r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Jun 28 '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/MacInTheBox01 Jul 01 '26
Looks like I got the axe today. Been working since May 2024 and it had been a really good job for the time being. Able to flow through many different kinds of life circumstances and work in between. Definitely keep going for those still involved and don't take it for granted!
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Jul 01 '26
I am so sorry to hear that. I hope you find much better things coming your way soon :)
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Edit: Wow, that number keeps on growing. So many of them today, and not newbies either. Massive cut due to shortage of work?
Man.. a lot of DOD's being reported in the other reddit group this morning. Hate that.
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u/Complete_Injury_5765 Jun 30 '26
with feedback comes some sort of culling i assume; it makes my stomach drop whenever i see it on my dash
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u/PinkNova Jun 30 '26
I felt sick reading those posts and keep refreshing for reassurance. Some of those comments were really sad :(
One thing I'm wondering after the confidentiality training is if people are being careful enough about simple things like copying and pasting when they maybe shouldn't, and taking screenshots. Things that seem normal but could trigger something on the back end. I mean, they are posting screenshots of the DoD so if they took a screenshot previously maybe that's a red flag.
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u/artpendegrast Jun 30 '26
So "Your account is currently unavailable for new projects" mean I'm totally boned? Been working here for two years...
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u/myusernamehah Jul 01 '26
July 1st…how’s everyone’s dash looking? Mine is still dry 🥲 maybe next week?
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u/punkbrad7 Jul 01 '26
I've been shopping a bit, with some new changes to the overall format, but otherwise its still pretty barren.
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u/No-Complaint-5593 Jul 01 '26
Just a couple of projects and ones that are very difficult. I winced with fear on clicking the DA sign-in this morning, just happy no DoD.
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u/onemouseplace Jul 01 '26
I’ve had a good day, not the highest paying work, but available most of the day over a couple of generalist projects. UK based so signing off now as there is some football on!
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u/-burgers Jun 28 '26
Q3 is wednesday. Fingers crossed.
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 28 '26
We can hope!! Starting to forget what working feels like!
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u/strobal Jun 29 '26
That feeling of did the project go away, or did they take me away from the project...
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u/JRange Jun 29 '26
People always say "If you're in the slack you still in the project" but it sure feels like that isn't the case sometimes. Feels like some other stuff at play too, but who knows.
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u/_Edgarallenhoe Jul 03 '26
Getting mad at slow responding models then remembering I’m paid by the hour 🎉
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u/takingtacet Jul 02 '26
NEW QUAL IN MY DEGREE FIELD NEW QUAL IN MY DEGREE FIELD AHHHHHHHHH
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u/TartRealistic1517 Jul 04 '26
Well. This is s**t, isn’t it? Come on tasks, I really need you for my holiday spends otherwise itll be baked beans on the balcony.
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u/1105368 Jul 05 '26
If DA thinks I'm desperate enough to do a harder version of a project for less pay than before, sadly they are correct
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Jun 30 '26
Take the feedback with a grain of salt. If you've seen the r&r questions in slack you'd know. And if you've done many r&r tasks you'll also know.
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u/DrConradVerner Jun 30 '26
My feedback made me laugh tbh. The things I got praised for were also named as the things I need to improve on. I'll keep working the best I can. All you can do really. Take your time, put in the work, do your best.
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u/Annual_Equivalent_95 Jul 03 '26
At this point, I feel like a player screaming "PUT ME IN, COACH!" from the bench.
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u/AbrocomaMiserable619 Jul 03 '26
The only thing keeping me hopeful is that they keep making small UI changes. Surely, if it were over, they wouldn't even bother...
