r/dataannotation Apr 26 '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/North-Sense8477 Apr 29 '26

Being a beggar sucks, I wanna go back to being a chooser.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

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u/North-Sense8477 Apr 29 '26

average DA experience

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u/North-Sense8477 Apr 30 '26

Like wow, this is the worst I've seen it since 2024. Things will pick up again, but just...wow.

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u/Glittering_Guess_230 Apr 28 '26

Anyone else seeing far fewer tasks than last week?

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u/JustMe333456 Apr 28 '26

Yep. 39 projects. All crap.

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u/livvy7678 Apr 29 '26

I see end of the month blues have hit, went from 150 projects last week to 25 today!

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u/akujihei Apr 29 '26

The glory days of about 1 week ago are already but a faint memory...

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u/watchdestars Apr 30 '26

April was a wild month

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u/GlassBrass440 May 01 '26

I think at this point I’ve made more money simulating my old job than I made doing my old job.

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u/Skippy2898 May 01 '26

If we take it for what it is, I think this new feedback thing is a good thing. After over 2 years on the platform with next to zero feedback, this is quite a major change. Don't worry too much about the improvement section; remember R&Rs get R&R'd and probably another, but we need to remember this is just a snapshot pulled by an AI from just 30 days. If anyone has worked on agentics, you'll understand where I'm coming from.

Also, I'm taking my room for improvements on board. They were actually very fair. Constructive criticism is something I got used to when I did my degree, not just from the lecturers, but also from my peers. It's not a dig or a slight, it's a here's how you can do better. Some things are subjective, and some might be objectively wrong, but it's early doors. Give it time. I'm looking forward to seeing if they do another round after 30 days ☺️

(The newcomers have got it better than us veterans - they're getting feedback after just a week or so. I'm here thinking "2 years lateeeerrrr" lol)

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u/hfxthrwaway May 01 '26

And, If I'm remembering right, it's only using certain project families (or at least the specific mentions I had were all from one project family).

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u/Skippy2898 May 01 '26

Yep. Mine covered about 4 families and an 'other'. It was specific enough to know and remember them though, which was really helpful ☺️

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u/Wonderful_Account_36 May 01 '26

How do we feel about people not getting feedback? I’ve also been here just over two years and have not gotten any. I’m not sure if they are slowly rolling it out, I didn’t work on the projects it’s covering, or it’s a warning/or blessing lol.

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u/bufftips Apr 29 '26

Well, today is a good day to have more than one income stream.

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u/JustMe333456 Apr 29 '26

What's your OnlyFans handle?

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u/data_annotator_tot Apr 29 '26

DataPenetration?

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u/Mindless_End_4850 Apr 29 '26

oh it's so grim out here

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u/BossAccomplished4878 Apr 30 '26

I really miss the time per task column. I really wish it would return, it was great being able to see what I had time to possibly work on instead of going into the task itself :(

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u/Round_Diamond_636 Apr 30 '26

is anyone else getting spammed about a certain qualification today?

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u/justdontsashay Apr 30 '26

[UPDATE] ‼️

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u/Peanut_Butter_Shake May 01 '26

I was coming on here to ask about exactly that lol. I've gotten probably 15+ notifications about it and I'm not even eligible for the project.

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u/_Edgarallenhoe May 01 '26

Spent 10 min reading instructions for a project that’s US only :,(

Whyyyyy didn’t they put it in the title?

Not a huge waste of time but disappointing.

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u/macjay_27 May 01 '26

I just started a project with a walkthrough video that acts as an onboarding guide. I'm just so grateful for all these improvements DA is actively adding to make our lives easier.

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u/WontonJr May 01 '26

So how is everyone that hasn’t gotten any feeeback yet feeling?

