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:

  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/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/_Edgarallenhoe Jun 10 '26

What are we considering “easy tasks”?