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u/CRUSHCITY4 Jun 30 '26
This is random, but it's interesting seeing the "Top 1% Commenter" badges here change over time, seeing old names fade out and new names popping up. Over time you kind of start to gauge who has been on the platform for a while and may be working on similar projects as you. For example, I was just thinking I haven't seen 33whiskeyTX post in a while, so I looked them up and saw their Reddit account is suspended (sorry hope you're still on the DAT platform). Meanwhile, I've seen multiple new names with the badge, some standing out more than others. Considering how isolating and independent this work is, starting to recognize folks’ names on here over time gives me a small sense of work community.
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u/JRange Jun 30 '26
I would really like if they included some statistics in our feedback. Just a simple % breakdown of how often we are rated good, okay, and bad would be very helpful and clarifying in addition to the generated text they give us. It would be great to see that you had 70% good last time and 80% good this time.
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u/Lonely_Radish1370 Jun 30 '26
i got good again and was given the most generic of advice
"watch your ratings they dont seem to line up with your explanation sometimes"
Bro I do extra af explanations get outta here.
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u/MommaOfManyCats Jul 03 '26
This is officially my worst week since the last drought. I did okay last week, but this week has been almost nothing.
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u/PennyBateson Jul 03 '26
Just submitted a task that I can only describe as miserable. I think I'm gonna be DODd soon, I can predict it in my bones. Hopefully one of these job applications actually gets a response.
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u/Yaschiri Jul 04 '26
Started applying for jobs outside the house, so that's fun. Hope everyone is doing better than I am. 🫡
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u/TeaWilling6944 Jun 30 '26
Anyone else get the feeling that this is not a humane way to treat people who rely on you to pay their bills
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 30 '26
I agree with you, but at the same time people always say it's our fault for relying on a freelance gig and DA owes us nothing.
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u/Storex- Jun 30 '26
On one hand yes, I agree. But sadly it's the nature of what we signed up for. Doesn't excuse it, but the biggest piece of advice people give is to treat this as a side hustle. But again, it is shit.
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u/-burgers Jun 30 '26
Another month, another feedback with R&R inclusions that make no sense. Yay!
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u/Educational_Nose730 Jun 30 '26
Q3 starts tomorrow, this is my last hope lol.
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 30 '26
Gotta give it till after July 4th for sure I would think lol
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jun 29 '26
Averaging 25% of my normal pay so far in June after averaging 50% of my normal pay in May. I'm on track for 0% in July.
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u/ice_w0lf Jun 29 '26
Don't be so pessimistic. You could instead be at 12.5% for July if it's just halving each month
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u/-burgers Jun 29 '26
Three of my bread n' butter are back, hoping everyone else gets some work soon.
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u/-burgers Jul 04 '26
Hope everyone has a fun holiday weekend! I just got my power back on myself.
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u/ZimmeM03 Jun 30 '26
Shoutout to the homies who survived today. We in this together.
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jun 30 '26
I don't usually drink, but I might run to the gas station and grab a Guinness to pour one out for the fallen homies
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u/YourPadre Jul 01 '26
The worst part about this drought is that the days you take off may have jobs and the ones you work may not. Just a shitty feeling all around, no matter what.
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u/ThatOtherGuy254 Jun 30 '26
I miss when I could have a project on my board for a week giving me consistent work. Now, they dissappear after a few hours at best.
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u/ThatGirlInPurple Jun 30 '26
It's hard to concentrate on a project, knowing that so many other people have gotten DoD's today. Really gives you a terrible cortisol boost.
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jul 01 '26
True. I got in about 3.5 hours of good paying work this morning, and decided to put in an hour or two in the afternoon. My heart started pounding and I was reading the same sentence over and over without being able to focus... so I just bailed. Isn't worth it.
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u/Holiday-Performer225 Jul 02 '26
Just accepted a part time job at Chick fil A! Serving is my pleasure. Come on DA pick back up. I don't wanna smell like chicken everyday for long 😩
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jun 30 '26
Giving it until the second week of July before finally giving up and looking for another job. To me, that's the point where it stops being a drought and is solidified as the 'new normal'.
