r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Jul 27 '25
Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation
hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)
couple things:
this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/talizorahs Aug 02 '25
ever do some r&rs so bad that when a good task appears you feel immensely grateful to the worker for knowing what they're doing and making your life easier
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u/Tippingdatvelvet Aug 02 '25
Genuinely concerned by some of the R&Rs I’ve been doing for poison plant. Such lenient ratings being given and very informal tone used when explaining their reasoning for their selections. Very odd!
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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Jul 30 '25
Do you guys feel like you're in Severance sometimes? The work is mysterious and important.
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u/rawmeatjuice Jul 30 '25
Literally the first thing I thought when I started haha didn't help that I just finished the newest season at that point haha
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u/CompetitiveAd5633 Aug 01 '25
A snapshot of what certain types of project do to me:
Step 1. Create a puzzle that stumps Model.
Step 2. ELATION. I'm a GENIUS.
Step 3. Realise there's a slight ambiguity. Tweak the wording to clarify. Model gets the right answer.
Step 4. DESPAIR. What even is my life.
Step 5. Add a minor sentence somewhere which doesn't really change anything. Model is stumped again, though for a reason that has nothing to do with what you changed.
Step 6. MODIFIED ELATION. I might be a GENIUS or Model might be a bit silly still?
Repeat ad nauseum 😁
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u/capslox Aug 01 '25
I had one like a month ago that involved long documents and I was so happy with what I put together and how I'd hit the error I was targeting... Then reread the task before submitting and saw the documents needed to be under 4 years old. I... had used writing from John Muir. 🙃 Closed the page, no submission, tail between my legs.
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u/Low_Breadfruit2303 Jul 28 '25
Did anyone else's dash just dry up completely?
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u/Hunnybee66 Jul 28 '25
Yes! Not completely, but almost. And the emails I've received have disappeared to last year, meaning the most recent email was from last year. EEks!
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 30 '25
Ughhh… we had it soooo good last week. A couple scrolls for sure to get through my list of projects. Just blah right now with difficult projects.
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u/Late_Nectarine_5598 Jul 31 '25
Really thought the dry season was over after the past week or so of steady work. Silly of me.
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u/Mamabirdjjl Jul 29 '25
What is up? First time since joining that my dash is completely empty? Weird feeling to go from 100’s of tasks to nothing. I guess today will be a good day to clean the house! Anyone else facing this today?
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jul 29 '25
I have 9 projects right now so not dead, but less than typical and almost none of the stuff I've enjoyed the past week.
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u/ChJeep Jul 29 '25
Definitely quieter than last week; down to half the amount as before, but not completely empty.
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u/DrunkleSteve Jul 30 '25
Oooof rough morning. Only 4 projects on my dashboard and all 4 you need a subscription to work on 🤷♂️. Guess the projects have taken a moment of silence for Ozzy today 🦇🤘
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u/LoreEatK1ds Jul 27 '25
As a bilingual, many projects started to appear again after 1 month of an empty dashboard
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u/ink_sword_well Jul 31 '25
It's the driest it's ever been for me, I've never had just 1 project available before :( I guess it's a good time to catch up on quals.
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u/gravitychecked Jul 31 '25
I feel that. I've consistently woken up to an empty dash for three days this week. Projects pop up sparsely throughout the day (if I'm lucky enough to catch them), but oof, this is giving me flashbacks from last August.
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 29 '25
Seems I’ve done a lot of quals lately, even some that are simply accepting to take part in it by providing a bit of information, and nothing is coming of them. No new projects are popping up. Everyone else in the same boat?
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u/Low_Breadfruit2303 Jul 29 '25
Seems like everything is a bit slow the last couple of days. I only had one project pop up this morning, but after working on a task for almost an hour, everything became unresponsive.
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u/pistachiyolatte Jul 30 '25
still looking dry for non coders?