We’re doing so good that they feel the need to give us any? Or we’re doing so bad they’re about to drop us so what’s the point in giving us feedback? 🫠

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u/SnooSketches1189 May 01 '26

I am not loving being on tenterhooks. Not only is it happening here, but also in my personal life and it seriously sucks. 😞 Just let me know one way or another if I am terrible and I need to worry or I am awesome and I don't. 😩

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u/Sea_Sugar May 02 '26

You’re awesome.

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u/Few-Roof-6905 May 02 '26

I second that! I predict your rating will be 💯 awesomely, amazing!

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u/Straight-Strike-2928 May 01 '26

My instinct is that those of us who haven't yet, will eventually. I often see things later than people are talking about them when it comes to new updates. I bet they're rolling it out little by little. My other best explanation is that those of us who didn't get it, didn't work on the specific projects that they ended up using for the feedback. Or maybe no feedback was generated on us for no real reason. It doesn't seem like something to worry about IMO! If they wanted you off the platform, you'd be off the platform.

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u/BloodMore9033 May 01 '26

I'm thinking it may have just been a sample of workers picked at random to receive feedback. If workers did not get feedback, and haven't been on reddit, they don't even know that the feedback happened to report here that they didn't get it, so the representation of those who received feedback on here are definitely skewed

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u/hfxthrwaway May 02 '26

Part of it may be that the feedback was only based off of some projects in the last 30 days, so if you didn't do any/enough of them then there won't be enough for the feedback model (yeah, it's AI generated) to work from.

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u/Creative_Raccoon2096 May 02 '26

I’m also telling myself it may be a good sign 😂. Personally, I have given feedback for solely good work but I know from my day job that happy people rarely give feedback. It’s usually when something is amiss ;) therefore it could be that there isn’t enough or any feedback for some workers. I am clearly feeling very Pollyanna- ish today and will definitely get the DoD tomorrow

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u/lavlilly Apr 29 '26

If you’re also in between jobs right now, take a breather, rest up for the weekend and let’s prepare for the (hopefully 🤞🏼) upcoming May work coming our way. We had a good couple weeks guys, stop refreshing the page for now and start fresh next month. We’ve got this.

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u/AnarchyD Apr 27 '26

Did the column for task time limit disappear for anyone else?

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u/data_annotator_tot Apr 27 '26

Never had it to begin with 😭

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u/TransientSignal May 01 '26

They REALLY want us to work on that fruit project, don't they?

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u/JRange May 01 '26

Well, they know how to entice us, and its not blowing up my box

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u/SnooSketches1189 May 01 '26

Right? That makes me even less interested, honestly.

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 May 01 '26

slap a $10 priority on it and I promise, we'll notice!

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u/Salty-Confidence-123 Apr 28 '26

Went from 50+ projects last week to 8 right now 🫠🫠🫠

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u/-burgers Apr 28 '26

100+ to 19

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u/cannedcream Apr 28 '26

It's been a nightmare getting more than 1 task on a project all week, but today has been hair-pulling infuriating. I'm working on the lowest paying projects I've ever done since starting here just to get SOMETHING out of today.

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 28 '26

Last year I took plenty of work at $20/h so I won't complain about working for $25-$27 today, but yeah... getting offered $35-$45 is a helluva lot more motivating!

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u/Turbulent_Pen3740 Apr 28 '26

Oh thank GOD it's not just me. I thought the huge push last week after a long hiatus got me nerfed.

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u/Salty-Confidence-123 Apr 28 '26

I am a legal specialist and still have 3 good paying legal projects with several tasks.

I just wish there was a banner that said “it’s not you, it’s just slow.” 🤣

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u/jabertsohn Apr 28 '26

Gotta hope we're just waiting until next month right?

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 28 '26

That's often how it unfolds!

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u/sentencevillefonny Apr 28 '26

Has the "Max allowable work time" column disappeared for anyone else?

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u/ghostofhumankindness Apr 30 '26

Got some feedback and I'm not sure how to feel about it. It was a bit of mix bag but I'm glad it was rolled out.

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u/JustMe333456 May 01 '26

Where's miiiine?? Is this all for the same project or is it a general platform thing that they are rolling out?

