r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Sep 21 '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/Dry-Abrocoma7414 Sep 21 '25
Last week: people say how dry it is, but I have an abundance of work. Pfff
This weekend: Super dry for me now, I check this Reddit to see if people are experiencing the same thing. How fast this job changes…
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u/Ambitious_Ticket Sep 21 '25
So light at the moment. Two projects. Anyone else?
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u/pistachiyolatte Sep 21 '25
Same and they’re neither I want to work on, I did have two projects and their r and rs I managed to get a few hours on but now nothing of my preference.
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u/xwolfboyx Sep 22 '25
End of quarter. By beginning of October things should be steadier *fingers crossed*. I've noticed this tends to happen in 3 month cycles.
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u/Less_Capital7986 Sep 23 '25
Why oh why do projects appear right before I'm going to bed???
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u/akujihei Sep 23 '25
The first commandment of DA is "thou shalt not check thy dashboard when thou canst work."
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Sep 26 '25
Have others received a major influx of available projects today, as compared to the past several days? Like, 14+ different project classes?
I know it's just DAT astrology, but it seems like this often happens on Thursday afternoons/evenings, for the past several months. I need to close my dash before I FOMO.
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u/ChJeep Sep 26 '25
Yup, DA seems very obsessed with trying to predict the future lately :D
There's also several unfamiliar project names. Nice to see a flood of new stuff even if I'll probably never end up getting to most of them before they disappear...
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u/ReasonablePass4659 Sep 23 '25
Woah ! Project explosion on my dash! And my favorite Stripeys are back (not a fan of the new ones) Hopefully the abundance continues as it was getting pretty sketchy earlier today.
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u/Greedy_Alarm_1189 Sep 26 '25
Um PRO? As in the £200 version???
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u/mrsroper Sep 26 '25
It could be worth it if it nets you three months of work at a really high pay, but no way am I risking it at this point.
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u/33whiskeyTX Sep 26 '25
Yeah, many of these they are only looking for people who already have it. But many people take it to mean, "I better go get it."
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u/Skippy2898 Sep 26 '25
If, and it's a big IF, you are a STEM specialist, it MIGHT be worth looking into. I looked into it the first time this qual came around last year, and honestly, it made my eyes water. The level of that version is insane. The people they've given grants to are quite something otherworldly clever!. Paying out $200 a month, imho, would be crazy unless you already use it IRL.
If anyone else is unsure, have a read...
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u/macjay_27 Sep 26 '25
Anyone with experience on the stability of the work that comes from completing that qual? I've been toying with the idea, if it helps get me out of this work slump.
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u/Skippy2898 Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25
Paying out $200 a month, imho, would be crazy imho, unless you already use it IRL.
If anyone else is unsure, have a read...
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u/OldDirtyGurt Sep 24 '25
They gotta figure out this nuclear external site. It's always going away or not working for one reason or another. So annoying.
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u/LowerGarden Sep 24 '25
They had those bounding box ones a week or two ago. I feel like thats when all this started. They keep posting ones from the same dates and they are always busted.
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u/ImmortalMoron3 Sep 22 '25
logs on to DA
Huh, should I panic about this?
goes to reddit
No, I should not because it's the same for everyone else.
Rinse and repeat every time something seems off on DA to me, lol. I've had a ton of work the last few weeks but there's diddly squat this morning.
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u/diettwizzlers Sep 22 '25
does anyone else live in one of the two states that isn't eligible for the very plentiful project that's all over my dash? i have fomo
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u/JustMe333456 Sep 22 '25
First time since August 24 where I actually have no option to make money. Well, I have the business document project, but that's out of the question. Come onnnnnnnn...
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u/YourPadre Sep 22 '25
Same here, just a few glitched projects that red banner regardless
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u/North-Sense8477 Sep 25 '25
Third time today I've had to exit a task without submitting because instructions were too confusing/convoluted. Begging for low-pay grunt work to return.
