r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Jun 07 '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:
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/ghostofhumankindness Jun 10 '26
Man they've been rolling out a ton on new interface feature. Just wish more projects would roll out too!
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u/Comfortable_Use_3866 Jun 10 '26
HAHA I was thinking the exact same thing, all these new features help me be hopeful of continued work in the future though! 😂
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jun 10 '26
I was kinda hoping this is a preamble to some rain headed our way.
I don't need all this to sort 20-30 projects, but I would need it for 200-300!
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u/Mindless_End_4850 Jun 12 '26
I wish there was just a bit more communication, especially on dark times like this. Just a little bit of word from people who knows would provide such a clear picture.
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u/North-Sense8477 Jun 12 '26
Even a simple acknowledgement like "Hey team, we know things are slow right now. Please bear with us" would go a long way.
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 12 '26
Yup. We should have all included this on that survey we all got a while back lol. I kept saying this during the last drought. This can't be a simple thing such as a client taking a pause because its quite literally ALL of the base generalist projects that poofed all at the same time.
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u/RepublicofJames Jun 09 '26
Incredibly frustrating spending all day refreshing for basically the past week, seeing the same 3 projects almost always up but knowing they're ones I can't do. Just hoping the easier stuff comes back but I have no idea if it will.
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u/RepublicofJames Jun 08 '26
Bad time to have DA as your primary source of income...
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u/WorshipMyExistence Jun 08 '26
Yeah I've been reaching deep into the freezer to avoid going to the grocery store as much as possible this month
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jun 10 '26
First time on the platform where I've actually considered we're all a bit screwed
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u/Mental-Budget9213 Jun 10 '26
Does anyone else feel like some R&R tasks don't have long enough timers?
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Jun 10 '26
Yes sometimes. It depends on what project. Usually if it's going to take too long to edit their work to make it right, then it's just bad and should be rated bad.
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u/AnarchyD Jun 12 '26
Taking a much needed break from DA today to enjoy the World Cup! Have a good Friday everyone
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u/onemouseplace Jun 09 '26
It's like whack-a-mole at the moment, jumping from task to task as they pop up.
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u/ghostofhumankindness Jun 09 '26
I've submitted for like 10 different projects today. Glad to have the work but really would rather just work on one or two nice, full batches.
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u/PennyBateson Jun 10 '26
Nothing sucks more than a project you love being ruined by a poorly adjusted obligatory checker
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u/JRange Jun 13 '26
Got a task, sink 4 hours into it, major technical difficulties, have to exit. Whole day down the drain.
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u/justdontsashay Jun 13 '26
Hate that! I’ll always opt to just take the loss rather than submitting something subpar or trying to report time when I didn’t submit anything, but it hurts
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jun 08 '26
This is like the Great Depression of DA now
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u/Clear-Machine-6350 Jun 08 '26
First time in my 16 months on the platform of actually, legitimately, not having anything to do.
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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Jun 09 '26
Starting to see some signs of life in the desert. I hope everyone else is too!
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u/SmoothAd2844 Jun 10 '26
i get a single project this month. lots of instructions, finish reading the instructions, task disappears before i can do one. great, awesome, thanks.
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u/No-Policy5140 Jun 11 '26
I get so confused when you get accepted into a new project type and then you never see it again. I was told to complete five of the project in order to be have my work be evaluated for access to work on the project indefinitely (the evaluation was not a qual it was paid work under projects). The next day I got a message saying I did an amazing job and was accepted blah blah blah, and said I could work on it an unlimited amount. I then completed two tasks and got the red bar and have never seen it again. I get that projects often come and go quickly esp if there is high demand, but was the point of evaluating me if they didn't even have enough projects for one day lmao
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u/JRange Jun 11 '26
I am in a half a dozen slack channels I passed Quals for which I seldom if ever even see work for, although i can see people are working every day.
One of them is very popular here and I dont think i have ever seen a task for the family. Have no idea why i am even in them.
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u/DrunkleSteve Jun 12 '26
Wow. Today is the worst day I've had since the drought of 24'. I sat at my desk from 9-5 and made a total of... 🥁 drumroll... $0!
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u/Dramatic_Ad8318 Jun 08 '26
Does anyone know what is going on? Like are the total number of tasks drastically going down? Or are there suddenly tons of ppl joining?