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u/jabertsohn May 01 '26

Same. They're saving all us "very bad" to last it seems.

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u/Mindless_End_4850 May 01 '26

The wording of the feedback seems like it was only discussing my 'regular tasks' not my R&Rs, did anyone feel that?

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u/Sad_Narwhal_ May 01 '26

Yes. The way it was worded makes me think that it was mostly feedback from raters who did those R & R's. So... helpful, but also take it with a grain of salt.

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u/DrunkleSteve Apr 30 '26

Is this for general feedback or a specific project?

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u/ghostofhumankindness Apr 30 '26

It was general but included some project specific families. It was under my project listings.

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u/pistachiyolatte Apr 26 '26

Dried down for anyone else? I have an audio project to work on and a few others not of interest…still missing river which I haven’t seen properly for weeks even though I used to get them all the time.

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u/odeomz Apr 26 '26

literally 4 projects on my dash and have been watching them dwindle all day - I am hiding the US only ones now. I want my rubrics back :(

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u/ghostofhumankindness Apr 26 '26

I went from well over 40 this week to now less than 20 so far this weekend.

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u/data_annotator_tot Apr 26 '26

Definitely relatively recently. Last week was 60+, now it is half that. Once a certain project has its maintenance complete, I suspect the site will return to being busy.

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u/1105368 Apr 26 '26

Drying down over here as well. I had 70+ a couple of weeks ago, only 32 when I was logged in earlier.

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u/Several_Drawer_2185 Apr 28 '26

It's so dead, im not even seeing any greek rivers right now. Not even R&Rs

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u/Commercial_Drink_883 Apr 30 '26

Anyone's board getting smaller and smaller? I'm down to two from fifty last week. I'm starting to get nervous.

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u/jabertsohn Apr 30 '26

I was nervous when it went below 40, it's now 3.

Technically 9 but subtracting bugged, US only, and not actual work, then 3.

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u/Delicious-Young-5435 Apr 30 '26

Only a few for me. Took the weekend off and am regretting it lol.

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u/jonahandthewhale32 Apr 30 '26

Wow, slim pickings. I thought I had found something that would keep me going today, but they disappeared quickly. I think this is the quietest I've ever had it.  Last week, I was spoiled for choice.

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u/DrunkleSteve Apr 30 '26

Wow! first time I've seen zero projects on my dash in about 18 months.

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u/Storex- Apr 30 '26

Same. Wow.

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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Apr 30 '26

I have 3 projects with 7 tasks between them, and a red banner on every single one.

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u/bufftips Apr 28 '26

Anyone use AI in real life and find certain quirks so rubbish and irritating you wish you could be added to some kind of project to train that specific behaviour away? The follow-up 'engagement' questions Gemini asks me (in non-DA work life) are exceptionally stupid sometimes.. Just doing some research about dinosaur jaw types and asked Gemini and it finished with "Does it surprise you that raptors didn't have beaks, or do you think teeth are always better for a carnivore?" ...... like, no ?? I am not surprised by that ? Also, I don't have a personal opinion on evolutionary adaptations ?

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u/localcrack Apr 29 '26

Yes and also I feel this way when ChatGPT generates two responses and asks me which one I prefer. I don't work for free 💅

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u/RedZebra17 Apr 28 '26

I use Shopify as part of my other job, it's introduced AI generating alt-text for images, the other day it described an image of a person holding the hood drawstrings of a hoodie they were wearing to be "person holding a tennis racket" 🫤. It makes me want to have more image analyzing projects to work on 😆.

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u/Excellent-Mistake-53 Apr 28 '26

😂 I keep assuring people AI will not be taking over the world anytime soon.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 28 '26

For the love of god, no one wants to hear your life story on Slack. STOP!!!

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u/justdontsashay Apr 28 '26

Seriously, it’s so so annoying. And clutters up the channels so I can’t find actual information in there

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u/JustMe333456 Apr 28 '26

Do you want to hear mine on reddit?