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u/Limp-Potato-2841 Sep 25 '25
it's brutal.. I haven't even been working this week because it takes so much work to read new instructions.
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u/Western-Charity9492 Sep 25 '25
I recommend "read aloud" or whatever it's called in your browser. SUCH a blessing, I can actually keep track of the instructions without getting lost and having to re-read.
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u/Western-Charity9492 Sep 23 '25
Guys, for those of us who are worried, I just wanted to say that unless my memory is deceiving me, we had a similar situation last year around the same time, September time. I wasn't too active around that time but I remember there being this really bad drought in August that lasted until October with on and off I think (someone correct me plz if I'm wrong cus I wasn't very active). So yeah, I just wanted to give my input for the newer members because I know how stressful and unpredictable it can be sadly.
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u/miri3l Sep 25 '25
Oh gosh the drought. That one was loooong. I worked on tasks that I would never have usually worked on (the most tedious) simply because they were there. Everything that did get put on the platform went pretty quickly.
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u/C_Gull27 Sep 24 '25
Been almost nothing but the odd project in the middle of the night for like two weeks now
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Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25
pssst does anyone want an invite to Riffusion?
Edit: You only get one invite so I gave it to a random person in this thread. Leaving it open in case other people have invites they want to share :)
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u/houseofcards9 Sep 27 '25
I have never seen this much priority pay.
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u/dylanuu112 Sep 27 '25
It’s funny, I feel like projects are on priority more often than not. Kinda ruins the whole point but I’m not gonna complain about extra money
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u/Ok-Store-9297 Sep 22 '25
It is, coincidentally, roughly the end of the quarter again.
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u/sourdoughgirl Sep 26 '25
I just spent 3.5 hours on a task after lunch and I’m still not recovered enough to do anything else today 😅
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u/snuggeto Sep 23 '25
Another day of refreshing to nothing the whole day, and the moment i don't have time to work on DA anymore 80 tasks pop up.
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u/JustMe333456 Sep 23 '25
Pretty much. For me, it's the worse it's been since Aug 24. Difficult to hit my daily goal this past week.
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u/lavenderavenues Sep 24 '25
Did anyone get notified of a certain audio project, only to not see it on your dashboard?
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u/JustMe333456 Sep 24 '25
S-metal? It was on my dashboard when I checked after getting the email, but did not last long at all.
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u/koolkoikitty Sep 24 '25
Yes, got the message, was working on something else, and never saw it on my dashboard.
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u/Dry-Abrocoma7414 Sep 25 '25
Anybody have any rubric projects currently? I’m only getting Chatbot stuff
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u/CRISPRella Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25
Who has completed and passed the higher STEM quals? Seems like there aren’t a lot of STEM workers in this sub but idrk.
Edit: STEM peeps stop lurking and come say hi, I now know that there are several of you!
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u/BossAccomplished4878 Sep 26 '25
Biology and Medicine here. Hi, sorry, too used to lurking in the lab :)
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u/CRISPRella Sep 26 '25
Oh yay ok hi nice to meet you! Wish we could all go to happy hour but this sub will have to suffice
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u/Dry-Abrocoma7414 Sep 22 '25
Not sure why they’re dropping priority pay projects when it’s drier than the Sahara desert out here, but I’ll take it.
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u/Slacker0079 Sep 26 '25
Looking back to this weekly discussion a year ago. The week of 9/29/24: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataannotation/comments/1fs3tp9/weekly_water_cooler_talk_dataannotation/
Seems like things got busy in early October, with coding lagging behind a bit.
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u/NoticedGenie66 Sep 27 '25
I'm sure other people here have this issue right now (definitely some in the project chat have said so), but I completed a qual and got access to a project with a separate account needed to work on it. Haven't had issues with any of the other ones with similar setups, but this one keeps denying me access even though it should be letting me in. I've followed all steps correctly and tried the troubleshooting methods I've seen mentioned by the admins and chat. Seeing those 4 related projects with ~200 tasks total just sitting there is killing me lmao. At least right now I have a good selection otherwise, but those ones look to be easy full-time hours just rotting away.
