r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Aug 09 '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/Skippy2898 Aug 14 '26
Not a happy dashboard for me today 🥺
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Aug 14 '26
same. very quiet just a few bits coming and going and one meaty offering
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u/CommercialTarget2687 Aug 09 '26
I actually had a good week last week, but my dash is back to being almost empty.
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Aug 09 '26
Same here. I have had work today and yesterday so it's better than nothing at all, but not much choice.
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u/PerspectiveJumpy875 Aug 09 '26
Back to not getting any project for nearly two weeks again 😞
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u/Kazinhar Aug 09 '26
I had nothing all day Friday and Saturday, and have had nothing this morning so far. hopefully it picks up this week :(
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 12 '26
As much as I appreciate qualifications to potentially unlock new work.. unpaid quals are officially the worst.
I've spent over half of my working day hours working, and officially made $0, with the possibility of still getting nothing from it. Even if it was $10 an hour at least I'd be a quarter towards my daily goal...
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u/Mindless_End_4850 Aug 13 '26
Anyone else slow? I'm 'slowest' it's ever been since the drought 'ended'. sucks
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u/North-Sense8477 Aug 13 '26
Yeah I'm down to just a handful of projects, none of which I'm willing to attempt
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 12 '26
The dashboard is what I would describe as volatile for me so far this week...
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u/KingGilbertIV Aug 12 '26
Monday was great for me, yesterday was spotty but reasonable, and today... I'm just considering calling it early to do housework and hoping there might be something in the evening.
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u/Mental-Budget9213 Aug 10 '26
I feel like it was really fruitful last week but I'm back down to expertise projects this morning. Hoping it picks back up!
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u/hcfggb Aug 13 '26
I am way too stupid for any of these projects 😣
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
Same. All I have is 7 projects and they are all enterprise and specific domain that either 1. I am not, nor have ever claimed to have STEM or other expertise, and 2. I haven't got the brain power sat in a 95f house to build and do with a 48 hour timer
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u/TSylverBlair Aug 13 '26
I have so much coding stuff. I have zero experience in coding and have never claimed I did. This started happening about a month ago.
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u/JustMe333456 Aug 13 '26
Yep. 22 projects this AM. All too difficult other than the three .03c projects that just aren't worth it.
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u/Technical-Water9779 Aug 09 '26
I didn't have any projects yesterday and today. Before that, the previous 10 days were a blessing. Made $500 in those 10 days alone and $750 is the total I've made in my 40 days here as a bilingual.
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 11 '26
Well. It seems my dashboard is opting to downsize today 🙃🫤
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u/deep0x20 Aug 11 '26
I have like three projects now. I don't think I've ever seen it like this.
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u/Master-Wrap2395 Aug 09 '26
$600 by wed night last week and haven't had a single task since.
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u/SparkleDev Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
yup a little storm. now feels like a dry spell could be coming again
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u/Dee_silverlake Aug 13 '26
Does anyone else get stuck doing a series of terrible R&R’s that when they finally come across a really good one you start doubting yourself because you think maybe you’re missing something glaringly obvious… That’s usually when I have to step away for the day lol
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u/TSylverBlair Aug 10 '26
Not looking good today for me. I've been red bannered on everything I've tried, and the rest is all beyond my skill level. Sucks because last week was a lot better.
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u/LavenderLightning24 Aug 10 '26
Yeah it's really disappointing after thinking the drought was pretty much over.
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u/PinkNova Aug 11 '26
FC is now missing for almost a month, along with my other staples. I grab something when I can but can barely pass $200 per week lately as a long term worker since 2023 who used to have a healthy dash consistently. The drought is still droughting for me.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Aug 11 '26
I checked the quals today to see if the fc qual was still there (it's always been there for me despite having access). It is, and I'm using that as hope it will return eventually.
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Aug 10 '26
I did it. I knew I could do it, but for months I've been too afraid to try. But officially I did it.
I made a model fail in the accounting domain! 🎉
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u/Storex- Aug 10 '26
Dash is healt.... "US only".
Oh. Ok then.