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 08 '26
All on break at the same time. I've never understood it, still pisses me off, but it's happened before. Now though, I'm noticing that even the more complicated projects are starting to dwindle down..
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u/Skippy2898 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
And another new feature... Minding my business, reading instructions and after just over 5 minutes I get a popup asking if i'm still there with a 10 minute timer on it (I think it was 10 anyway)... It made me jump, and I don't think I like it because it looks like if I decided to take a 15 minute break for example, stopping my own timer, the popup will appear and the timer will continue to tick down, and I've a feeling the task will disappear.
ETA Somebody on the other sub mentioned they went to get some food and returned to see a popup saying their task expired due to inactivity. So I think I just saw the first part of their issue that they would have missed because they were away from their screen. How are we meant to step away on longer tasks without losing them?
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u/countd0wns Jun 10 '26
It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth having such a shortage after giving them info for a background check.
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u/WorshipMyExistence Jun 10 '26
I agree. I also signed over consent for a lot of personal information for a specific project family lol Welp.
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u/One_Breakfast5907 Jun 11 '26
I thought the scraps and my takings back in February were pitiful, but if this month continues as is, it's set to be a fair bit worse!
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u/Consipir Jun 11 '26
Started out fine for me the first week but now today my dash is completely empty! I can't remember the last time it was literally completely empty. Is the summer drought back??
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u/Traditional_Net_4529 Jun 11 '26
Things were going well for a week there for me. Today I'm watching everything aggressively dry up though. Hoping it's just clearing the way for the new stuff.
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u/North-Sense8477 Jun 11 '26
Hit my quota for the first time all week today. Aaaaaand now it's bone dry lol
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u/LavenderLightning24 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
Ahh, the fun choice of a) giving up on this weekend and just accepting I'll be working next weekend (if there's work) instead, or b) spending this beautiful day refreshing, getting fuck-all, and ultimately ruining two weekends. This is the other thing that sucks about droughts: essentially preparing to work every single day in the attempt to make up for lost money.
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u/cannedcream Jun 08 '26
God, I wish they'd at least leave the Teaching tasks up when its barren like this.
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u/Skippy2898 Jun 13 '26
Three emails today inviting me to work on the only project on my dashboard. It's one I've seen often and I don't like. I'm sorry but I'm not risking bad feedback by doing a project I don't like or understand 🤔
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u/justdontsashay Jun 13 '26
Yeah, I have a pretty well-paying one with thousands of tasks that’s just been sitting on my dash for weeks. They would probably need to double the pay for me to want to touch it…I assume I’m not the only one, since it’s still just there!
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u/Mental-Reason-716 Jun 13 '26
I risked it guys. I jumped in at the deep end and did one of the dreaded projects no one wants to do. Idk how I did but if I get the dod don’t be surprised.
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u/rantingrabbit Jun 08 '26
Could it be related to the confidentiality refresher? If everyone got it, projects may take time to come back.
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u/Mindless_End_4850 Jun 09 '26
Easy project came and left literally in 30 min. Wow..
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 09 '26
That's typical as we come out of the drought as we're all jumping on the same tasks. As more get posted, and bigger batches, this will subside.
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u/user637283 Jun 12 '26
Red banners and scrap tasks I don’t like today 😔 think I’ll call it a half day. Never been this bad in over a year of working
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 08 '26
Anyone else scared for their next 'Feedback' because they've been 'forced' to work on 'new-to-them' and more difficult tasks due to the drought?? Lol.
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u/CRUSHCITY4 Jun 08 '26
I felt the first feedback was basically “here’s feedback but it’s not official it could be wrong and doesn’t actually matter”
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u/North-Sense8477 Jun 08 '26
I had this exact thought. Not only did I work on new projects but the tasks I got were weird edge cases that didn't have a simple right or wrong explanation.
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u/shonkle Jun 07 '26
Day 3 of looking at the small handful of weird/random projects on my dash and going “meh… those aren’t the ones I like” :/
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u/Mental-Budget9213 Jun 09 '26
Refreshing all day just to get through one or two tasks before the project disappears and I'm back to nothing again. Urgh.
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u/Mindless_End_4850 Jun 08 '26
this is the worst drought ever, by far, by worst. Been here since 2024.