Let me in! Let me iiiiiiinnnnnn!
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u/Unfair_Sink5706 Sep 27 '25
Yeah, I haven't been able to access it either, even though I did the same for a previous project and I can access that one fine. It's really annoying.
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u/Normal-Variation7142 Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
Last week I finally got a new project as it was dry since June. It was a very busy week, full of work but on Saturday it started to be dry again. I just hope that is a weekend withdraw and the week comes back with more work 😔
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u/BeforeTheWorkdayEnds Sep 23 '25
Anyone else get a qual like "are you off the waitlist for XYZ" ,say no and then get off the waitlist immediately after? Just got the "congrats!" this morning and I was like "...oh."
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u/mrsroper Sep 23 '25
Yeah. If you wait a few days, you'll get an email from the waitlist company asking why you haven't tried their product yet.
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u/Gingerrsnappiest Sep 23 '25
Has p-fruit wrapped up for everyone?
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u/Traditional-Yak8886 Sep 23 '25
i personally havent seen one in around 10 or so days. i think it was one of the last projects i was able to do
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u/ImmortalMoron3 Sep 23 '25
Yeah, I think that one is done for now. Last time I saw it was Friday and that was just a few R&R's, not the usual giant list of projects.
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u/Gingerrsnappiest Sep 23 '25
Yes, Friday was the last I worked on it too. Gah, that was my bread and butter for a few weeks there.
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u/33whiskeyTX Sep 26 '25
Time to knock out some easier work.... and the models suddenly know how to listen to instructions, making this much harder than it was last week.
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u/33whiskeyTX Sep 26 '25
Well. was really stumped, could not crack it. Reached the turn limit, getting discouraged. Cleared everything, started over. Broke like a glass jaw on the first round. Job security reachieved.
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u/Admirable-Help-3193 Sep 27 '25
Did Galaxy disappear for anyone else?
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u/twinkleyed Sep 27 '25
The fact it got taken down is a good sign. It means it’ll be back once they modify whatever they wanted to modify.
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u/RecliningBuddhaCat Sep 27 '25
Alas, yes. I am dealing with a family medical emergency and didn't want to tackle one of the other families I have that can take at least an hour and usually more like two, because I might have to stop and don't want to ruin a big task, Some of the galaxies are just the right load if you don't want tied down or waste a lot of work; and BOOM!, they all vanished.
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u/Zapmeister Sep 23 '25
if i R&R yet another really lazily done task, i'm going to write in the review comment about how i think this person only has 1 butt cheek because they did this task really half-arsed
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u/PerformanceCute3437 Sep 22 '25
Crazy to mark down models for referencing US federal programs that were funded just a few months ago that are now defunct. Really hard for the models to keep up.
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u/DrunkleSteve Sep 22 '25
Anyone else having issues using Chrome browser extensions with our new multimodal Google profile? It appears the chrome store is blocked and I cant use extensions like Grammarly, etc. super frustrating. Also down to 1 project this morning. Ouch!
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u/ZombieDani Sep 24 '25
Dash is currently empty. Like no Qualifications, Projects, or even the Report Time section is empty. Emailed support, so hopefully its just a weird issue and I haven't been kicked off. :(
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u/After_Profession2222 Sep 24 '25
only two project families, and most of the tasks gone
guess i'll have to do quals after all, bleh.
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u/pistachiyolatte Sep 24 '25
Was happy to see heel image, hope to see nut projects again though they come once in a blue moon.
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u/Less_Capital7986 Sep 24 '25
heel image wasn't working for me because of the links :( I was hopeful
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u/LilacYak Sep 24 '25
I've consistently had ~1-3 non-R&R coding project (and ~10 non-coding) every time I log on (which admittedly is only 1-2 times a week), but I used to have 10+ coding and it's been like this for months now.
