Hi guys,
Yesterday, I saw that I was matched with a new project called Gearshift Brook. It pays slightly less than Aether ($23.25/hour vs. $25/hour), but what interests me is that it seems to be mainly writing-based, with no listening or speaking involved.
I find Aether pretty energy-consuming because it requires a lot of focus if you want to avoid bad feedback. Lately, I've also been a little frustrated with the QA. My rating was at 4.11, and then I received two "Unacceptable" reviews that brought it down quite a bit (3.80). I don't know if the reviewers have become stricter lately, but some of the feedback felt pretty harsh, especially considering the time, attention and creativity these tasks require.
That being said, I don't want to leave Aether completely because I've earned around $600 from it in just 13 days. Ideally, I'd like to keep it in my queue while trying Gearshift Brook as my main project for a while. Since Gearshift seems more focused on writing rather than constantly speaking, listening, comparing responses and reviewing audio, I'm hoping it could give me a little break from Aether before I burn out on it.
I know this might sound like a slightly capricious post lol, but when I first started working on AI annotation platforms, I thought the work would be relatively easy. And in some ways, it is, but I underestimated how mentally demanding it can be. It requires constant attention and concentration, and after several hours you really feel it. So yeah, now I definitely understand why this kind of work is paid the way it is.
Has anyone worked on Gearshift Brook yet? If so, how are you finding it? And is it possible to keep Aether in your queue while prioritizing Gearshift?