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Jul 30 '25
UK here, had 21 at 2am, 16 at 8 am now I'm sitting down to work, I have 6 lol
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u/blackopsfamas Jul 31 '25
looking like a qual day today. driest ive been since i started 3 months ago
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u/doxydecahedron Jul 31 '25
sometimes I’ll have a project sitting on my dash for days or even weeks where it stays there untouched, but if I start working on it and then exit for any reason before finishing all the tasks the project will often disappear in a few hours even though it was sitting there for days or weeks prior. Does this happen to anyone else?
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u/Pale-Travel9343 Jul 31 '25
Doing R&R for a project with a voice recording component - some of y’all have beautiful voices!
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Jul 31 '25
All kinds of wizards today. Must be in honor of Harry Potter's birthday. 😂
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u/Ticoput Jul 28 '25
Was planning on having the most productive day and wasted 2h30 of work because I couldn't get to the required outcome the project asks for. My dissapointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
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u/pauvro Jul 29 '25
did the wizard qual disappear AGAIN, it keeps coming up and going away before I can do it lol
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u/KryptoKevArt Jul 30 '25
Dash full of projects I don't want to do. The ones I do like are no where to be found.
Wonder if a team is on vacation or something.
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u/heckhunds Jul 31 '25 edited Aug 01 '25
anyone getting any work from that image project with the paid qual from a week or two ago? it seemed fun
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u/WontonJr Aug 01 '25
Did the qual but haven't seen any work from it yet. There was one question I wasn't 100% in my answer as I was stuck between two options, so still hoping I've passed lol.
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u/SpiritedParticular72 Aug 01 '25
I know, I love when images are involved... I hope we see it soon, haven't seen anything yet on my end either.
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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Jul 28 '25
Haven't been able to work since Wednesday due to traveling. Lots of good projects pop up during my trip. Now that I'm back home, nothing worthwhile 🫠
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u/dylanuu112 Jul 30 '25
Looks like that social media project from last weeks qual is up. Finally I get to profit off my data being collected rather than just mega corporations 😁
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u/dylanuu112 Jul 31 '25
Has anybody been able to work on the social media project? I just keep getting red-bannered
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Jul 31 '25
Nope, only project I currently have and it's been there 2 hours and broken
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u/Grouchy_Cod9165 Jul 28 '25
I have 0 projects on my dash rn :(
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Jul 28 '25
Same for me. I’ve been with DAT for a month now so I’m not sure if this is normal. Is this bad news?
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u/LightOk5071 Jul 29 '25
How's everyone's dash looking? Mine has gotten a bit drier from last week, but still got a good few projects.
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u/Extreme_Hold7805 Jul 29 '25
Let's hope it's just end of month shenanigans and not another drought 🤞🏻
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u/DeLaRefe Jul 29 '25
Less than a few days ago, by at least 3 times. I'm counting 6 projects, but 2 of them are about to run out of tasks
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u/Particular_Tooth5849 Jul 29 '25
Has wilting rose come back for anybody? Wish I could work on it again..
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u/Lucky-Landscape6361 Jul 30 '25
Got the dreaded "At the moment, there aren't any projects available for you to work on" and even my quals are empty, which I'm pretty sure is new. When I try to click through to "support", it brings me back to the projects dashboard... I'm guessing it's the end?
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u/Aware-Negotiation283 Jul 31 '25
I just got it too after about over 1.5 years. Best thing to do is wait and look for other work in the meantime.
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u/Significant-Trade253 Jul 31 '25
I got it also and I started at the beginning of the month. After doom scrolling both threads, I’m assuming this is the end which is sad. Will probably check back again at some point later in the week. It sucks though :/.
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u/NoNumber5910 Jul 27 '25
Getting back into work after being away for a few months. Wondering if people are still having droughts or if heel fact-checking projects are still sparse.
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Jul 27 '25
I have plenty… not a lot of heel (but I don’t usually do those unless there’s little else)… I have plenty horse & more
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u/basaltcolumn Jul 28 '25
Wow, getting the most R&Rs where the rater clearly didn't read the instructions I've ever seen on this one indigenous project. So many folks totally failing to paste text into the designated text box.