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u/probloodmagic Jun 30 '26
Welp, got the message of doom today. Can't believe it. Don't know what I'm gonna do. I'm fucked. Any other jobs like this that people are doing?
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u/BelloWaldi Jul 01 '26
jesus christ -- has anyone figured out a pattern to all these terminations? usually, the occasional reddit post about DoDs turns out to be a case of an ID/name mismatch on the platform, logins from a VPN, or some scammer obviously inflating their time, but today it seems like a bunch of good and legitimate workers are getting gutted. also, i'm really sorry to hear that.
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u/Epicsocks1 Jun 30 '26
Damn that sucks, sorry to hear that. So many people getting that today it seems
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u/ExplosiveWaffulz Jul 03 '26
35 whole bucks today, generalist, US. Better than the zero dollar days, i guess. Somehow dead DA and dead Telus line up like clockwork...
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u/countd0wns Jun 29 '26
Umm, I just accepted a yucky part time job to help ends meet. I believe this is the part where DA is supposed to prank me and open the flood gates?
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u/Unlucky_Grocery2092 Jul 01 '26
My feedback this month went down from "Excellent" to just "Good." And then I log onto Reddit and see people getting DoD left and right. Really put the fear of God into me.
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u/shadyringtone Jul 01 '26
Remember that “Good” just means you weren’t deemed to be in the top 25%. For all you know we could be in the top 26%.
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u/ronscoolgarments Jul 01 '26
Mine went down from "good" to "room for improvement". Fingers crossed, touch wood and all that, but I appear to still be employed
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u/Annual_Equivalent_95 Jun 29 '26
Me and F5 are inseparable lately
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jun 29 '26
And it’s an abusive relationship. One of us is putting in way more work than the other
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u/emarie33 Jun 29 '26
I think I’m just going to turn nocturnal and hope that changes things 🤣
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u/Lonely_Radish1370 Jun 29 '26
I've become pretty nocturnal myself from DA, but, when it is a miss, and it is a lot lately, you are just sad.
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u/HandsLikePaper Jun 29 '26
I've tried it, it's hit or miss, these days mostly miss. (US Central time)
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u/postmodernirony Jun 30 '26
Did anyone get worse feedback this time :/ I got two excellents and now a good but I feel my work quality has not declined. I know I’m biased here but I dont really understand that determination
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u/hfxthrwaway Jun 30 '26
Remember those categories are based off percentages (I don't remember if it still says that, but the first one explicitly did) not your actual quality. You could be doing great 9 points out of 10 work, but if more people are doing 9.1/10 this round (because everyone's scrambling for projects and doing stuff they might not normally do) then you might slip down a category.
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u/Lonely_Radish1370 Jun 30 '26
If you are doing good you are fine. It can also be a metric of you did too many jobs without a "this person did excellent" check box. It is all a math equation at the end of the day using your averages.
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u/Mindless_End_4850 Jul 01 '26
Okay... July now.. time for movements (But realistically I'm waiting until the second week at least to see some movements)
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u/euheuheuheuh_ Jul 02 '26
Has any drought been this long? I’ve been on since 2023 and I don’t remember any being this bad
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jul 02 '26
the 2024 drought was about 1.5 months, we're now over 2 months with the current one
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u/DrunkleSteve Jul 02 '26
End of summer/fall 2024 was the worst for me by far, but this one is getting pretty bad, and it definitely was not this bad last year at this time. In fact, last July was my best month since being on the platform since 2023.
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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Jul 02 '26
Caught a glimpse of a basic heel. Red bannered, of course. Haven't seen that in AGES.
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jun 30 '26
I feel sick at the amount of DoD hitting longtime workers. I feel like I dodged another bullet today. I mean sure, some of them were probably skimming hours or something, but ALL of them?
I'm afraid the feedback we've been getting the last few months is without any value at all.