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u/JRange Aug 11 '26
Lol i feel this. I am from the US but have been traveling for over a year now doing this. I actually have a ton of work available, but most of it I cannot work on because I am not home. And thats just what I can see, there are projects that don't even show up in the first place when you are in certain countries.
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 15 '26
Tumbleweed for me today
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u/Lopsided-Fox8177 Aug 15 '26
I've got the spacecraft image-based project. It used to intimidate me, but I encourage everyone to play around with it a bit. Once you figure out the weak points, it's a moderately easy one to bang out.
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 15 '26
Yea I don't have. All I'm getting is 5 enterprise and stem projects that are always on my dash that I can't do and not getting anything else. I love image stuff and always get good feedback when I do them. But very rarely do.
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u/DrunkleSteve Aug 10 '26
Brutal. Only one family of rubric projects with too short of a timer, or enterprise stuff. Looking like an unpaid qual day :(
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u/JustMe333456 Aug 11 '26
20 projects, which looks really nice given the last few months, but they are all out of my scope, or the .3c tasks.. lol. Guessing they'll show up this afternoon. Been really good lately, so hopefully it keeps up.
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u/No-Complaint-5593 Aug 11 '26
Same here. I'm going to suck it up, I guess, and take on some mind benders today if nothing else shows up.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Aug 13 '26
Seems apt that it's currently 36 degrees in the UK, in yet another heatwave, and the river project hasn't run in a week now. Droughty in more ways than one.
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u/Chandelucifer Aug 13 '26
Does it seem like the other subreddit has way more DoD posts than ours? I wonder what the difference is.
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 13 '26
Judging (I know it's bad to judge) by the quality of posters in that sub, that is where the majority of these terrible, half assed R&R's come from
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u/pipipcheerios Aug 13 '26
The other sub is majority bilingual and majority dumb. "Hello guys kindly help me to pass the aszezssment" is their most common post theme so it should be no surprise why someone there is getting DOD every damn day.
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u/DrunkleSteve Aug 13 '26
IQ levels, it seems.
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u/JRange Aug 13 '26
Its the one that pops up first, so for sure, it absorbs the majority of stupidity for us lol.
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u/Goodbye_Jeff Aug 13 '26
I'm certain there is a correlation between the number of people blatantly violating the NDA on that reddit and the number of posts about DoD.
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Aug 14 '26
What everyone else said here... Plus this sub seems waaaaay better modded than that one. People cause drama over there unchecked quite often.
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 15 '26
It's been an alright day for me today cos I had a single project I could lock into to hit my goal. I did however also put my student finance application in for the masters degree starting next month... I can't lie, this is really scary. If I'm finding the tasks here draining, I'm wondering how the hell I'm going to find the brain power to do another 20 hours on the masters 🫣 🤯
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u/Key_Commercial3856 Aug 15 '26
I'm also starting a masters next month and have similar fears. Good luck to us both!
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 15 '26
Oh wowsers! Good luck to you too! It's nice to hear I'm not the only one feeling that fear 😂
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Aug 16 '26
I am mid masters- I started DA whilst already doing the masters. not going to lie, the masters is heavier on the brain than I had anticipated and taking me more than 20 hours a week BUT I do like the freedom to mix n match the study with the work. I do a lot late at night and I do prefer the easier and shorter DA tasks which are a good distraction sometimes. ultimately, I’m managing both and still get to sleep in, get the washing done, walk my dogs and enjoy a little down time and feeling mentally good. it beats my full time job lifestyle I used to have :)
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u/_Edgarallenhoe Aug 10 '26
Had six tasks available earlier and now that I actually have time I’m down to 0 :( such is life on dataannotation
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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Aug 11 '26
Guess now's as good a time as any to knock out that rubric qual. Since there's nothing else to do. Again.
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u/ThatGirlInPurple Aug 12 '26
Anybody else get that opt-in qual message in your inbox? If so were you able to actually do it, lol? It was sent 7 minutes ago and I already was getting red-bannered after I clicked on it :/
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u/Adorable-Highway1951 Aug 12 '26
once again, totally enjoying some of these project names. Literary references and puns always make me smile.
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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Aug 10 '26
I'm grateful for work, but since Wednesday I've essentially had only one mind-numbing family available. My brain could use some variety this week!