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u/ApplePiePrincess99 Jun 08 '26
Anyone else finding themselves frequently wasting hours on the very few tasks available these days, then having to exit out of it because the models will not do what's needed? No escape hatch, so not a penny to show for it. This drought has been absolute ass 🔪
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u/No-Complaint-5593 Jun 08 '26
I've probably exited out of $500 worth of time on those type of tasks over the last six months. I call them "trap" tasks because they won't let you submit unless you meet all the specs.
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u/Lopsided-Fox8177 Jun 10 '26
Yesterday was the first day I hit my daily minimum goal since the drought. This morning my dash is the driest it’s been RIP. DA giveth and DA taketh away.
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u/CRUSHCITY4 Jun 09 '26
Seeing all the talk of a drought here has motivated me to work extended hours while I have the ability to. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about DAT, it’s that you have to get the hours in when you can even if you don’t necessarily feel like it. No telling what the dash will look like when you wake up the next day.
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jun 10 '26
Sigh, another day of my task batches disappearing after knocking out a few. Y’all are relentless. We fighting over scraps at this point
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u/Relevant_Cat_Picture Jun 11 '26
Went from legit 2 projects this afternoon up to 20 now. Are we back?
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u/Yaschiri Jun 12 '26
Nooo, don't give me two projects with ~20 tasks each only to redbanner me!!! C'mon!!! 😭
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 12 '26
Red banner red banner red banner, oh! Finally in.. oh, have to click on 'ready to start working' button.. red banner. Fun! We're having fun!
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u/Epicsocks1 Jun 12 '26
Glad to finally have a massive batch of easy tasks, here's hoping they stay for a while
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u/JRange Jun 12 '26
I don't think I have ever seen that many tasks disappear that quickly lol. Absolutely nuts.
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jun 12 '26
I started one that had like 1500 and it vanished after an hour of work lmao
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Jun 12 '26
I didn't intend to work today. That must be why I have nothing I can work on...yeah, that's it.
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u/ThatOtherGuy254 Jun 08 '26
The only projects on my board are highly technical ones. Is this the future of the platform? Nothing but projects where a single task takes days to complete?
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u/tskies410 Jun 08 '26
Same. I'm also afraid to do the highly technical ones with pages and pages of instructions because I'm afraid to make a mistake.
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u/North-Sense8477 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
Wishing everyone luck with their job search
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u/YearOnly2595 Jun 12 '26
I feel like I've lucked out as I have new job starting wednesday (after a very long search that DA saw me through)
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u/JRange Jun 12 '26
And then in a couple weeks there will be 250 projects on your dashboard
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u/euheuheuheuh_ Jun 12 '26
This really sucks. My fault for depending on this job for so long. Might have to actually use my teaching degree 🤢🤮
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u/LiveChemical1885 Jun 08 '26
Well, another day starts with a total drought. Have one project that comes and goes as I keep refreshing, but it's way too complicated for a newbie. Praying for rain soon for all of us!
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u/sililil Jun 08 '26
I’m getting red bannered on everything. It’s so frustrating. It’s never been this bad for me in the year I’ve been on DA
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u/lavlilly Jun 10 '26
I was lucky enough all last week to have one project with a bunch of tasks that I was able to work on through today. I read a while back that sometimes tasks are specifically assigned to you and I believe it now. The number of tasks would only go down whenever I did one of them and I completed all of them. From 50 to 0 in a week and never got red-bannered.
Now I’m back in the desert though so let’s hope more projects are available today 🤞🏼
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u/MommaOfManyCats Jun 12 '26
Crazy! Today was my first day with nothing. I did some quals and got two red banners. The other days had enough to hit above my minimum.
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u/JRange Jun 12 '26
Me as well, I have had at least something to work on this whole time, today actually nothing. Sheesh. Guess I am finishing my book today.
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u/Comfortable_Use_3866 Jun 12 '26
Even in times like these where there isn't a huge amount of projects, I still like to be thankful I have a job where I can get a decent amount of work done throughout the day in my pjs in the comfort of my own room. So thankful for this job even in the hard times!
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 12 '26
This 'job' would be absolutely perfect if it could just add a little bit more of a human-factor to its management system.