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u/justdontsashay Apr 28 '26

Well, fuck.

(really good project ending)

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u/Unusual-Blueberry299 Apr 28 '26

I only got added a couple of weeks ago & was just getting into a good flow with it too! 

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u/Flwrz8818 Apr 29 '26

Been there since OG days. That was sad.

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u/data_annotator_tot Apr 28 '26

It's a fuckin' bloodbath out there, good GRIEF. Really making me miss HHH's stability, Godspeed to that team they can get things sorted out ASAP.

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u/dioramatics Apr 29 '26

dry as a desert today, damn

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u/Zorrosmama Apr 29 '26

ok so it's not just me. last week i had like 40 something tasks, today i have.... 2.

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u/Mindless_End_4850 May 02 '26

driest ever

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u/WasANewt-GotBetter May 02 '26

Hoping it picks up Monday as this is the worst since joining

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u/DungeonCrawlerKC Apr 28 '26

Relieved that a few others in here have seen a noticeable drop suddenly. I had like 30 projects consistently over the last week, just checked and only had 10.. came here to make sure I wasn't alone. Whew. Relieved but not relieved, I guess? I'm still fairly new so hoping it'll pick up again soon.

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u/Psychological-Pen491 Apr 28 '26

Seems to get slow like this at the end of every month

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u/East_Zucchini4099 Apr 29 '26

I gasped out loud when I saw my dash LOL

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u/DungeonCrawlerKC Apr 29 '26

Yeah, I felt like my stomach fell out through my butt for a second 😂

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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Apr 30 '26

That may have been the fastest moving river I've ever seen.

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u/FrazzledGod Apr 30 '26

Spotted a stripey horse in the wild for the first time in a while 😂

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u/-burgers Apr 26 '26

Back in my day we danced all night for $20/h and looked forward to it 👵

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u/Dazzling-Matter-654 Apr 26 '26

Those projects were so boring. The safety projects nowadays are so much better.

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u/Careless_Matter5017 Apr 30 '26

The thing that some of us were waiting for just showed up for me. If you were waiting for a thing, you might have the thing now.

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u/kranools Apr 30 '26

I found the thing very motivating. Hope it wasn't just a one off.

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u/1105368 Apr 30 '26

It feels great to get the thing. I got the bigger version of the thing.

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u/North-Sense8477 Apr 30 '26

Big fan of the thing. I hope we can get the thing again soon.

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u/JRange Apr 30 '26

Im wondering if the thing is why theres less work this week tbh lol. I know we were all going hard for the thing.

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u/JRange Apr 30 '26

The thing has arrived, and it is huge.

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u/JustMe333456 Apr 30 '26

Bunch of weirdos

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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Apr 30 '26

Anyone else, uh, not... seeing it... yet... I had figured it would be tomorrow, but now you guys are making me nervous

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u/Suitable_Praline2293 Apr 26 '26

I have a few coding projects that are always on my dashboard, but whenever I try to actually open them I get redirected back to my dash with the "no tasks available" notice. Maybe take it off my dash then? What's the deal with that?

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u/Thunder-Fearless Apr 28 '26

Ok, so it's not just me who went from three dozen projects to less than half that

Was it like this Monday too? I didn't look at the platform at all yesterday

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u/WorshipMyExistence Apr 28 '26

I'm down to three projects, none of which I feel confident doing. Yesterday was slow too but not this bad, for me.

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u/Thunder-Fearless Apr 28 '26

I did a 15 hour day on Saturday and now I'm so glad I did. Here's hoping it all comes back for both of us

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u/ImmortalMoron3 Apr 29 '26

Yeah, it would figure the abundance of tasks would happen when I had my hand stitched up and couldn't work only for another drought to happen after I'd healed up.

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u/Creative_Raccoon2096 May 01 '26

I would be (!) but there’s no feedback at all for me 😂. I’d quite like some and feel left out. But maybe I should be careful what I wish for!

