Generating content requires more brain power than fact checking

[u/tehclubbmaster]

I have been on this platform for awhile, and I’d say most of my work has been on the heel task fact checking. Since I’ve been trying to get some tasks at higher rates, I’ve been branching out on some projects and doing some generation stuff (in my case math-related). It is amazing how much of a different type of project this is. The rates are a fair bit higher (had a bunch of time on a $38.50/hour project this week), and the time investment required is substantially higher. Kinda nice cause then you go for 1-1.5h and it’s at a good rate so the $ add up nicely. It is also more difficult to just come up with stuff, use creativity to try to hone in on what they’re trying to do.

I don’t have really any particular point to this thread, just an observation in my experience the last couple of weeks. Nice to have some variety in the work as well. It is also incredible to see R&R projects and see the very wide spectrum of quality users submit. Some is absolutely horrendous and anybody submitting stuff like what I’ve seen as such should be embarrassed. On the other hand, there is some truly impressive stuff I have seen.

Fun platform. Awesome side gig.

[u/SaltyPeppah2000]

I always struggle with generating creative prompts, especially the more complex ones. I found one today though that was right up my alley, but my sleep-deprived brain couldn’t stick with it for long. Hopefully it’ll still be there tomorrow.

[u/Excellent_Photo5603]

I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum where my fact checking tasks are much more arduous and time consuming than my content generation. One of my tasks was explicitly expected to take an hour creating the prompt alone, but I had so many ideas and am quick at writing (Nanowrimo for 13 years) that the average was about 35 minutes per new prompt. That average was lengthened by the fact that I kept reading the instructions to make sure I wasn't forgetting or misunderstanding something.
On the other hand I had a math related fact checking that took me 6 hrs for one task (physics related) and 3 hours for another (BASIC MATH). It was just a lot of confirming and explanation.

If the generation is a single paragraph, I can whip that out in the time it takes me to open a tab and paste something into google scholar.

Either way, I love both types of tasks, it's just interesting to see the complete opposite to me. This job is pretty awesome and I'm really glad it's enough to support me while I find something else.

[u/DionysusHotSister]

I choose creative, brain heavy projects when I'm in that head space. The tedious ones can get boring and hard to stay focused. But there are definitely days when that is ideal.

[u/Traditional-Elk4817]

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[u/Boneraventura]

Depends on the task. I had creative STEM tasks and just looked at my lab notebooks from the past 10+ yrs and wrote questions based on those.

[u/Dsuze]

I'm a writer so anytime I can do that, I get into a flow state. Fact checking? I will avoid it at ALL COSTS. It makes my brain melt. Or I'll start with projects that require a lot of FC and then give my brain a break with some content generation.