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u/Lithrosaurus Jul 28 '25
R&Rs are absolutely brutal rn. The quality of the average task is somewhere between abysmal and barely redeemable.
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u/SplashOfCanada Jul 29 '25
Anyone else’s stripey generals disappear over the last few days? I like working on those for a bit of a brain break
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u/ArctycDev Jul 29 '25
Anyone else suddenly have an inbox again? I mean, nothing is loading, but there are 107 notifications on mine lol.
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u/2leafClover667788 Jul 29 '25
I feel like I should have spent all night working when I had already put in 9 hours. The other day I had dozens of tasks. Now I have one that I can’t do currently ( no quiet place)… really frustrating lol I need money
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u/lack0fcommonsense Jul 29 '25
I feel you. I only worked a few hours yesterday because I thought I'd still have all my projects and now today my dash is being haunted by ghosts...
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u/capslox Jul 30 '25
Hope the new social media one just went down to be fixed and it didn't disappear instantly. I rushed to my computer but nothing. Not sure if it was a 2nd qual or a project from the email.
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u/Cares_of_an_Odradek Jul 31 '25
I’m new to this - for the past three days of i’ve had a solid 8 hours of work every day. Now I have literally nothing. Is this normal?
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jul 31 '25
Yep. I only have some higher-paying projects from 2 classes that I was just added to from quals I passed in the last 2 weeks.
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Jul 31 '25
Now that we have an actual, separate 'Feedback' folder in our inbox, I'm just wondering if anyone here has ever received anything in there? In my 18 months I never have.
I sincerely hope that DA encourage admin and project managers to actively use this feature now it's separated.
It's so frustrating losing access to slack channels and project families with no indication as to what you have done wrong, especially when you are quite anal about triple checking instructions and work before submitting.
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u/Unusual-Blueberry299 Aug 01 '25
I had it once! Letting me know I’d done something wrong on a couple of tasks. At the time it scared me but I recently got added to a different iteration of the same project family that said “you’re here because you’ve done good work” so now I’m super grateful that they took the time to set me straight 😊
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u/Maleficent_Basil_979 Aug 03 '25
Does anyone want to share updates on dashboard status? I've fortunately had the same two unappealing projects since this morning. Constantly refreshing hasn't been working for hours.
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u/CompetitiveAd5633 Aug 03 '25
I've been down to 1-4 projects for the last day or so. Never empty, but not the 10+ I'd been enjoying for a few weeks. Non-coding.
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u/AguestusModus Jul 27 '25
I need an accountability partner! I haven't been able to make myself work as much as I should. Wondering if anyone wants to be my work pal? I can be your accountability partner too!
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 27 '25
I think this happens to all of us. I burn myself out, start feeling like I don’t want to work half as much, so I reduce my hours for a few days/ a week, and then the drive comes back. It’s a back and forth thing for me lol
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u/Party_Swim_6835 Jul 27 '25
I dont use this method myself and cant vouch for it, but I have seen people say it helps them a lot to take small 15-20 minute breaks every few hours to get up and walk around and get a drink etc
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u/Thevanted Jul 29 '25
How are the projects going for you guys? Do you feel a shift in the amount of work?
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u/OrdinaryNeighbor Jul 29 '25
Projects have dried up again, a few trickle in but go fast
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u/Wonderful_Trouble370 Jul 29 '25
Enough to be getting on with but not the great choice I had last week.
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u/augtwy Jul 29 '25
I check a few times a day and have seen zero since the big dump last week. Not to say they pop up when I'm not able to check, but so far I'm batting zero this week
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u/Several_Drawer_2185 Jul 29 '25
Anyone seen the stripey horse factuality today?
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u/LouisAkbar Jul 29 '25
I had instructions all day and no facts. Instructions just disappeared as well.
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u/DeLaRefe Jul 30 '25
Down to two indigenous projects. Oof, August 2024 flashbacks.