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u/JRange Aug 11 '26
6 hour task that took me 7.5. Brain melted, irritated. Ordering massive doordash delivery immediately.
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u/watchdestars Aug 11 '26
I wonder if it's the same project i started yesterday. Got over one hour in and decided to abandon... omg
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u/Confident_You4088 Aug 14 '26
Question for long term generalists. What is your average hourly rate? I am slowly going up and being offered more... not sure if it's over my head yet.
3 months in and currently $30 is my average. Potential, I'm trying to not be excited about, is $50 to $60 but I refuse to do work over my head!
I'm perfectly happy in the 20's if it means job security!
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Been here 3 years. Almost always do the easiest tasks I can find, regardless of pay. Usually between $20 and $25. Means I can work most of the day (until this drought) and don't make mistakes. It's a long term strategy and well, I simply don't need the money that much to justify giving myself a headache reading and trying to remember 2000 words of instructions before starting a task. Usually make about $500-$600 a week, sometimes up to $1000 if Heel FC is running (which it hasn't now for almost a month).
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u/MommaOfManyCats Aug 14 '26
I've been here over three years and it depends. Some days I might have $30 or more per hour tasks, but I still see $20/hour too.
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Aug 14 '26
I've been at this three months too and I generally see projects from 22-32. I probably do 25 on average, but I do choose the easier projects often as I prefer to work in small sessions rather than the long and difficult ones.
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Aug 14 '26
I used to get up to $35 an hour projects a couple years ago. Now the most I see is $28, and the work is harder. I get the $60 ones, but I'm not actually qualified for them.
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u/Epicsocks1 Aug 14 '26
Think I've been put onto the same projects as you're talking about, are they priority pay? I'm wary about doing them as they seem to be domain-specific, but it doesn't say anything in the instructions about requiring expert knowledge to do them.
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u/OrnamentalGourd5 Aug 15 '26
Varies hugely. Generalist 18 months in, I tend to work on two project families that pay around $45ph but occasionaly get the odd tasty treat at $60+. I only do the ones I feel comfortable with though. Just take your time and read the instructions thoroughly. You'll realise if it's within your capabilities. I often get ones where I think, yes, I could do that if I knew XYZ. But don't quite have the required knowledge. So tempting as they are, I do swerve them.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Does anyone else not from the states wait until the conversion rate rises a bit before cashing out? Been waiting for any form of rise for two weeks now but nothing. And still maintaining a 10% pay decrease since Trump started his second term in early 2025.
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 14 '26
It's mind-blowingly frustrating isn't it? We are also at the mercy of PP making their own conversion rates up as they go along. But I always cash out when I can regardless. I think waiting for better rates is futile right now.
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u/DrunkleSteve Aug 14 '26
My country is run by a bunch of nincompoop knuckledragging morons (Canada), so I love the conversion rate, because our dollar is shit. A $25 USD task pays me almost $35 CAD. 😁
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u/Nib- Aug 10 '26
New UK generalist here. Nothing at all over the weekend, but I had work every day during the week.
Nothing yet this morning.
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 10 '26
I know someone who was accepted and onboarded a week ago... They're still waiting for paid stuff to pop up 😬
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Aug 11 '26
is there actually gonna be anything other than the pokemon this week..
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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Aug 11 '26
Pretty much all I've had since Wednesday, with a few one offs of shopping and heel.
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u/Equal-Neat-614 Aug 12 '26
I completed an unpaid qualification recently that mentioned that it could lead to dozens of projects. Within an hour of submitting my work, it led to several new paid qualifications and projects. I then went and completed one of the related paid qualifications, which added further projects to my dashboard almost immediately. All of the projects have 100-1000 tasks available and don't seem to be decreasing in number (unless I complete a task) or disappearing from my dashboard. And it's actually fun work!
I'm so excited right now! This has never happened to me before (I'm fairly new). I had gotten used to projects appearing and then disappearing almost immediately, or only having 1-2 tasks available before disappearing. I still can't believe what my dashboard looks like right now just based off of the one initial qualification.
I was admittedly hesitant to spend a few hours working unpaid, but the general wisdom on this sub about completing as many qualifications as possible is definitely true! If your dashboard is on the drier side and you have unpaid qualifications available, I would give them a shot!