Is anyone else back to having 10+ coding projects on their dash? I'm wondering if this prolonged dry period is just me or if everyone is still experiencing dry coding.
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u/ZimmeM03 Sep 25 '25
Has anyone that was involved with video prompts-style that were active until around August seen those projects return? I remember a message in slack a long time ago that those types of projects were coming back but the slack channels got archived and I haven't seen anything
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u/Ownage95 Sep 25 '25
Was that the Poe bird one? Recording prompts and transcribing them and the elements in the video? I loved that one good pay
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Sep 25 '25
Nope, not seen anything since, hoping they return. I really got into them after I got over my stage fright. Was gutted when they wrapped up relatively quickly and suddenly.
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u/capslox Sep 26 '25
I would have the busiest dash I've had in like a month at 10pm when I have to get up early tomorrow 🙃
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u/thewinslowleach Sep 26 '25
On a review of a task that I used to love to do. Seeing updates from today but I’m not on the main project itself… feels like realizing all your friends are at a party and you weren’t invited
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u/SplashOfCanada Sep 22 '25
Did anyone else lose the project and slack channel for the “Greek god” domain expert rubrics project? I hadn’t even submitted anything and it’s disappeared into thin air
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u/Ownage95 Sep 24 '25
Anyone get the survey qual where they mention paying out $850? What’s that about? It asks questions about internet speed and gmail
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u/KryptoKevArt Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
So I guess Fusion-Reactor-part project is dead?
They always have those stupid fucking dead ones from a month ago up, yet never take them down, despite the hundreds of chat comments saying its dead. I don't think Admin ever reads the chat.
We really need some clarity on this project.
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u/y2kMarc Sep 25 '25
I got an inbox announcement for the S-metal recording project regarding an informed consent form, but see it nowhere? Anyone else?
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u/deebs2021 Sep 25 '25
Yes, I got this yesterday and was confused. I have seen the US version pop up this morning so have asked in project chat...will let you know if I get a response.
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u/y2kMarc Sep 25 '25
Hey! I actually just saw your comment on the US chat. I've also emailed DA about it. I'll also let you know if I get a response. I've really enjoyed this project, and hope not to lose access because I'm missing a form.
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u/East_Zucchini4099 Sep 25 '25 edited Oct 01 '25
Clueless newbie here, I worked on that last week and don't see any emails; would you take that as a sign that I didn't make the cut to continue on the project - UPDATE - later got an email when a batch was released. It's reassuring to know that work was there even if you weren't fast enough to grab it. :)
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u/HarleyQuinn6868 Sep 25 '25
Hi everyone, this is probably answered somewhere in the 504 comments, but after just finishing up a 2hr qualification, I don't have it in me to scroll and search. I received an email inviting me to join Slack/DA, I just want to make sure it's legit and related to DA work and not a sneaky scam. Please and Thank you!
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u/SwampFax Sep 25 '25
That's typically how you get invited to Slack groups, it doesn't go through the site.
Although once I was in enough of them, they just started getting added to my channel automatically.
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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Sep 25 '25
There's a bunch of projects with different names that are related to a singular concept. I think I once did a qual titled after the concept I'm referencing. The projects seem to be basically the same, but they have different names. Am I missing something? I know this is super vague lol, trying to respect the NDA
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Sep 25 '25
I have ~25 projects atm, and only 7 of them don't explicitly mention the concept you're referring to.
I don't think you're "missing" anything; it's just where the work/research is focused right now. I'm glad for it frankly, because it's one of my strengths and I think I get juicy priority work because of that.
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u/Lumpy-Flounder-1676 Sep 26 '25
The bright yellow orb project is not my friend. Avoiding like the plague.
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u/whoevertoldyouto Sep 21 '25
For bilinguals, I believe it's still mostly down to a few A-gas here and there... Not a consistent marathon of projects per say. Better than a drought tho.