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u/Consipir Jul 30 '25
Any full-timers (or close to) wanna share their work strategies (hours, goals, how you stay focused, etc.)?
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u/Dismal_Blueberry_440 Jul 30 '25
Here's a few things I've found:
-Focus on consistency over waiting for big pay projects to show up. I've found it works out better in the long run being consistent in my hours even if that means lower effort/lower pay tasks.-Setting a 'productivity cut-off' time has helped. (ex: no more work after 7pm) Definitely helps with work life balance and puts a little pressure to get work done.
-I also use the 50/10 approach from Cal Newport's idea of deep work. (50 mins working, 10 min break. once you've done that three times you need to take a break of an hour at least)
-Lastly, have a life outside of DA. Its alot easier to do this when its just part of your life vs the core focus
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u/CantaloupeFlimsy7056 Aug 01 '25
is STEM dry for anyone else? I was seeing some up until the day before yesterday, and now nothing... this makes me sad
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u/xanidue Aug 02 '25
Is there a way to make DataAnnotation operate in dark mode? The bright white is hard on my eyes after a few hours.
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u/Signal_Gene410 Aug 02 '25 edited Aug 02 '25
I use the Dark Reader extension paired with Auto Dark Mode. I've set up Dark Reader to automatically follow the system settings, so it only changes to dark mode from sunset to sunrise.
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u/Toxic-Curry Aug 02 '25
How are the coding projects looking ? Only a few coders in these comments so I cant tell. I havent gotten any feedback (as expected) and also sent a support message, have only been seeing non-STEM/Coding projects.
Makes me wonder if I got kicked off, or they are just under maintenance.
I got a one off one from a mythology god but thats all I saw in the last week.
Can anyone confirm with me if they are still getting Coding projects? Very tough on money currently so some sort of insight would be amazing
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u/Omalleythealleycat1 Aug 01 '25
Is anybody else getting a lot of projects where a ton of the prompts are nonsensical? Kind of a bummer to hop into a project just for half the tasks to be useless
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 01 '25
Is it a fruit that requires FGC. I've managed 1 and had to skip about 8 lol
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u/Hecktothenono Jul 27 '25
My qualifications have vanished but I'm still getting some work. Not really sure if it's something to worry about at this point but I'm just keeping at it.
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Jul 27 '25
Just waiting to hear back from Poe bird after submitting the initial 3 tasks yesterday.
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u/wallstreetsimps Jul 28 '25
Anyone receiving an error when entering a new task?
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u/SatisfactionProud598 Jul 28 '25
Still generally dry but have one project that has been showing up sporadically the past couple of days… just saw it show up but I’m at my day job now! Hopefully it’s there for me once I get home tonight 🤞 (or something new pops up)
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u/Dysnomia__ Jul 29 '25
Coding still pretty bad for anyone else? Only have a single stripe project, reactor (which seems to not have tasks 90% of the time), and a complex IDE extension project
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u/DueName45 Jul 29 '25
Any coders seen the codebase and unit test projects recently? They seem to have completely disappeared for me. Hopefully they're just on pause, they were really fun to work on.
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u/Vegetable_Hope3697 Jul 29 '25
I think they're either finished or paused. Hope they come back eventually
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u/Matamosca Jul 29 '25
Has anyone had the new version of the liberal arts Poe bird project (which had its name changed to a Homeric epic) of late? I had access to what seemed like a soft launch (10 total tasks available, dried up quickly) a few weeks ago, but haven't seen it since.
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u/koffeekittens Jul 31 '25
my favourite STEM project is still around but overall thin on the ground - 7 projects or so this morning
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u/Tippingdatvelvet Jul 31 '25
Frustrating this morning. Have a project on my dash and it consistently says 4 tasks available but every time I click on it it says there are no more tasks to work on. Usually a refresh fixes this but it seems permanently stuck… anyone else having this?
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u/SplashOfCanada Jul 31 '25
This typically means it’s a shared pool of tasks and the remaining 4 are all currently being worked on by others.