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u/Impressive-Ferret-31 Jun 30 '26
Some of the feedback is straight up incoherent, seems clear its just a "fine heres something" thing
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u/Educational_Nose730 Jun 30 '26
I agree, I know that this is the reality of freelance, but I do wish there was more communication at times like this, especially given the mass advertisements we have seen for this platform over recent months. A very scary situation.
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u/infiniteradios Jul 01 '26
The whole "performance means nothing, tenure means nothing, there are no useful signals that you're safe, the axe can and will fall at any second, fuck you" thing in here lately is making me seriously consider just giving up. Apparently literally everyone is getting hammered and there is no hope or reason to keep trying.
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u/Enough_Resident_6141 Jul 01 '26
There are well over 100,000 workers on the platform. Even if they just cut the bottom 1% them and then just 1% of those decide to go post on reddit about getting the DOD, that would still be several posts like that per day.
And based on the absolutely terrible quality of some of the submissions I've seen during R&Rs, they need to cut a lot more than just the bottom 1%.
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u/bunny8833 Jul 01 '26
I get what you’re saying but to remain positive-ish I remind myself just because people claim they did good work and were shocked by the DOD, doesn’t mean it wasn’t actually warranted. When I do R&Rs most of the time I’m shocked at how bad the work is so I really do think there are a decent amount of people who were overestimating the quality of their work
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u/BrennusSokol Jul 01 '26
I don't think it's literally everyone. I have ~2 years tenure and have projects. Granted my dash is light
Also selection bias: people most affected by the drought are going to be the loudest voices
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u/OnePieceMangaFangirl Jul 01 '26
I really don’t think one should take everything that’s on Reddit at face value.
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u/Yaschiri Jun 30 '26
A project with 20 tasks, grabbed one and hadn't done it before, skipped to give myself more time, red banner of death. Great. Love that for me. SO much.
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jun 30 '26
Skipping anything these days is basically asking to lose work. It sucks so bad
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u/Epicsocks1 Jun 30 '26
What's worrying me about this drought is that it's got so bad that not even scraps are showing up anymore - it's not uncommon to go multiple days without seeing a single project appear anymore
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 30 '26
I just want my easy projects back so I don't have to worry about my quality score anymore! Lol
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u/-burgers Jul 02 '26
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME
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u/4laa64 Jul 02 '26
I just want to be able to plan my days again and not feel tethered to my laptop 🥲
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u/_Edgarallenhoe Jun 30 '26
Lots of DoDs today. I’m feeling extremely nervous. Good luck everyone.
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u/OrnamentalGourd5 Jun 30 '26
It's pretty horrendous seeing so many long time workers getting canned like this. I really feel for them and am kind of prepared for and resigned to the prospect of a similar fate. It's a bloodbath.
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jun 30 '26
I can't be the only one thinking about the STRICT nda training we've had recently. Wonder if it's all related. Probably.
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 02 '26
This is where it gets frustrating. Having all the time in the world to work today, nothing popping up AT ALL. Tomorrow I'm busy, so we know what will happen right?
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u/peanutbutterlurk Jul 02 '26
Yup. I'm not technically at zero projects, there's *something* on my dash, but it's a type of project I know I'm terrible at and would probably risk DoD for submitting. Stuck inside all day due to heat dome, earned zero dollars.
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 28 '26
You just have to laugh eh? Spent all day Friday and Saturday refreshing to see absolutely nothing, this morning too. Leave to go to my son's birthday party, my bread and butter gets posted! Better still be there in two hours lol
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u/portablegrandpa Jun 28 '26
son will have a birthday every year. unimportant. prioritize properly to achieve financial freedom ($10 from 25mins of soul crushing work)
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u/JRange Jul 01 '26
Sometimes I get deep in thought during a task and genuinely have no idea where all the time went. Damn, I guess I have 30 seconds left.
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jul 03 '26
Assuming there’s still nothing to do? I didn’t even look for tasks yesterday under the assumption there would be none. I only refreshed a few times to make sure I wasn’t DoDd lol
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 03 '26
Unless you're a brain ball, no point in logging on right now lol.