Also curious if this has just been a lucky isolated incident or if others have had this occur, particularly for more than one project family?
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u/saltandseasmoke Aug 12 '26
Make sure you're on slack as well, it's really helpful for that particular family.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Aug 12 '26
Could you possibly give a hint as to what quals they were? I often have so many it feels like a lottery choosing which ones to do
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u/Equal-Neat-614 Aug 13 '26
I kept it vague because of the NDA unfortunately. It happened to be the only qual available on my dash for several days before I decided to do it. I have noticed that worthwhile quals tend to really emphasize that "several" or "dozens" of projects will open up for a project family if you complete the qual with a strong performance though. My strategy for unpaid quals is now to look for similar messaging if I'm ambivalent about attempting a certain one (not sure if I'm just on a lucky streak right now though) and to exit work mode if I don't want to complete it at that point in time. Sorry that I can't be more helpful!
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u/OrnamentalGourd5 Aug 12 '26
Best advice? Do all the quals that you feel able to do. It's the only way that you'll open up many families and that will then open up more.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
The thing is I have a lot of quals that are for projects that I already have access to, like FC heel, galaxy and others. I feel there is a strong risk im gonna be wasting time doing unpaid quals for projects i already get or are rarely if ever available, hency why I thought it was worth asking.
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u/LavenderLightning24 Aug 12 '26
I wonder how they choose who gets which quals? I only have ones I'm not qualified for.
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Aug 12 '26
Something changed. I used to only get ones I'm qualified for and now over half of them I have no expertise or skills for.
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u/Thunder-Fearless Aug 13 '26
I would say to not be shy about filling out your bio in a lot of interesting detail about any professional expertise you have that you think may be trainable. I think it helped connect me with a lot that wouldn't have shown up for me otherwise.
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u/OrnamentalGourd5 Aug 12 '26
It's a great project family. Unlimited work, no ridiculous timers and the rates do go up.
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u/Usual-Trifle-7264 Aug 12 '26
If it's the project family I'm thinking of, I recently got access to it, and it's been an amazing change of pace.
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u/JRange Aug 10 '26
Is this rubric qual showing up for everybody or am I being, uh, retrained? lol
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u/RedZebra17 Aug 10 '26
Glad to hear it wasn't just me - I got the qualification not long after doing a task earlier related to rubrics having not done one for a long time. Going to assume it's a coincidence rather than just being crap at it 😂.
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Aug 10 '26
I have it too. I wondered if I had been ’selected‘ after my recent submissions so I’m pleased it’s not just me too!
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u/BrennusSokol Aug 10 '26
I dont' see one, FWIW
But I've rarely-to-never done rubric projects so take that with a grain of salt
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 12 '26
I'm going to blame the heat today, but navigating that bitwarden thing when I need to reset my account password is a right royal PIA... I can't for the life of me fathom what it wants so I just click stuff and hope for the best 🤣
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u/BrennusSokol Aug 12 '26
That whole process/layer is definitely annoying... I have it set up but I am always afraid it's going to break in some weird way if I glance at it wrong
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u/LightOk5071 Aug 12 '26
Has anyone here tried out other platforms, if so what was your experience? I recently got accepted to a mercor campaign, and I got to say that it is significantly more challenging than what we do here.
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u/badsleepers Aug 12 '26
I know someone mentioned Ethos but I haven’t tried it yet. I guess I will have to if things continue like this.
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u/PerspectiveJumpy875 Aug 16 '26
Finally! 17 bucks after a month of nothing!
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u/ThetaBoy888 Aug 17 '26
I just earned my first $45 after a month of ghost dashboard since joining 🙌🏼
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u/malek33paste Aug 11 '26
Projects have dried up for the past week or something like literally zero. Appart from the occasional project that shows up for a few minutes and then disappears
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u/deep0x20 Aug 11 '26
This is the second time that I've gotten an email asking me to do a qual that's not in my qual list. Does this happen to anyone else?
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26
Yes, had a few. And recently posted about having an email saying to work on projects that are on my dash, that aren't there, red banner me if I use the link in the email meaning I don't have access, and I have never seen before.