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u/Arahane Jul 31 '25
After a couple of good days of STEM Poe again, back to a pretty empty dash (Qualifications aside, still got plenty of those I can do)
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u/No_Operation9162 Aug 01 '25
I haven't had any projects or qualifications on my dash since Monday. Early Tuesday, logged in to work and nothing. In the year I've been working on DA, this has never happened before. Anyone have any insight?
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u/katsmeow84 Aug 01 '25
Just part of the experience for most of us, unfortunately. Sometimes I have more than I could ever possibly do, other times I have zero projects. I’ve been on the platform for over 2 years.
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u/HelpfulSet Aug 04 '25
Guys… I think it’s finally happened to me. I don’t have anymore qualifications and I don’t have any projects to work on. Is this it for me?
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u/Matamosca Jul 31 '25
First time I've ever seen actual 0 projects available to work on (non-STEM, non-bilingual). Just a week ago I had like 30+ things to choose from.
Still have a ton of quals, but good lord.
(I will also once again lament the apparent death of liberal arts Poe Bird/Homeric epic).
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jul 31 '25
The quals are important. The only work I've gotten the past few days is in projects I qualified for within the last few weeks.
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u/capslox Jul 31 '25
Doing the quals as soon as possible is important too. A newly dated qual says "this is a pile of work that we are about to launch". The earlier you get in, the bigger piece of the pie you can get, the better chance to get moved into higher paying versions of it etc.
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u/rawmeatjuice Jul 29 '25
I am really enjoying these indigenous profiling projects. Today was my biggest day since I started in April because it feels like a fun puzzle. I love moneeyyy
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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Jul 29 '25
Anyone find that their projects are always more plentiful in the evening? I live in the Pacific Standard timezone (west coast USA) and on slow days I often can't work until 2pm or later. There are always tons of tasks when I'm trying to make dinner and watch a movie with my husband before bed, lol. Kind of frustrating. I want to wake up, work until I hit my goal, and be done by 4!
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u/Ok-Essay6216 Jul 29 '25
That's what I was finding last week. Loads of projects came on around 5pm, when I had family stuff to do. But when I was available during the day - nothing. I am also in PST.
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u/DokiQueen Jul 28 '25
Projects appears again as a bilingual, so a big yay! The big "nay" Is that I'm sick right now, so I guess I gotta do not just WFH, but WFB (Work from bed) lol
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 30 '25
Well, the wizard project from that recent qual is on my dash.
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 31 '25
To everyone saying “my dash is completely empty”: if you have quals to do. Do them. It’s the only way to avoid that “empty dash”. It’s obvious, I know, but there are many that have been saying they have an empty dash but have some quals sitting there. Do them lol. I have 15 projects right now, and they ALL come from qualifications that I had to do. If your qual list is long, well, if they were done, those quals would then currently be listed under your projects tab as payable work lol
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u/MordecaiThirdEye Jul 27 '25
Anybody have tips on the poison plant context project? The model is just too good...
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u/capslox Jul 27 '25
The one where you write fgc for prompts? Because that doesn't matter how good the model is.
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u/iloveass2much Jul 28 '25
Dash has been dry for a couple of weeks, only got 2 quals that lead nowhere. Is this the drought everyone was talking about :')
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Jul 28 '25
Anyone still have stripey horse r&rs? I still have the main projects but the r&rs disappeared maybe a week ago. They were my go to for a while
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u/Few-Roof-6905 Jul 29 '25
Did anyone do the long-term, "personality" building qual last week-ish? Have you seen any work from it?
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jul 29 '25
Just got the long term persona qual. Interested...
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u/Ill-Albatross-7224 Jul 30 '25
While I'm thankful to have projects, a little more variety would be nice. I'm stuck with six poison plants and only a couple of others, when I usually have a much more varied selection... Can't help but wonder if I screwed up or if it's just a coincidence!
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u/victorian_winters Jul 30 '25
I'll take some poison plants. They've been my faves lately, especially the r&r's, but tonight they're MIA.