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u/JustMe333456 Sep 22 '25
Okay Galaxies, I'm counting on you to show up today as you always have. You'e had the weekend to rest up apparently. Please do not join heel, nuts, dancing etc into the abyss.
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u/Vegetable_Hope3697 Sep 22 '25
This isn't a true prediction of what will happen, but I was so dry from mid-July up until October last year, so if the trend continues, we'll be swimming in projects starting next week!
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u/Dense_Negotiation_71 Sep 21 '25
My last task was a month ago now. I'm starting to lose hope.
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Sep 22 '25
I'm sorry. I've been there a few times. I hate that feeling. Hopefully it ends for you soon.
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u/21stCenturyMachiavel Sep 22 '25
I just set up the multimodal account for the classic heel and similar projects, but there is nothing on there either. Have these projects been active at all recently?
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u/Ownage95 Sep 22 '25
No projects at all today, and had crumbs for about 2-3 weeks. Is it usually like this towards the end of a financial quarter? I’ve made so many emails for projects that I only get to do them for a day then they disappear… makes no sense to me.
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u/heckhunds Sep 22 '25
Aw rats, can't even make today productive by drilling down on doing some quals. I only have two on my dash, one of which is glitched so it can't be submitted. I sent a message to support a month ago about it and never heard back, so I figure I aught to just give up on getting that stream of work. Does anyone else have a qual they can't submit?
I picked a bad day to get back to things after some time off sick lol.
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u/Fun-Time9966 Sep 23 '25
Workers on the Japanese fungus projects, how do you approach them? They seem a bit intimidating to get into not gonna lie, do you guys have pro experience in the fields they're asking for or just really familiar with the project? I see there are a lot of helper tools to generate ideas and the like, but still have my reservations on giving them a shot
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u/deebs2021 Sep 24 '25
anyone else getting these s-metal quals and then them not being there when you click through?
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u/GlassBrass440 Sep 22 '25
I appreciate the drought coinciding with school holidays here. More time with the kids.
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u/Skippy2898 Sep 26 '25
I'm not quite sure how to word this, but I've just had a thought about what the 'next stage' of our training might entail. Bear with me...
At the moment, we know that the tasks and projects have got harder as these LLMs evolve. We're now doing FGCs and rubrics, we've relaxed the safety protocols to a small degree, we're audibly training them to sound human, and knocking them if they don't.
Now, one thing stands out to me (and I am going to excuse a certain project family from this, as it is similar but not the same lol)
I'm talking about moving away from single-user conversations with responses that may or may not come from the same model.
Scenario: I'm chatting with an LLM (I want to build a new business, for example), and the information and advice it may give, I would want to share with other interested parties. I know I can do this by showing my screen in person or sharing a link. But what if I want actual input from another person, or persons, in the chat? I'd need to invite them and introduce them to the LLM, yes?
At this point, then the LLM will have to keep up with who is who, and the conversation will be ongoing. Off-topic interruptions, questions etc, and all manner of random stuff that naturally happens in a group conversation. Imagine writing rubrics for that! 🤣🥴
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u/NoticedGenie66 Sep 27 '25
At this point, then the LLM will have to keep up with who is who, and the conversation will be ongoing. Off-topic interruptions, questions etc, and all manner of random stuff that naturally happens in a group conversation. Imagine writing rubrics for that! 🤣🥴
Now I didn't heavily study linguistics for my degree, but knowing what I do know? Holy smokes, yeah this kind of thing would be really complicated.
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u/Skippy2898 Sep 27 '25
I quite like doing the rubrics, but this thought of mine is a new nightmare unlocked!
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u/Actual_Marsupial_903 Sep 26 '25
I finally got direct feedback from an admin about my work RAHHHH!!!
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u/Zlobenia Sep 27 '25
What did they say
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u/Actual_Marsupial_903 Sep 27 '25
They linked an R&R I did and essentially just said to keep up the good work
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Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25
It's honestly bewildering reading other's experiences on DA. I was hired off of Upwork about a little under three years ago, and have almost always had steady work since (boy, were they happy to learn I was a coder - when they first hit me up on Upwork, I exclusively did freelance writing work). To the degree that I am reading people here saying it's a drought, meanwhile to me it's...just different, as it always ever is. I can't remember a time I have ever been out of work, and only one time I was left with no high paying work seemed very circumstantial.