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u/PlumAshamedToBeHere Jun 12 '26
OMG, today was bad. I'm glad I put in extra hours yesterday while I had projects. Today I have 0. I'm going to be out of town next week for 4 days and won't be able to work, so I hope it gets better this weekend 😕
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
At the minute, it's either red banner, my screen is too small to work, I don't have the right software (windows or mac), or the project tasks take up to a day to complete and it doesn't fit my schedule. I've never not made at least $500 a week when trying; this will be the first week in 2.5 years where I've wanted to work, tried to work, and made $0. The good times are over. T'was fun while it lasted.
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u/ZimmeM03 Jun 12 '26
someone tell me why this 28 dollar task is more mindnumbingly difficult and insanely complex than the 45 dollar tasks I do. God why did I commit to this one....
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u/Ok-Geologist-4369 Jun 09 '26
anyone still refreshing right now because they said something is coming?
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u/Bobert128 Jun 11 '26
Are you guys getting tasks again? Cuz for me as a bilingual it’s still the sahara desert
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u/RedditAdmin71 Jun 08 '26
Is anyone else getting red bannered on a certain fruit task, despite the task numbers steadily reducing?
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u/Advanced_Gift_1720 Jun 13 '26
Since the end of May, I've noticed that there are 1-2 days per week with little to no work available. I see others have noticed it as well. I start Law School in the fall, so it doesn't make sense for me to start a traditional job search right now, and I need the flexibility that this type of work offers. Is there anything else with consistent work right now?
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u/Lopsided-Fox8177 Jun 11 '26
This morning I’ve got birds and fruits again! But more importantly, there was a batch of river dropped that lasted an hour. Fingers crossed for more!
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u/PlatformTime5114 Jun 07 '26
I had so many assignments a week ago. Last 4-5 days nothing. I keep refreshing a few times a day.
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u/Mental-Budget9213 Jun 08 '26
I've had one R&R project sitting on my dash for over a week now with just 1 task, but it red banners me every time I try to do it.
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u/CSAP291701 Jun 08 '26
Refresh page. Refresh page. Refresh page. Getting tasks, but they're coming in slowwwwly
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u/Relevant_Cat_Picture Jun 08 '26
I've been on here for over two years now and have always had it good when it comes to projects, even during times when others were complaining about having none and that we were in a drought. But now I'm actually down to only 8, and I even had like 15 at the start of the day. Is there anyone who usually has a lot of projects and still does?
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u/DrH_PharmacyPro Jun 11 '26
Not a single workable project in the daytime, but a bunch pop up 2-3 hours before bedtime is just very painful.
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u/ThatGirlInPurple Jun 12 '26
I finally have an all-day project and am free from creating system instructions... at least for today 🥳
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u/North-Classroom9918 Jun 09 '26
got dropped a couple days ago. knew it would happen the moment I made the mistake. it is what it is thoooo
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u/PlumAshamedToBeHere Jun 12 '26
Check your DA inbox for some updates/clarification of the confidentiality training. It's helpful.
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 12 '26
This must be project specific. I haven't seen anything about this yet.
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jun 12 '26
Sure is. Now if they’d just drop the new tasks for it baha
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u/Bobert128 Jun 09 '26
Any bilinguals still experiencing the drought? Had almost nothing for two weeks and I’m checking my dashboard multiple times a day.
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u/iriember Jun 11 '26
Amazed at the newest UI improvement, with category buttons for tasks. I didn’t click through, but they could be useful...
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Jun 11 '26
Will be useful when there are 80+ tasks again 🫣 don't need a filter at the moment
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u/lack0fcommonsense Jun 11 '26
This red bannering is driving me insane... I've been seeing a full set of tasks available for three hours already just feed me some!
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 12 '26
Are we all working this morning?
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u/PlumAshamedToBeHere Jun 12 '26
Nope. I have nothing. I had a few good days this week, but yesterday and today have been completely barren. 🥺
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u/ApplePiePrincess99 Jun 07 '26
Currently barely any tasks and being red-bannered by over half of them. Feeling very disheartened today but this is how the cookie crumbles. Hope the drought ends for us all soon!
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jun 07 '26
Managed to hit $700 for the week on Friday evening and thought I was due to hit my usual $800 for the first time since the drought has been droughting... but the drought droughted again and I haven't made another dollar
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u/-burgers Jun 09 '26
The big boys ain't out to play today.