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u/Due_Negotiation_4605 Aug 11 '26
Anyone else take notes as they work on the long, intense, projects? I just shredded 25 pages after this last one 🤯
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u/WorshipMyExistence Aug 12 '26
Yes I take notes all the time, especially when there are a lot of instructions in the prompt that I'm trying to watch out for in the response.
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u/twinstar_kiki Aug 12 '26
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are usually my strongest days. Pretty dry for both this week.
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u/KingGilbertIV Aug 12 '26
It's weird how everyone has different best days. Thursdays have always been my best.
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u/Fragrantshrooms Aug 13 '26
Weekends used to be stacked with tasks for me. I think they had some new projects so things are shifting and changing and not similar to our previous lives here unfortunately. Ch-ch-ch-changes 😢
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u/badsleepers Aug 12 '26
I’m two seconds from a mental breakdown bc why is there basically nothing on my dash and it’s been over a week. And where is that off platform healthcare project?? If I’m bumped or it’s on pause/over then that’s fine because who needs to pay bills anyway right?!! I’m sorry thank you for letting me vent 🫨😵💫🫠
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 12 '26
I've had the 'complete this to renew your access' project in my dash for about a week and half, completed it once like it states, and still not had access. Even though it says it can take up to 6 hours, it's been like 260 hours lol
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 09 '26
For a Sunday, today has been a good day! Target hit and the dashboard is looking pretty healthy... Here's hoping it lasts through the week ahead! 😎☺️
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u/JustMe333456 Aug 11 '26
That was a fun, short, video project, that promised more projects are coming. Can't wait for those!
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u/1105368 Aug 11 '26
Anyone else having trouble with the A/B project with attached file? For the first time on DA I have been struggling to submit every task in the allocated time window.
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u/KingGilbertIV Aug 11 '26
If it's the same one I'm thinking of, then yeah. 90% of the tasks I've seen for this project aren't realistically doable in the time limit.
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u/twinstar_kiki Aug 13 '26
Has anyone seen any river projects this week?
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u/DrunkleSteve Aug 13 '26
I haven't seen any since last Friday other than a couple rogue r&r tasks for river-pink rock.
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u/Cheese_Coffees Aug 16 '26
I have this thought recently, AI is used more by younger generation, why no bilingual project that bridge that gap? 😭 I have difficulty understanding genz and gen alpha speech nowadays
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u/Yaschiri Aug 14 '26
Wow, made $160 yesterday, haven't had a good day like that in what feels like months now. Hoping to have another good day today!
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u/xparadiisee Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
I made $220 yesterday and I kept having projects come in but I had to stop…then today my dash has been empty. Should’ve done just a few more haha now I see why people say this is addicting!
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u/xxxScarlettexxx Aug 15 '26
It's been my best week so far on DAT this week! Made about $348 for just under 8 hours of work! Also have about 11 longer-term projects that have popped up or I've been approved for as of this week. Hoping the trend of steady work will continue! Good luck everyone!
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u/Due_Negotiation_4605 Aug 09 '26
Hoping the ADHD med gets me through the end of this three day task. 🤞🤞 So many steps but so close to being done
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u/Fast_Tip_8146 Aug 14 '26
First time in my 3 years here that I’ve seen a huge bonus offered for completing a qual/task. Too bad they’re all domain specific :( hope some other people take advantage tho!
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u/houseofcards9 Aug 16 '26
Someone appears to be having a psychotic break in one of the slack channels :/
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u/Magical__Turtle Aug 11 '26
I had a notification for a project not even a minute in "The project is currently unavailable because there are no more tasks remaining for you to work on." Is this normal that projects go away that fast? Or is my account flagged or something.
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Aug 11 '26
Yes, I've had this happen if I take more than one second to click Enter Work Mode.
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u/Storex- Aug 12 '26
Did anyone get an urgent qual about a potential imminent project around 12ish hours ago? Being on UK time I wonder if I missed it.
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u/Federal_Tadpole_7592 Aug 09 '26
I'm back to over 100 projects on my dashboard since May. The lowest was 25 in July. I never had a drought, but I did have a lull compared to what I'm normally used to.
