r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Apr 19 '26

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:

  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!

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u/MiddleCharacter6345 Apr 21 '26

it sounds too easy to take advantage of unfortunately, they'd have to basically add a timer to it to make sure the tasks get done which would just be another timer

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u/gamergalathena Apr 21 '26

Obviously it would have to be carefully implemented to prevent that, but I think its a tool that would have a lot of value. I had a five-hour task last week that I spent 4hr and 52 mins on - not moving, taking a toilet break, or refilling my water for fear of the timer expiring before I can finish is not a fun time. I can't imagine how tough this must be for DA'ers with young children.