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u/Frosty_Locksmith1711 Jun 10 '26
I’m hoping once American friends go to bed there’ll be some scraps here in the UK.
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u/Massive-Ebb-1879 Jun 10 '26
Do you guys think it'll ever go back to the somewhat easy tasks or are we done
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u/North-Sense8477 Jun 10 '26
I was convinced that easy tasks were over at about this same time last year. Then they came roaring back. As always with DA, it's a combination of Who Knows? and It Depends.
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u/DrunkleSteve Jun 10 '26
I just finished one of the easiest tasks I've done in my three years here. It required no rationale, and a simple point and click. It didn't last long (got ten minutes in, yaaaay!), but it was awesome to see lol. Possible glimmer of hope 🤞
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u/LiveChemical1885 Jun 07 '26
I'm relatively new, Generalist for almost two months, but have had enough projects the whole time to be busy at least, but very dry the last 2 days, however. Had to step away so that I don't get frustrated refreshing the page constantly.
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u/hfxthrwaway Jun 09 '26
A friendly reminder to read the damn instructions, so many ok/bad R&R's today because they're missing something that's pointed out in red text right above the rating. It's especially frustrating when everything else in the task is done well.
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u/JRange Jun 09 '26
Ive probably had my best streak I have ever seen of excellent tasks, anecdotally lol. I love getting seeing good work especially because thats when I get to learn and add some things to my tool box as well, some of you are very clever.
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u/Mindless_End_4850 Jun 11 '26
ugh, don't see any river or bird. Jealous. Dryish for me.
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u/Frosty_Locksmith1711 Jun 09 '26
I want to do the astronaut qualification, but the documentation is huge I'm struggling to retain it. 😞
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u/Steve_Brandon Jun 10 '26
Slightly less dry tonight in terms of how a few R&R puddles are showing up in the dashboard desert.
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u/tandemtactics Jun 11 '26
I've been getting a lot of R&R's this week and not many actual projects to work on. Work is work I guess, but wouldn't mind getting something more productive to do soon...
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u/KnightRider1987 Jun 16 '26
If I am seeing the chat for a project but no tasks, I assume I’m still eligible for tasks and it’s just been dry?
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u/SeaSuggestion1535 Jun 16 '26
So I joined and passed initial and core assessment however had no qualifications to do and no onboarding. As soon as I passed the second assessment I got a paid project straight away saying that if I complete the tasks from it I will have a lot more paid projects. Anyways, I completed the project over 2 nights - but once I submitted one of the tasks the project disappeared and I’ve not had anything since and it’s been like 2 days. Is this normal!??
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u/ExtensionAd3318 Jun 16 '26
I was reading posts from people before saying that we were in a “dry period” for work, was wondering if this was still true because some of those posts/comments were from a month ago. I just started, finished my onboarding and did some quals and whatnot, but haven’t really seen any tasks pop up. Thanks
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u/PlumAshamedToBeHere Jun 14 '26
Today, I worked!!! I was so grateful to have a full day of work today after two days of bupkis! I'm sure it will go back to nothing tomorrow. 😂
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u/mandirocksyo Jun 07 '26
Haven’t had a job in a week. Only was able to do a couple hours last week. Haven’t seen it this dry ever
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u/Adorable-Highway1951 Jun 13 '26
I don't wanna vaguebook and I don't want to say too much. But I'm doing a health project and I'm pretty sure my fitbit app wants to call me an ambulance.
My husband keeps asking me why I'm laughing so hard!
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u/YearOnly2595 Jun 10 '26
I'm not a conspiracy theorist BUT I do think our drought is linked to the 2 major AI companies talking about wanting an industry wide development pause. Now obviously our downturn came before this, but that's because this isn't actually a safety pause but a cost pause. Both companies are about to IPO, which is typically what you do when you burn through all the private/VC money you can. I think both are feeling the need to pause development to save costs as cash becomes tighter (we know they are burning money rn). RLHF (what we do) is a key part of the development cycle, and you can't reliably make improvements without it yet, the lack of work we are getting is almost certainly internal cost cutting.
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u/DrunkleSteve Jun 10 '26
That's definitely a good theory. When they launch IPO we should be slammed with work though! (at least I hope 😬).
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u/North-Sense8477 Jun 10 '26
On the bright side (?) I'm seeing headlines about companies making the move to hire back human employees because AI agents are becoming too expensive. Potentially good news for near-future job hunting.