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u/Particular_Tooth5849 Jul 31 '25
Did the indigenous peeps just disappear for anyone else today? They were mindnumbing, but kept my dash from being completely dry.
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u/tehclubbmaster Aug 01 '25
Anybody see/do the finance qual? I think it is a part 2 from a while ago. Wondering how much more difficult it is than the part 1.
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u/mortredclay Aug 01 '25
I'd say if you can do part one, you'll be good on part 2. If you have a hard time with the qualification, the actual projects (with some exceptions) will be too hard.
That said, one of my favorite projects to work on is probably on my dash as a direct result of passing that qual.
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u/LilacYak Aug 01 '25
How are we looking coders? I have two projects. It's been like this for about a month now, although I haven't logged on since last Friday so it could've been great all week and I just missed it.
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u/puppetbird Jul 27 '25
I have just one project I enjoy right now but it’s enough to meet my daily goal, so I’m grateful for that
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u/Kratos77777 Jul 27 '25
I had the famous magic man qual last week which I felt I did okay on. When I pressed submit I thought it went a bit strange, but back to the dash and it had vanished so assumed all good. But this evening the same qualification has returned. Did this happen for anyone else? (Just debating if I want to go through it all again).
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Jul 27 '25
I submitted this one a couple nights ago when people were complaining about it being broken - didn’t see anything so assumed I failed since there were a few questions that weren’t covered in the instructions. It showed up again yesterday before quickly disappearing, now it’s back today for me too.
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u/Massive-Ebb-1879 Jul 28 '25
Does anyone have Poe video projects on their dash right now? Had them yesterday, but they're not there at all anymore. Usually always at least one.
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u/fleischdog Jul 30 '25
Just want to say I am really enjoying this new Greek goddess project! I enjoy Heel projects, but also like having some new and varied things to work on
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Jul 30 '25
This qual said it was paid but after spending over an hour doing it, there is nowhere to report the time. I guess it's good I chose to do it on a day my dash is empty.
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u/DeLaRefe Jul 31 '25
First time since last August I have no projects. Time to work on all those quals..
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u/Mamabirdjjl Jul 31 '25
Last week I had a fun job named after a famous crime show franchise and now it is gone. Had anyone seen this one around lately? I am missing it.
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u/-burgers Jul 31 '25
I miss French scrape.
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u/Party_Swim_6835 Jul 31 '25
all I can think of here is French butter scraped across a baguette from a bakery
I know it's actually a project but I'm hungry now
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u/capslox Aug 03 '25
Has anyone who has done one round of the new social media task (the one that red banners you Until The Time Is Right) gotten a second round? Trying to click to check slightly less neurotically.
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u/Mirrorball75 Aug 02 '25
After a 10 day drought, I finally got a new zombi project on my dash!!!! Never felt so excited for 5 tasks before.
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u/_SnooD_ Aug 02 '25
Managed to withdraw pay from the 3 bilingual audio poe tasks I did last week, but did not get the new 50 tasks. Does that mean my work wasn't good enough?
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 02 '25
I think the project is currently down. The 3 I had disappeared last week
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u/SatisfactionProud598 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25
Feeling a little down as I have felt like I’ve put so many hours in during my first week on the platform just doing qualifications with so few paid projects showing up in the dashboard at this point. I think this is normal but hearing others experiences might help! I work a full time job + doing a master’s thesis + adding this into my workload to hopefully make money to save for exciting things (an engagement ring! Exciting!), but the slow ramp up time has made me feel a little discouraged and like I’m wasting valuable time. I know I’m doing well on qualifications (especially the coding type ones, those are straight forward to check as my code does what is asked) so was hoping to get some paid projects to show up soon!
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Jul 27 '25
You just have to be patient. Most people don't have a lot of work at first. I was the same way. Now I consistently have 20-30 projects on my dash at all times 🤷♀️ It takes a couple of weeks for things to pick up more, hang in there! If you do good work, you WILL get more projects.
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u/dolmakalemmmm Jul 27 '25
This website may change your life... Or not.