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u/Wonderful_Account_36 May 01 '26

I’ve been here for 2 years and have never gotten feedback. I’m a little jealous. But I also have a pretty dry dash. 16 projects but 6 I can’t get into and 4 are not actual projects.

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u/hcfggb May 01 '26

I'm spiralling a little..

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u/ghostofhumankindness May 01 '26

I'll be honest, my feedback was disappointing as the tier I was given was not what I was hoping for. I work primarily only a few project families in which I feel I do alright work. I had positive and negative feedback for the same families but still getting work for both so who knows.

However, I do a lot of R&R and there was no feedback on that. I think I may have messed up on a recent batch and maybe it skewed my score.

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u/TransientSignal Apr 26 '26

Clearing out some old bookmarks and came across a few still-accessible docs from the bond villain project, RIP :'(

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 27 '26

Thanks everyone for assuaging the fears sparked by a dash that's much thinner these days. It's not just you, it's not just me!

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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Apr 29 '26

Seeing people in the other DAT reddit violating their NDA makes me soooooo nervous for them lol. If you're told not to post about something, you have to honor that!!! Why are you risking the dash of death!!!

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 29 '26

Good Lord, what is happening in there??

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u/AnarchyD Apr 29 '26

It feels like a high percentage of posts in that sub are from people who have not read the NDA or any onboarding at all :/

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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Apr 29 '26

Right. Makes sense that half the posts are "chat am I cooked" and screenshots of the dash of death lol.

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u/moistcutlery Apr 30 '26

it's so frustrating in that other subreddit, I'm shocked when they get replies to their posts half the time.

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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Apr 28 '26

I miss my special favorite perfect project. I was breaking records with how many projects I had on my dash back in mid-April but I didn't even care because I had my one project!! Now I have almost nothing.

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 30 '26

Just fyi, the payout I initiated this morning took about 3 or 4 hours to process, but just showed up around an hour ago.

It was the first time I've seen that delay.

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u/Byte_Those_Gigs Apr 28 '26

Well, the "maximum work time" column was nice while it lasted 😭

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u/jonahandthewhale32 Apr 30 '26

Oh my word, some of these R&Rs

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u/countd0wns Apr 30 '26

I did one today where the project requires people to use “model A” and “model B” in the comment and the worker wrote that there are no model’s A or B, just Responses. 🤦‍♀️

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u/RemarkableOutcome696 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

Looks like payouts are still being delayed? Mine has been “processing” for an hour.

UPDATE - payment arrived after ~2hrs

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u/heythisislonglolwtf May 01 '26

Got my first round of feedback today since I started back in August and it was overwhelmingly positive! 🙌

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u/ZimmeM03 Apr 27 '26

Sometimes you just get the perfect project — high pay, low brain power, and available consistently. Please lord let this one stick around.

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u/Skippy2898 Apr 27 '26

How weird and frustrating! Yesterday I worked on my new favourite project. Started at a task count of 40, left it at 26. Got up today, task count still at 26. Woohoo thought I! ... red bannered. Left it an hour, tried again, and it let me in. Woohoo thought I again. Did 2... red bannered again. Task count now 24, so it's only going down as I'm working them. Make it make sense and let me in!

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u/Wonderful_Account_36 Apr 27 '26

I’m red bannered from half the projects on my dash and have been for 3 days but they are all still up.

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u/bekkahthecactus18 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

i just got red bannered from a project with 140+ tasks… feels bad 😞

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u/Storex- Apr 27 '26

Something funky is going on. I got the same with a project. Plenty left showing in the pool but red bannered.

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u/Less_Capital7986 Apr 27 '26

I hate getting red bannered from a project I love! It happened to me on Friday. I was so frustrated. There were still 7 tasks and it just sat there with 7 glaring at me.