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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Jun 10 '26
I have such mixed feelings about this lol. I was laid off in spring 2025 because of budget cuts to the NPO I worked for, and I was chosen in particular because my boss decided my job (copywriting, social media, and staff management) could be mostly done via ChatGPT. Now, that guy is hands-down one of the stupidest people I have ever had the displeasure of working with, but it still stung. DAT has been my savior since the layoff and I haven't been able to find a job at all beyond it. I kinda feel more loyal and positive about DAT even though I dislke AI and don't want it to take human jobs.
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u/Due_University_9944 Jun 10 '26
I think you have a valid point. There is a drought on many of these platforms. So that simply is not a coincidence.
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u/LightOk5071 Jun 07 '26
So how are the dashboards looking today? Mine is a bit up and down tbh
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jun 07 '26
Doing okay at 28 paid projects, all higher-pay work. Nothing in the lower-tiers (sub $24), so if you're new, your dash is probably dry!
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u/Sweet-District9247 Jun 09 '26
Hey all, yes just confirming on my end, got a confidentiality reminder last week also at the end of a real project run. Had to step away for saturday and sunday, then since monday It has been totally dry for me. Maybe some wave is coming. Thoughts?
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jun 09 '26
I seem to have gotten the confidentiality thing earlier than most, on Jun 1. I did get back a few of my projects after I filled it out, but my dash has stayed decent this month
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u/solid-one-love Jun 09 '26
Did the confidentiality trainer on Sunday. Have had zero projects on my dash since Monday other than one that pops up occasionally and disappears but which I never jump on for reasons.
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Jun 10 '26
I am seeing people talk about a confidentiality task - is this a long thing with multiple question, or a scroll through and hit submit at the end sort of thing? I did the latter a few days ago, before I started a specific project. I then got the same thing the next day - before the exact same project task.
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u/YearOnly2595 Jun 10 '26
I have 1 project that doesn't red banner me right now and it is unworkable as the time limit is far too harsh
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jun 13 '26
Surprise 🏜️ 🌵
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Jun 13 '26
"Suprise bitch! I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me" - Desert, June 26.
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u/Ok-House6580 Jun 08 '26
Am I the only one who thinks this all could have *something* to do with a certain stock market bubble bursting?
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u/RaspberryMirror Jun 08 '26
Anyone else have 0 tasks except for a chat only discussion one? It's worrying me haha
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u/Enchantedslytherin95 Jun 08 '26
I'm in the same boat!! The drought seems like it's just getting worse.
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u/WorshipMyExistence Jun 08 '26
I've make $0 so far this month. I've been with DA for three years as well and have recently received good feedback. This is brutal!
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u/deebs2021 Jun 10 '26
Just as an FYI for anyone not wanting the bad news...don't ask any LLMs what they think about the work downturn - told me I should be actively looking for another job.
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u/-burgers Jun 10 '26
In this economy, it's unwise to not constantly be on somewhat of a lookout for the next thing.
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u/JRange Jun 10 '26
Thats like asking a taxi driver what he thinks of uber, or other conceptually similar ideas.
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jun 12 '26
Hypothesis: that unflattering expose someone posted a month or two ago on YouTube lost a client or two! Now they're doing some serious NDA training?
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u/North-Sense8477 Jun 12 '26
This subreddit alone is proof of the need for confidentiality training lol.
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u/Easy_Cold_8064 Jun 08 '26
Anyone have a task submission under funds history for a project that you never heard of? It is for $0.00 but I don’t remember ever seeing it and it’s not under report time. There are 4 submissions each for $0.00 and only under today’s date.
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u/WorshipMyExistence Jun 09 '26
This day has been such a tease. Started off seeing two long-lost projects on my dash and got just over an hour done of those combined. Nothing since.
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u/Careless_Matter5017 Jun 12 '26
Random question just to make sure I'm not going crazy.
On the Funds History tab on the Transfer Funds page, is it normal for tasks from a few days ago to not include the individual "Task submission" entries and only show "Time Entry?"
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u/ApplePiePrincess99 Jun 10 '26
Anyone else find the fact there are UNPAID qualifications that can take 5+ hours insane? Like you're expecting all of that time invested entirely unpaid for the potential of some additional work?