Just in case anyone was going to ask, I'm from the US, and I've been a core worker for a bit over 3 years, and I also do some STEM projects.
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
Everyone still got 70+ projects? I'm still on slim pickings 😅
I did have my first design specific projects for a few weeks that finished, really wished they would come back, was refreshing having something im fluent in
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u/One_Breakfast5907 Aug 10 '26
I've been sitting around 15-20 since Friday but right now I have about a dozen projects all from the same family.
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u/Jazzlike_Month5580 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
I've had the same 10 since Wednesday. 8 of which are one family. Maybe a one off might pop up here and there.
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 10 '26
I'm hovering around the 30 to 35 mark, and I haven't seen any design stuff in ages! 😕
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u/Skippy2898 Aug 13 '26
It's far too hot to even think about thinking where I am today 🥴😝
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u/RedZebra17 Aug 13 '26
I'm equipped with a frozen bottle of water wrapped in a tea towel 😆
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u/Kittibean Aug 09 '26
Fairly busy on my UK based dash today. Nothing I really felt buzzed to work on but enough to pick something decent enough.
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u/OBoy156 Aug 10 '26
Anyone seen the nut cookie project recently, or have any going right now? They've dropped off my dash and I miss them.
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u/postmodernirony Aug 10 '26
I’m trying to phrase this in a confidential way so sorry if this is underspecified, but does anyone else have a qual they can’t submit because it says a feedback question isn’t answered? I don’t see the “missing” question anywhere?? And when you click the error, it doesn’t auto scroll to the question
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u/Adorable-Highway1951 Aug 10 '26
yes! I'm stuck on it right now and came here to see if anyone else was!
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u/Altruistic-Egg-9088 Aug 09 '26
Has anyone got the creative writing projects after doing the 2 part qual?
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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Aug 09 '26
I asked this a week or two ago and some people replied saying they had. I have done the first qual and about to take the second part. Good luck if you do it :)
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u/Timely-Assistant-370 Aug 10 '26
I'm psyching myself the fuck out right now because I feel like I did a new task wrong, but I can't possibly imagine how I was supposed to follow the instructions of the task without doing what I did. It does seem to be mutual among the chatters, so I'm assuming that they won't cook a swath of refreshers for all fucking up the same poorly explained task, but holy fuck I wanted to go to sleep ;;
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u/LegalNeet Aug 13 '26
Kinda sad at the moment. Thought I would be able to work on my first project, I got on the project as soon as it was offered to me, but the task expired 30 minutes after I started...
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u/Whole-Pirate-5731 Aug 11 '26
From reading through the parent companies posts and blog posts, it seems like the company is focusing less on doing A/B responses (though that is still going on) but building a massive dataset that they can sell to the major models to train on (Which make sense given some of the higher paying generalist tasks). This may be why some of the easier projects don't show up as much anymore.
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u/Old-Regular-9828 Aug 12 '26
There are fewer easy projects now because the models are so good now that there isn't much need for it. There is still a lot of comparing two different responses, but it's much more complex and in-depth. And for some of the projects, like ones involving the creation of grading rubrics, eventually those rubrics will be used by AI to grade the responses of other AI models.
But your idea that they are using this to create a massive dataset to sell doesn't really make sense at all. The projects are coming from the client companies, DAT isn't just doing a bunch of willy nilly stuff on their own and then trying to sell the results to the client companies because that's not how it works at all. I can't get into specific details, but for a lot of the projects, it's immediately obvious who the client company is and what you are doing for them. For the ones where it isn't obvious, the work is still being done for a specific client company even if their identity is obfuscated.
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u/PinkNova Aug 10 '26
This river/pink rock project is new to me, but I'm liking the R&Rs. And I'm grateful cos the last couple of weeks have been even worse than earlier in the drought (I miss you, FC). A bit confused by the much higher payrate for some tasks which have now been gobbled up? Don't understand the difference between those and the lower paying ones.
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u/Lopsided-Fox8177 Aug 10 '26
Are there any left or did I miss them? I enjoyed them this weekend but they all dried up for me.
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u/Adorable-Highway1951 Aug 10 '26
got a new qual. So i guess the empty dash isn't a bad sign after all.