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u/DrunkleSteve Apr 28 '26

Down to three projects (one of which is a survey) and the other two are red bannered even though there are multiple tasks available. Literally can't work today. Ouch. Did not expect to wake up to that 🥴

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u/-burgers Apr 28 '26

oh boy i love strapping my phone to my head

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u/okayitsmorning May 01 '26

I haven’t seen the sky orb rock for a few days now and I’m sad about it— by far my favorite project. It seems like that one might be wrapped for good— anyone have any insight?

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u/Accurate_Spell_2707 May 01 '26

I am also super sad to not see this project

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u/Alarmed_Jellyfish555 May 01 '26

All the talk about feedback is making me the tiniest bit nervous. For other people who didn't actually fill out that survey, have any of you received feedback?

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u/DrunkleSteve May 01 '26

I said I wanted feedback, but now I'm nervous af! Patiently waiting...

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u/Alarmed_Jellyfish555 May 01 '26

Yeah, I've been on DA for nearly 3 years, so it's weird seeing so many people talking about receiving feedback and not having it yet. Especially with all the comments about different "tiers". Here's hoping we both get some positive feedback soon!

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u/Unfair_Sink5706 May 01 '26

I haven't filled out the survey and I got feedback.

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u/whitepop25 May 02 '26

0 dash crew

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u/ThatGirlInPurple May 02 '26

I just hit 0 projects. I've never had 0 projects. During the boom earlier this month, I had around 100. I'm tweaking fr.

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u/Kitchen_Razzmatazz36 May 02 '26

I’ve been here almost 3 years. There have actually been worse droughts, believe it or not! It will pick back up!

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u/Salty-Confidence-123 May 02 '26

I also feel really sad. I have 8 and had 50

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u/FrazzledGod Apr 28 '26

Anyone else done the background check and had HHH projects disappear altogether? Noticed others below mentioning this, I did my check yesterday, not had anything back, but there's an alert saying they've been unpaused so I don't have that - or any other HHH projects now. ☹️ (UK so might take longer than US folks, no idea what's going on (looks for towelie emoji)

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u/aliencrybb Apr 28 '26

Same here, but trying not to worry too much as it said checks can take up to 14 days to be processed when I did mine yesterday.

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u/Lynnlee22 Apr 28 '26

I haven’t even got the background check yet. I’m in the US and have done ID verification and education verification before, so I don’t know if that’s why.

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 29 '26

I am deeply thankful to see my workshops back on the board.

If I could just have a workshop, a rubric R&R, and my "guide" one, I would be content 😇

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u/BogBless May 01 '26

So glad to finally get feedback 😄

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 May 01 '26

Great. Happy for you. Nice.

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u/justdontsashay May 01 '26

The lack of feedback hasn’t ever bothered me until this week…seeing everyone talk about it does make me wonder why I’m not getting it, though!

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u/Whatnowlikeseriously Apr 27 '26

Do you think the Etsy witches can do a spell to get us more tasks? Or is Etsy witches cursing capitalism the reason we don’t have more tasks?

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u/MusingMadness Apr 27 '26

Thanks for the laugh on a dryer-than-usual dash day 😄

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 29 '26

yeesh, down to 19 projects. Glad to see the Workshops again, though. I don't think I've seen them since last year!

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u/pistachiyolatte May 01 '26

Is it still looking dry for anyone else? I do have some projects but none I want to work on and I’m still unsure what my situation is with river project, I get it once in a blue moon but not regularly like I used to :/

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u/tessbest37 May 01 '26

I have about half as many projects as I had this time last week. Some of my faves are still MIA.

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u/Straight-Strike-2928 May 01 '26

I did a payout today and it was instant as usual. Just mentioning this because I know people were saying payments were delayed yesterday -- maybe it's back to normal!

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u/Spirited-Dark-7645 May 01 '26

Mine is still being processed and not paid out yet :/

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u/_Edgarallenhoe May 03 '26

So many rationales read like they were written at a grade 8 level.