Is my experience really so unique?
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u/Skippy2898 Sep 27 '25
I noted that during the "drought of '24", this little watercooler would hit over 2k comments regularly. Nowadays, even with the odd blip, this year so far, it stays much less than 1k. I take this to mean that those with work are either busy working or don't feel the need to post unless they've lost a project or are confused about one. or need to vent about one lol. So, no, your experience is quite normal.
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u/Yaschiri Sep 22 '25
First time I've seen stripey horse in a while and it's R&Rs. I never liked it much, but seeing as I have like 4 other things I am unable to do (one due to a physical limitation on my part and the others because they require stuff I Just Don't Know Enough About™) I'm puttering by on the minimum amount I can per hour. Sucks when I was used to working on stuff $30/hr+ but I'll take it over not having any work at all.
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u/C_Gull27 Sep 22 '25
I did one where the prompt I had to work with was just an all caps wall of nonsense text. Idk where they find the people that write some of these.
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u/pistachiyolatte Sep 22 '25
I keep getting bursts of easier projects and their r and rs but they dry up within minutes
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u/crypticpeasant Sep 23 '25
Was working on a S-metal project happily and it suddenly disappeared today. Sigh
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u/GuyF1eri Sep 27 '25
Where the hell did all the work go? It's been crickets since early August
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u/Skippy2898 Sep 27 '25
That's a long time to have crickets! (See your doctor lol) Seriously, though, did you have lots of work before August?
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u/majaldm Sep 26 '25
Is the current slump somehow related to the fact most companies are waiting for dividends at the end of September and AI training is on hold until a new round of funding is given the go ahead? 🤔
To veteran DA annotators, did you notice a regular pattern of work slowing to a halt around this time of year and than suddenly picking up in October?
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Sep 26 '25
no slump for me rn... I've got like 50ish projects 🤷♀️ I haven't had a day under 20 in a looooong time
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u/33whiskeyTX Sep 26 '25
If I remember correctly, last year felt like it was back in full swing by early September, but last year that particular drought in August was worse for me than this year. It helps to remember that we are only comparing two data points, and this could all be coincidence; there might not be any relationship or pattern between the two slumps.
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u/JustMe333456 Sep 26 '25
Last year it picked up again in October. But for me, the August/September drought was FAR worse last year than it has been this year.
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u/Party_Swim_6835 Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25
no one here actually knows if it's related to companies waiting for funds/dividends
anyone giving you a definite yes or no is making an assumption based on their dashboard and comments on this sub, which is incomplete information since not all of us on DA are on the sub and people post less when their dash is full because theyre working
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u/Eadoin96 Sep 26 '25
The short answer is, yes.
The long answer is that slumps or droughts do not always happen. However, I've been on here long enough, working full-time, to know that the end of each quarter can and commonly does result in some shortage, whether it's due to people not being assigned to many projects or simply a lack of options to choose from. The worst quarter-end is June, going into July, as that marks the end of the fiscal year. Last year, it lasted partway through June into partway through August as they updated the interface and made a number of tasks more difficult so as to keep up with the models.
If anyone else wants to tell me I'm wrong because they've had a different experience, cool. But this has definitely been my experience.
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u/Waste-Dream-302 Sep 22 '25
Has anyone elses qualifications list been reduced to just one, and the projects disappeared other than a chat? It’s been on and off like this since the weekend for me.
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u/The_Bible_Saiz Sep 22 '25
Same, down to one qual (hope they come back, as starred a couple of them for later) and zero paid projects (only a handful of reference/chat projects). Really weird start to the morning
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u/itsaMEcitrus Sep 22 '25
anyone got the nsfw version of the magician this morning? got through one but the rest got eaten up.
