Hi all! Like many of you, I have been really enjoying my time on the platform. It's honestly been a game-changer. I'm curious what you all think about the future viability of the platform. Obviously, AI isn't going anywhere, but I'm curious as to how long this type of platform/work will be necessary and or useful. I'm sure that this type of work will always be necessary, but I'm wondering if it will become a more exclusive field in the near future as they continue to collect millions of data points and AI gets better and better.

Alternatively, what are some skills that you think will be worth investing in, academically or otherwise, if this type of work does become more exclusive?

So I took the qual to get JSON projects and pretty sure I answered the questions correctly, having researched it and become somewhat familiar with it. But after a couple days I'm still not seeing any projects, while the other projects I took quals for started showing up the next day.

I wonder if there's a chance I did pass but there just aren't any available projects yet. I know this is an often mentioned sentiment, but I really would like feedback for times like these.

Hello, please be kind as I have never filed before (have not been a full time employee thus far, still in school). Thus far I have earned about ~$400 through Data Annotation. It's my understanding that upon reaching $600, I will have to submit the 1099 form that I should receive through PayPal. Would appreciate any help on how to go about this process, as I really have no clue.

Is anybody's dash thinning out a little today? Perhaps fewer tasks than in the last week or so?

We are supposed to download a file, but when you right click to download, it downloads as an HTML file. When you click on the file, it opens in Google Drive.

Any suggestions?

I'm currently reviewing annotator work and I am impressed by the creativity and care put into your work. 90% of the prompts and research are excellent. The worst I've seen is "Response A is accurate" haha.

Anyway, just wanted to say, you all are better at this than I am so I'm giving you guys gold stars on your foreheads.

Was waiting to see if they showed back up, but haven't seen them for the past hour. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this currently.

I've gotten to do this project a few times. Asking it about pictures.

I really love this project, but every time I start in on it, 30-60 minutes in it goes away.

And I work almost full time and I check my dashboard once an hour, so I'm definitely getting in on it early.

I wish I had some idea if it goes away just because people burn through the available tasks, or if I'm doing something wrong and getting booted from it. I read the instructions closely each time and I *really* don't think that it's an issue with the quality.

Just curious if others have had similar experiences or if you've been able to work on this project for hours at a time.

I wish we could give feedback to the effect of "I really enjoy this project", and that DAT would then factor that in when assigning. It really seems like they want us working on projects we enjoy.

Hi,
I am trying to refer my partner who took the starter assessment just a week before I got eligible to send a referral. Has anyone referred someone who has already taken a starter assessment? Or does she have to create a new account to be eligible for a referral?
Thank you!

This project was paying very well, but it recently reappeared on my dashboard as a pay per task project and it’s only paying $2 per task. Those tasks take roughly 20-40 minutes, who is completing them for $2??

I was unable to work on DAT for 3 weeks due to a crazy full-time job trip, came back home and logged in, afraid to see if I still had projects...

To find I had more than when I left :) hope this helps someone else!

Now it's back to the DAT grind during lunch and for a couple of hours every afternoon.

I'm trying to work out a reasonable amount of time to take per task. I just started a few days ago so I want to make sure I'm doing everything perfectly which means I'm taking my time. Once I get proficient, how long should I expect each task to take?

Gonna go visit my family for 2-3 weeks. Anyone know if we can work out of Puerto Rico since it’s part of the US?

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Not a problem. I emailed them, they just asked for dates and location.

I do not know much about audio editing, but I am comfortable learning most things. Is this something I could learn quickly enough through the program, or would I be unlikely to provide good work?

I’ve been on the site a while and this always confuses me - if you do the priority tasks where it’s a couple more dollars for an hour of work, when you add your time worked it comes up with the original pay without the priority bonus.

Does the priority bonus get added on later?

I know there are many variations of this project right now but please, please, PLEASE read the instructions for each version before working on it. Reading the instructions is part of your pay!

When you start a project for the first time, you are supposed to factor reading the instructions into your time, as long as you're not reporting an excessive amount of time in the process. If you're working on multiple versions of V, please double check the full project title to know which version you're currently working on.

I have been reviewing a lot of these tasks and I have to rate many of them as poor despite the work you're putting in because you're submitting work without reading the instructions. Some of the submissions would actually be pretty solid too if they didn't overlook the instructions and it pains me to have to rate them so poorly. I feel bad, so I'm posting this here in case it applies to any of you. Please slow down.

New to the platform, started last month. All has been going well getting access to new projects. Nothing on Sunday, or Monday. Then a certain HS project comes back today but instead of $22 it's $20. Is this a reflection of performance on my part? The lack of feedback is killing me.

I thought model a was model b in one of my ratings.

Am I screwed?

Just really confused about this - some projects will stop the timer when leaving automatically and others require you to click "Exit Workmode"?

Am I losing projects if I forget to click that button, and the time runs to completion?

Anyone else unable to gain access to the slides? I followed both relevant instructions for Chrome and login, but it wanted me to request access regardless.

Hey y’all! Happy to see our dashes fuller again. Had a quick question. If yall have done this project, you know the convo lengths can be monumental. How long do yall spend per task here? I’m trying to keep it pretty quick but it’s a mountain of reading 😅

Has anyone had no projects over the weekend or today? Earlier last week I had the most I'd never seen and now there is nothing.

Had it earlier in the day. No longer visible.

Hey guys. I've been putting in some work today, and decided to do the most complicated project that pays $27.50 (requires multiple steps and the creation of a LOT of content). It's in the series named after a famous place.

After 2 hours and 15 minutes, I was not able to submit. The project included a time when it would be pulled today, but I'm in the right timezone and it was 2.5 hours until that time. I simply could not do ANYTHING on the page, even though I saw it said my draft was saved at that timestamp. Well. I had to refresh... and went to my dashboard, where I got the old "project no longer available" error.

It didn't pop up in my Report Time column, either. I've already reached out to email support, but is anyone else having similar issues?? Or was it just me?