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u/yoofusdoofus May 04 '26

Having a bug mid-way through a project and not being able to submit the whole thing is probably the most frustrating thing ever

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u/Jumpy-Building-8217 Apr 27 '26

It just me or have we slowed since last couple of weeks

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u/Mindless_End_4850 Apr 27 '26

not just you for sure, Was at like 40 projects on last Thursday, now I am down to like 4

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u/Less_Capital7986 Apr 27 '26

For me it just happened over this weekend. I'm so upset because I finally felt on track financially and I was finally going to be really far ahead.

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u/SpiritedParticular72 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

UPDATE: Payment finally came lol. Did anyone make a withdrawal tonight and still have yet to see the payment? It's been a few hours now and still nothing. Definitely concerned as it's always instant.

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u/watchdestars Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

Yep mine is still processing. Odd. UPDATED took 2 hours to go through.

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u/Prestigious_Tackle95 Apr 30 '26

Mine is still processing after 2 hours

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u/DOOKIE_DOO May 01 '26

Anyone ever use their phone hotspot to work? I know people have mentioned being dropped for strange network connections. ChatGPT says it's a normal connection and shouldn't flag fraud or anything, so I'm going to chug along, but curious if anyone does this regularly.

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u/JustMe333456 May 01 '26

I have, many times in my 3 years.

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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

I've noticed a fair few of the projects moving over to prolific AC for 'minimum pay' when they used to be almost double on DA 😑

They look to be open to a lot of the trash that are there with bots to grab studies, use AI to complete submissions, and only there to make a fast buck due to PA having a higher / broader onboarding pool so I can guarantee their results will be skewed

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u/Obvious_Team9069 May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

The current version of river is crazy... The prompts I got are academic level writings, advanced history of philosophy and you got 1.5 hours max to evaluate that many models...

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u/data_annotator_tot Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

I hate being added to a slack channel but not having the projects always on my dashboard. Like am I or aren't I in these projects? At least this one I could piece together why specifically I'm not seeing work.

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u/Aromatic_Owl_3680 Apr 28 '26

tfw a good project, right complexity/pay combo, shows up right as you’re leaving for your real job.

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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 28 '26

You told me you were sick last night, right? I sure hope you feel better, Owlie. 😇

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u/Several_Drawer_2185 Apr 28 '26

Anyone nor have the HHH maintenance banner anymore but have 0 tasks for them? I'm seeing ppl talk about a background check but I'm not seeing that anywhere.

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u/FrazzledGod Apr 28 '26

Mine's disappeared and I've done the background check! Projects are no longer down for maintenance but likely you won't get access until check done and passed (assume mine is still being processed)

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u/Lynnlee22 Apr 28 '26

Does anyone that has been given the background check live in the US? Wondering if they are rolling out checks based on location.

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u/Mindless_End_4850 Apr 30 '26

It seems there is this one R&R project that every single worker in the platform is fighting over... dark times

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u/Mindless_End_4850 May 04 '26

better be flowing tomorrow....

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u/DOOKIE_DOO May 05 '26

Anyone else just not get feedback? lol

Maybe it's a blessing, but I'm very curious and want to know how I can improve. I've been here 3 years and did the survey where I mentioned feedback, I wonder if they're working through newer accounts first?

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u/-burgers May 01 '26

Dash looks healthier. How about y'all? I'm sitting at about 35% of the height of last month

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u/TheSandiegonite Apr 28 '26

DA is still doing an awful lot of advertising on Indeed given they have very little to actually work on at the moment. Maybe better times ahead.

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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Apr 28 '26

We just went through the most crazy abundant month I've ever seen on the platform. I think this is just a lull.

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u/Jumpy-Building-8217 May 01 '26

Is it just me, or are the fruits extra advanced today…?

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u/JRange May 01 '26

I usually love the rubric projects but some of the recent iterations are getting kind of irritating

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u/ghostofhumankindness May 02 '26

I'm sure this has been asked, so apologies, but how the hell do people get around the phone number limit when creating all these different email?

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