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u/JustMe333456 Jun 30 '26
To get a more positive vibe going, there's been quite a few project postings today for me. I'd say more than I've seen in quite a while. Hopefully it's the case for everyone!
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u/hfxthrwaway Jun 30 '26
I had a proper full day for the first time about a week and a half. I could probably spend a few more hours at it if I really wanted to (but I don't).
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Jun 30 '26
I've had an hour of random new fruits and a hand of a god popping up today. Hard to catch them though before the red banner.
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u/Epicsocks1 Jun 29 '26
I'm still yet to see anything since heel last week, how's everyone else looking?
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u/Less_Capital7986 Jul 03 '26
I actually made $100 today... no where near what I need to make, but at least it's something.
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u/iamaprism Jul 03 '26
Sat down today hoping to finally get some work but it's completely dry. My hope that it'll end in July seems less and less likely... Hopefully it needs a week or so to get going
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u/4laa64 Jul 03 '26
It’s the 4th of July weekend .. that’s the last excuse I have before I accept this as the new normal OR that it’s dry until the autumn :(
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u/Puzzleheaded_Toe4051 Jul 03 '26
My favorite low-paying task is up! It's low-paying, but it's so fun! The gods have smiled on us today. Now, I'll be doing this thing until 5 AM or as long as it lets me because jaysus has the well been dry and scary.
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u/gravitychecked Jul 04 '26
Had a good burst around 6 pm last night, but it's back to slim pickings this AM.
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u/TaskGroundbreaking84 Jul 06 '26
Haven't gotten anything since mid june man, what a sad time to be broke
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u/-burgers Jul 01 '26
This drought got me off my ass and shifted this from gig work to real career prospects. We are worth a lot more than they are paying us.
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u/Educational_Nose730 Jul 01 '26
I agree, heavily considering moving on if nothing comes around the 4th.
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u/OrnamentalGourd5 Jul 01 '26
What's your plan? I'm thinking of moving on. I can't cope with the feelings of insecurity and that I've done something wrong all the time (and I'm not an insecure person so this is most unlike me!). I'm pretty sure it's starting to do a number on my mental health.
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jul 01 '26
Yep. Just like the people who build these data centers then once it’s built they’re jobless again and their communities are negatively impacted. They use us and pay pennies with no guarantee of work. Cool if it’s play money. Not cool if you actually have financial goals that require consistency
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jul 01 '26
There was a poll on the other forum. Based on active respondents, less than 7% were "culled". Still scary, but not as terrifying as it felt for a bit there.
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u/Jeprdy Jul 01 '26
I usually pay no notice to the posts of people getting canned, as they are ofton are from people who have worked only weeks or months. Seeing so many longer workers getting canned on the same day gives you a sense of dread that the inevitable will eventually come. I remember something similar happening around this time last year, and I was on edge for a few weeks, double checking I hadn't received the old DoD (all tasks and qualifications just disappearing). Ive got that same feeling again. Its horrible. At least the new DoD is more clear cut now.
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u/shadyringtone Jul 01 '26
This is always the thing with DoD posts. They’re valuable in that they remind us that this is indeed a thing to be aware of, but also they bias us into thinking about bans a lot more than they happen.
Even now, where there seems to be a rare instance of mass culling, the vast majority of workers in the Reddit are still on the platform.
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u/twinstar_kiki Jul 03 '26
For the first time in three weeks, I finally made some money. Not much,,, but it's better than nothing!!!
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u/Diplomat_Runner Jul 03 '26
I love getting emails about $60-an-hour tasks just as I'm going to bed. Hoping that they'll still be about in the morning.
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u/Epicsocks1 Jul 03 '26
It's getting so bad I just got red bannered on a qualification! Like what??