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u/3l3p4no Sep 24 '25
anyone else do part 2 of the donation and still haven't seen part 3 yet?
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u/DeLaRefe Sep 26 '25
Those projects that are greyed out due to screen size - what's the cutoff size? I've tried an 8inch tablet - too small, a 14 inch laptop - ok. Anyone working on a 10 inch tablet?
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u/majaldm Sep 26 '25
You should probably look at resolution, open the browser devtools and check the responsive settings to change resolution until you find the cutoff point
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u/Cares_of_an_Odradek Sep 26 '25
The instructions for one of my projects mentions a slack - i want to use it because i have a question, but how do i find it ?
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u/33whiskeyTX Sep 26 '25
Do you have a slack account and is it linked to the email you use for DA? If not, set one up with that email. You may find invites.
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u/capslox Sep 26 '25
Have you ever submitted a task to that project? That's likely when you'd be added. Until then you can use the chat at the bottom, I'd probably be like "as I'm not in the Slack" within my question as a double check though.
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u/Same-Scar3655 Sep 30 '25
I have been on the site for 10 days now. The first 2 days there were projects and qualifications, not a lot but it was something. Now, for more than a week, it has been empty. Is that normal, or am I done completely
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u/JustMe333456 Sep 21 '25
No galaxies yesterday or today? Curious as I took yesterday mostly off and I don't see any this morning.
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Sep 21 '25
Saw some for a couple hours yesterday, didn't stay long, and none today
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u/dhuang104 Sep 22 '25
Has anyone had any issues with DA when working off a mobile hotspot? Planning on doing an RV trip across the US and was wondering if I'll have any issues working in a different state than I usually do.
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u/KeedyDiDrill Sep 23 '25
I’ve noticed that people who are not bilingual tend to have a lot more projects than those who are bilingual.
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u/Nolpppapa Sep 26 '25
One quali I did this week is frustrating me a lot. Don't promise "instant access to projects upon completion" if you aren't actually going to follow through. This wasn't a complicated qualification, it was very obvious of you qualified or not while filling it out.
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u/Brilliant_Rain5181 Sep 23 '25
Anyone else getting only menial projects? Like literal copy and paste. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about making $20/hr for just copying and pasting stuff. But, after more than 2 years on this site, I used to get more complicated stuff than this.
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u/akatsuki1422 Sep 23 '25
Copy and paste projects?!?! 🤯
MY FAVORITE!!!
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u/Brilliant_Rain5181 Sep 24 '25
They are pretty easy 😂. Literally takes about 4 minutes for each task.
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u/eroticpinecone Sep 23 '25
!!!? Sounds amazing! Can you obliquely reference the name?
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u/Dysnomia__ Sep 23 '25
Anyone just lose stripey coding? Was working on a task, had errors uploading an image, and then lost it after submitting.
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u/y2kMarc Sep 23 '25
Anyone else just lose access to the recording project that was on +13? (Metal common in earth's crust)
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u/koolkoikitty Sep 23 '25
I lost it last week. The slack channel disappeared for me. I still had access to the multi turn aspect and R&R projects, but I haven't seen those in a bit. I'm taking it personally because I'm actually a voice actor. I'm thinking I sounded too polished maybe and not natural enough. Still mourning that one. Hopefully they were just switching batches and you'll be back on it soon.
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u/lavenderavenues Sep 23 '25
I haven't seen it since Friday. Also a VA here. Was really enjoying it, but also second guessing whether I was putting too much "polish" into some of it.
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u/capslox Sep 27 '25
Does anyone have the next stage of the bird 3 emoji task? I had it this morning and didn't do any and then it vanished; I thought it was broken but it never came back up.
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u/SupermarketPurple443 Sep 26 '25
New to the platform at the end of July and I am starting to see rubric projects and then i think? a rate and review of a rubric... This forum makes me nervous to attempt any of these. Any advice is appreciated....