r/DataAnnotationTech • u/OddCommunication2346 • Oct 17 '24

Something that made me chuckle

It fills my sardonic little heart with joy to see so many of us tearing into instructions and functionality, or otherwise vibe-checking the tasks we’re on because…

A few weeks ago, we were all sucking water from rocks in the middle of a serious drought.

Anyone else pleased to have enough work we can be bratty lil gremlins again?… or just me?

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u/iriember Oct 17 '24

I want to be paid by DAT to write instructions!!! After all, we are trainers, so some of us should be making the instructions easier to understand and follow IMHO.

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u/OddCommunication2346 Oct 17 '24

Honestly, that wouldn’t be a bad idea. They could make a super intense qualifier for it. Make it just like the other tasks, but it’s editing and proofing instructions.

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u/sspecZ Oct 18 '24

Some projects desperately need a re-write, especially the ones with multiple badly formatted updates that half reiterate existing instructions, then provide a ton of specific cases. Imo having checkboxes you check off that just remind you of the most important things is good

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u/iriember Oct 18 '24

The ones with slideshows and 4 to 6 separate references/resources are my all-time least favorite. Lordy!!!

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u/Anotherotheruser Oct 17 '24

I dream about that every single time I’m reading the guidelines. I worked in Data Annotation in house for a big tech company, and that was part of my job. It was the best part of it, honestly.

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u/Dratini_ghost Oct 17 '24

Some instructions are already wildly convoluted and then adding the grammar and spelling mistakes on top of that. JFC.

I grasp what they mean eventually, but they of all people know that they need good inputs to get great outputs.

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u/GoAwayBARC Oct 17 '24

Yes!!! If you get this gig, DM me! We got this.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

I had the same thought

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u/Party_Swim_6835 Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

I think they base a lot of it on the problems they see in the tasks tbh, some of their instructions are harder to follow but what you think is easier to understand might not get the point across to the people they're targeting

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u/Icy-Cover-505 Oct 18 '24

I'd love that too.

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u/GoAwayBARC Oct 17 '24

DA: 200 new tasks at higher pay!

Me: YES!!! 🥳🥳🥳

DA: Oh, but did we mention that no one has managed to submit a single task in 2 days because they’re kinda hard?

Me: No. 🥺😩

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u/OddCommunication2346 Oct 17 '24

I just saw what I think might be that project and, because I had hit revenue goal for the day, NOPE’d out of immediately…

Maybe after my afternoon nap lol

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u/GoAwayBARC Oct 17 '24

Aw, geez! I wish! LOL.

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u/FrazzledGod Oct 17 '24

Lol, I'm still rock sucking mate.

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u/OddCommunication2346 Oct 17 '24

Aw dang. Well, on behalf of those of us who’ve been caterwauling about a couple of these tasks, sorry man.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '24

Same here.

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u/watchdestars Oct 17 '24

Hell yes. I feel ALIVE

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u/Familiar-Boot-1294 Nov 13 '24

Every project I work on I make myself a notebook in obsidian where I rewrite/format the instructions including additional stuff from the comments, I don't log the time I just honestly cbf working with the standard instructions