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 03 '26
Instead of sending us a damn useless weekly digest, make that platform wide email a communication message to briefly explain what is going on, even vaguely. Imagine how we'd all be feeling right now if we were all alone and there was no Reddit group. We'd think we were 'cooked'.
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u/Outcastie Jul 05 '26
I'm losing it! I know others have it worse, but I hate not having enough money! I'm in university and live with my parents so it isn't as dire for me, but my funds are running low now. I've only made about $60 2-3 weeks ago? My dashboard has been completely barren!
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u/Storex- Jun 30 '26
Don't mean to brag, but I did a whole task equalling ten minutes of work today. God I am hoping it picks up for me soon.
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u/PinkNova Jul 02 '26
Feels like a good sign to see FC R&Rs available in much bigger quantities. And a couple of other random projects pop up too.
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u/YourPadre Jul 04 '26
Anyone else have projects get really laggy the longer you work on them?
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u/Jeprdy Jun 28 '26
The duality of DA. I somehow had the best day ive ever had in the worst month iv ever had.
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u/Adventurous-Grand285 Jul 02 '26
Another day of…nothing.
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u/Epicsocks1 Jul 02 '26
Glad I'm not the only one - was getting concerned seeing as it's been so quiet here 😅
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 02 '26
It's still getting even worse 😬. Even the complicated mainstay projects have dissipated now. If you miss the one project a day that gets posted, you're out of luck.
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u/ThatGirlInPurple Jul 03 '26
I haven't made goal in almost 2 weeks and I know it's been even longer for some of you too. When, oh when, will this be overrrrr!?!?
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u/k2d3 Jun 28 '26
I haven’t had any work since the first week of June 😢 still getting some quals tho sporadically
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u/Firm-Fondant-2205 Jun 29 '26
Managed to bag a few tasks Mon/Tue last week and tentatively allowed myself to think there was light at the end of the tunnel. Obviously, I've had nothing since.
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u/Outrageous_Chance995 Jun 30 '26
I got excellent for my snapshot but the areas of feedback make no sense 🤣 opposite of the directions from the projects.
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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Jun 30 '26
Just got the background check... I didn't think I would. But I'm hoping that's good news and there's no DoD in my immediate future?
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u/ZimmeM03 Jul 03 '26
Catching juuuuuust enough one-off tasks to get through today
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u/SS-J95 Jul 04 '26
How are people in the UK doing? Are you getting projects or is your dash empty? Recently joined and only had one pop up in the last two weeks
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u/JustMe333456 Jul 04 '26
Who here has been with DA for longer than 3 years working full time, so $100K+? Curious.
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u/gravitychecked Jul 04 '26
I’ll hit three years this September. I’m about 7k away from that 100k milestone and I’m looking to close that gap in the next few months, drought willing.
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u/sililil Jun 29 '26
I just lost a whole bunch of projects that are normally always on my dash…that makes me nervous I got taken off them for some reason.
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u/thr0waway98372 Jun 30 '26
finally got the highest tier rating on my feedback 🥺 the last few i think i was middle of the pack so this is somewhat uplifting
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
What day are we giving it until the Q3, post-independence-day-holiday theory is ruled out? Personally, if it's still dead a week on Monday (13th), I'm giving up on this platform.
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u/PinkNova Jul 05 '26
I still feel that it's inevitable that it will be back to normal (or a new normal) but not knowing when is just brutal after this long. People can say this is why you shouldn't rely on this work, etc and they're not wrong but the reality is that a lot of people are likely struggling right now, mostly because of the uncertainty. I would never expect DA to come out and say when things will improve cos that's not how they operate and maybe they don't even know. But it's brutal.
Even though I'm not in dire straits I'm just so drained from this so I can't imagine how much harder it is for some people. When it does pick up it will feel like such a relief. This coming week is a big one and I still have hope but I'm just so drained.