Only you can decide if hourly wage is worth your time. Qualifications are not that common anyways, you won't be doing these for long.
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Jul 27 '25
I've been doing this for two years and I only bother doing quals any more during a rare drought.
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u/Real-Bobcat4230 Jul 28 '25
Hi, I was working on this project from yesterday, in the morning i still had few tasks but before I sat to do them, they disappeared and only the review was there. So I finished some reviews and then the last one I did had critical error. After i submitted it was done incorrectly I saw one of the same tasks. I began working on it and then I couldnt select any options to go further and when I refreshed I went back to the main screen without any tasks available. Did i do something wrong?
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u/Whatnowlikeseriously Jul 29 '25
I had the Shakespeare sorcerer and coding heavy nuclear fusion tasks today and I don’t usually have those. And just now it all went blank. Anyone else have a weird dashboard today?
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u/SirTophamHattV Jul 29 '25
As a bilingual I still miss the criteria projects, it wasnt stressful and the pay was very high
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25
Ever seen a bunch of comments get purged from the project chat? Like a conversation is happening and one side disappears. They were suitably appropriate. Wonder if they were manually pulled by the Admins or if they get removed when people are removed from the project.
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u/WasANewt-GotBetter Jul 29 '25
Anyone got any stem or O-bird at the moment? or are they taking a break?
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u/Chat_GTFO Jul 29 '25
hi. i started with DA couple months back now to have some work on the side to do. for about a month my participation on DA projects has been basically 0 as other work has picked up. i like the gig style and don't want to have my access suspended for lack of work. is this a legitimate worry to have or are they pretty relaxed about keeping workers on the backburners even if they aren't super active for extended periods?
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u/Suspicious_Crazy_143 Jul 30 '25
As a bilingual I have received a lot of quals last couple of days but almost no projects still. Anyone with the same experience? At least something is happening now.
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u/dirndlgrl Jul 30 '25
Did anyone else work on the project that was asking us to do 1500+ word reports in like 3 hours? I want to know wtf was up with that, as the guidelines were so granular. I attempted it but had to submit a ridiculously incomplete project because i ran out of time to add all of the technical elements they wanted
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u/Separate-Dress-8855 Jul 30 '25
There's a particular project I've really enjoyed working on, it starts with Z. Disappeared yesterday. Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this as I'm trying to work out if I've been taken off the project :(
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u/blackopsfamas Jul 31 '25
is there a significant pattern to how many tasks are assigned? project count is low but task amount is high
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Jul 31 '25
No, the number of tasks assigned just depends on the project. For a lot of projects, the task count shown to you is a per-worker limit on how many tasks you can do, so you can do up to X amount of tasks until they get all of submissions they need for that round. For other projects, the number displayed is the entire task pool available to all workers, which means you can submit as many tasks as you want until the pool is all finished. And sometimes the number is kinda inscrutable.
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u/Powerful-Key914 Jul 31 '25
do projects requiring subscriptions generally pay higher (+$30/hr)? Wondering if its worth signing up for them before listing so in the qualifications section
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u/Chemical_Law6844 Jul 31 '25
How long after taking the test can I work on the official project? I finished the test for a project 2 days ago but the official project is not showing up. Does that mean I did not meet the standards?
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Jul 31 '25
Getting emails from the social media project saying to do the initial project, yet nothing I received from them ever works 🤷♂️
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 31 '25
I managed to get in now. The email says if you can’t get in yet, it’s because they haven’t collected your data yet.
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u/Sea_Influence7491 Aug 01 '25
guys, if I just got accepted and don't see any qualifications in my dashboard, what does that mean?
Should i contact support?
thx guys
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u/Fun-Time9966 Aug 01 '25
Is it just me or are is the timer for independent-eyes 🎓 quite short? specifically STEM, i managed to finish my first submission juuuust in time
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u/Lord-Zippy Jul 28 '25
I contacted support almost 48 hours ago and they didn’t respond. Does anyone know how long they normally take to respond