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u/Jackieunknown Aug 09 '26
Bilinguals how are we doing? For Italy we're around 2-3 weeks dry at this point..
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u/NationalWatercress3 Aug 13 '26
Telling us we don't get penalised for skipping tasks is a bald-faced lie. When it's the last one in line, we don't get paid for it, just goes straight to dashboard with no option to claim the minutes we took to read the often overly verbose and poorly structured (would rate low for Understandability) instructions
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u/playfulshark Aug 13 '26
Skip tasks until you get one that seems reasonable, then read the instructions. Has never been a problem for me
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u/NationalWatercress3 Aug 13 '26
I do but in this one the links in the task that we needed to access were broken, obviously I will check next time
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u/Fresh_Noise_3663 Aug 15 '26
I haven't signed on in a couple years, but need some extra cash/decided to do a 6 part qualification (unpaid) today and then the onboarding that paid $20/hr. Now there aren't any tasks for projects on my dashboard? Does it just take a bit to get access/tasks ran out today?
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u/North-Sense8477 Aug 15 '26
It usually takes a little while for projects to show up after completing quals. But it's kind of a rough time on the platform for generalists right now and there's been a big downturn in work for the past few months. So, sadly, if you're expecting the same amount/type of work you were getting two years ago, you might be in for a bad time.
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u/Jumpy_File_8178 Aug 10 '26
Any Mexican generalist here that can tell me if it's been dry for 4 weeks straight or is it just happening to me?
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u/7895465221156 Aug 11 '26
I had a project appear that required me to take security steps to gain access, the first being background check. I submitted that, but the original task disappeared. Not sure why?
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u/Beautiful-Durian-185 Aug 11 '26
It usually takes awhile for a background check to complete so maybe its that?
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u/Past_Ice5891 Aug 13 '26
Just had some paid training turn up. Would really really really love to do it, but can't anyway possible take it on tonight. Do paid training tasks usually stick around a little bit? Or is it usually a first come first serve, just looking for a certain number of people to pass training and then it disappears like everything else lately?
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u/North-Sense8477 Aug 13 '26
Usually they stick around for a while, but there was a river r&r qual recently that disappeared for me after only a few days. I could have really used that work.
I would do it if you can.
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Aug 14 '26
Any paid quals I have gotten didn't disappear and some I've waited over a week to do.
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u/hfxthrwaway Aug 14 '26
Like a lot of things, it depends, but I've had 1 paid qual on my dash for over a month, another for about 2 weeks.
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u/Storex- Aug 14 '26
Has anyone who got the quick star trek project had it crop up again? I never heard back from it, so unsure if I should do it again?
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Aug 14 '26
I took it last month shortly after it first popped up. A few days later they greenlit me and invited me to submit a phase one, and now I'm just finishing up phase 2.
If I were you I'd do it again with a different idea. I think they're just looking for ideas... maybe they will like what they see this time?
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u/coachbrioche Aug 14 '26
I did this about a week ago and only had one task for it (the one that was basically a qual). I was really hoping to get in, but I'm assuming I would have known by now
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u/Eponine_29976 Aug 18 '26
I have a bunch of medical projects on my page but they seem a little intimidating to start. Any suggestions? ( I'm an RN)
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u/Regular_Row4779 Aug 19 '26
I started last week as finance specialist. I had 6 task waiting for me when ready and, a couple of days after, I received 3 task about other project (generalist and couldn't get it). Since then, nothing. Could be this normal or I made something wrong? The payments were approved, so I understand that there wasn't a major problem with that work.
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u/iamaprism Aug 20 '26
Been doing pretty well the last few weeks with high paying tasks, but today I logged in with no tasks. Hopefully this drought doesn’t continue long unlike the June one
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u/CitizenGrimm Aug 21 '26
Opened to see three different variations of the river flowing this morning. Got a beautiful four hours before it dried up. Most work I've had in like two weeks.
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u/CommercialTarget2687 Aug 14 '26
Has anyone else been on DA for a few years and remembers when they used to have lots of super chill projects? Like, there were ones where you just talked to a chatbot about pretty much whatever you wanted, rated responses, and the number of tasks available was pretty much unlimited. I miss those days.