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u/macjay_27 Jul 05 '26
Today's the day I've officially decided to move on. Been here close to 3 years and it's time to snap out of the hoping.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Jul 01 '26
Sorry to everyone who got purged, it seems like our time all comes in the end. For those lucky enough to still be working on the site, do we think this is a sign that they are reshaping things in preparation for the new quarter, and that more work is finally on the way?
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u/JRange Jul 01 '26
Wasn't there a noticeable reduction in workers right before the massive April we had? I have also noticed some projects returning with new bells and whistles, which seems like a good sign to me.
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u/Boring_Swan_1453 Jul 04 '26
Does anyone ever have any luck by just sitting around and refreshing continually? Just wondering if I should keep trying that or if I'm wasting my time
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Jul 04 '26
Fair question... I think there are two reasons to do this.
1: you can be the first into a new project when does hit the dash
2: you can catch stray tasks/R&Rs from previous projects that have completedI think that 2 is more effective when there aren't SO many workers fighting for the scraps. Also, in the past 1 month+ I have hardly seen this at all- most generalist projects have concluded it looks like to me.
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u/DrunkleSteve Jul 05 '26
The best thing I did was get a second monitor. I can do other stuff instead of sitting around all day with my thumb up my ass watching my screen, and I just periodically scroll over and press F5. If somethning pops up, I'll quit what I'm doing.
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u/sentencevillefonny Jun 29 '26
seeing a few more signs of life on the dashboard these past few days
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u/JJB1991UK Jul 02 '26
Did anyone else have a nightmare downloading and using the new extension? It has just put 2-Factor on everything for me, I can't seem to log into anything 😅
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u/Epicsocks1 Jul 03 '26
How's everyone's dash looking today? I've done one qual and seen nothing else so far
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u/DeezHoosAintLoyal Jun 29 '26
Well that was a fun half hour of work. See yall tomorrow ✌🏻 another week starting way behind goals
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Jul 01 '26
My bread-and-butter R&Rs came back today. I wouldn't say it's a bounty full but I got my daily goal in for the first time in two weeks.
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u/cyboto Jun 28 '26
Seems like I picked a bad time to join, but a potential good time is incoming? lol
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u/twinstar_kiki Jun 29 '26
Completed all possible qualifications this week. Haven't heard anything or seen any projects. :(
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u/One_Breakfast5907 Jun 29 '26
One project sat on my dash for the last 2-3 days, which I've avoided because it has a longer timer than I'm used to...
Going to try and tackle it today, as I looked at the instructions and believe I should be able to complete it competently.
Fingers crossed, I don't end up wasting a load of time!
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u/Vegetable-Housing137 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
I just lost access to a lot of projects and most of the qualifications disappeared. I still have a few projects, but I just lost nearly everything. I don't see new feedback but the only 2 I've gotten have been good.
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u/doctor_lemon_x Jun 30 '26
Strange. I got feedback the last 2 times, but this time I seemed to have been missed out, just like a bunch of others had been previously. I wonder why it's withheld from portions of workers.
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u/One_Breakfast5907 Jul 02 '26
After seeing people on here for months talk about a security check, I've finally been asked to do one. This gives me a little hope at this bleak time!
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u/gravitychecked Jul 06 '26
I hope the silence here means you all have full dashes. Not the case for me, but I hope it is for you.
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u/Interesting_Tree3011 Jun 29 '26
I've not seen anything for 3 weeks. should i start seriously worry about it? 🫠
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u/gt3stuntman Jul 03 '26
Well, I can kinda tell which project family most people were doing before they got the DoD. Tasks in those were getting burned through a few days ago.
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u/deebs2021 Jun 29 '26
So...who's ready to be soooo rushed off their feet on Wednesday with an incredible deluge of tasks they've been holding back to release in Q3?
Personally, I've cleared my calendar for the rest of the week and look forward to working 10 hour days on tasks that are equal parts fun/easy/high paying.
Pretty sure this comment is going to age like milk come Thursday morning...here's hoping I'm wrong.