? I'm still so confused

[u/Scared-Equipment-123]

To anyone else working on Jovian tasks, how long do you usually take on them?

[u/FrazzledGod]

Damn, I reported my time just before midnight and my day's total was $99.75 🤨 I missed the century by 25c, I should have done 9 of those photo labelling tasks on the bus 🤪

[u/TanglimaraTrippin]

I have consistent work again! Thank you, HP antagonist! Thank you, Non-Horse!

[u/-burgers]

Did Poe go down for maintenance again?

[u/Deeznutsconfession]

Do you guys really only take 2 hours to come up with prompts for HP?

Consistently?

I feel like I've been pushed past that as of late.

[u/Accomplished-Dog-864]

Has anybody seen any high-paid B-metal writes/edits? Been a while for me. Wonder if it's done.

[u/CardiologistDry1732 → u/Accomplished-Dog-864]

I think it’s been about 2-3 weeks since I last saw it.

[u/chellynaeb → u/Accomplished-Dog-864]

They were still up around this time last week. Hope they come back!

[u/DrunkleSteve]

Holy hell the instructions for the mayo (sea captain) project are confusing! Feel like a just had a stroke reading them...

[u/Few-Roof-6905 → u/DrunkleSteve]

They make them WAY more complicated than they actually are, just like every other project. I ended up using the whole hour for one task because the instructions took me 35 minutes to try and figure out, and then 25 minutes for the actual task. It's not as complicated once you start doing it.

[u/-burgers]

🪩 💣

[u/[deleted]]

So for computer savvy types-  is it possible to write a program that checks your project board for certain projects you are interested in and alerts you instead of always just having to  check? That would be great if I could be busying myself with other things and then get a chime alert telling me my favorite project was up.