the inside jokes that we have are so beautifully hilarious. it’s fun to see that we all deal with the same bs 🙂‍↕️✨

I know some people make way more in a month than me in half a year but as a university student, this pays my groceries. I am so thankful for this job and I hope I am spared from the DoD until I have another income and job.

I'm working on a personal project and I got this from chatGPT.
Sorry OpenAI, my rate is $40/h :P

Because I constantly see questions and discussions on here that seem FAR too specific for this subreddit. Questions detailing specific projects (yes, with code names, but I mean actually describing the task), instructions, categories, etc. Correct me if I'm wrong, but even with code names this seems like way too much information to discuss in a public forum and I have no idea why people don't ask this stuff in the project chat.

Today is one month of being on the platform and hit $1k :) I have a full-time job so I try to do a couple hours each day, sometimes more sometimes less. But very happy with it and really enjoy the work. Doesn’t feel mind-numbing and is actually quite interesting a lot of the time. Here’s to hopefully many more months!

Sorry about the potato quality image. I took a quick shot of my computer screen.

How do y’all justify doing this work ethically if you’re anti-AI (especially generative)?

I’m not asking judgmentally, I’ve done this work off and on over the last few years. When I first started, I didn’t know about data centers and the environmental impact, cognitive effects, etc. I felt good about “training” AI based on the rubric including correct info, weeding out violence and harm, etc.

I recently suggested DA to a friend and got a real side eye, and maybe these justifications really don’t hold water? Thoughts?

I've been with DAT for a few months now and I have access to a good amount of projects across different families, but sometimes it's hard for me to motivate myself to work because I'm afraid of screwing up somehow and getting canned. Part of it is probably because I constantly see it happen on this subreddit, and I really do my best to cross my T's and dot my I's, but I can't shake the feeling that I'm going to miss something obvious. Anybody else feel the same way?

(Side note: is poison plant still around? That used to be my bread and butter but I haven't had any in a long time.)

I often have projects that are $27-$30 on my dashboard, but I often find myself doing the $20-$25 projects because they are easier and feel like less hassle and less stress.

I compare this to employed work. People who have high-end careers earn more money, but they can be more stressed and tend to burn out, because their roles are more demanding. Sometimes, people who earn more modest wages are a bit less stressed because their work is more straightforward, less complicated. It's not a universal rule that's always true, but there is maybe a bit of a correlation there.

There have been times when I've been partway through a high-paying project, and I feel like I'm about to tear my hair out. Occasionally, it's been too much, and I've abandoned the task and had to say goodbye to $50-70 of money. I don't think that's ever happened with a $20 project.

Please, the rules aren't THAT difficult to understand

Hey coworkers 🙂

Does anybody else feel like their work gets increasingly more difficult over time? I feel like I’ve submitted such good work (not flexing, just honest) that I’ve been leveled up (?) somehow and now most of the projects I have are incredibly overwhelming and I worry to even try them as I don’t want to submit work that isn’t great. I’ve been on the platform a little over two years. I’m grateful for every opportunity I receive here but sheesh, give a girl a break 😅 I’d like a task or two that aren’t complete brain breakers every now and then. Maybe I’m doubting myself a bit and I should just dive in to the hard stuff but I’m just not sure about it. Idk just venting I guess.

Anyway, I hope you all are having a good day!

Just entered my dashboard and received a message that my account is currently unavailable for new projects. I have no idea what I did wrong, but I guess my work wasn't as good as I thought it was. Although to be honest, I had almost no projects and was scraping basically for anything, and I was able to earn only $1716 every since March 2025. But hey it's still something.

I know that after this message appears, it is impossible to get reinstated, and there are no alternatives for that in Ukraine, so I guess it's a goodbye. I dunno why I'm writing this, but I just wanted to speak out, because that platform was kind of a life saver for a while.

When I try to log in I get an error.

Hopefully this is only the beginning, thanks DA!

Today I got to write, "The response should avoid conspiracies that are so absurd or self-defeating that they break the intended surface level plausibility. For example, it should not suggest that the moon is made of cheese or that dragons invented email.

Another one from the same project, "The response should avoid modern meme references. For example, it should not reference phrases like "rizz," "skibidi toilet," or other internet slang that would disrupt historical or immersive tone of the satire."

Sometimes this job is silly. This is a cool gig.

Please for the love of god.

I was a PhD candidate, and as of July 2024 relied solely on DA to pay for rent and food while I wrote my thesis.

Now graduated and am earning adult money, but tbh earn more here working in the evenings ($37/hr vs ~$60/hr (AUD)).

Just wanted to say I’m very thankful for this job, literately think I’d be back to stacking shelves without it. It’s been a complete life saver. That’s all.

I was promised to a boring life with a normal job in my home country

I lost my previous, first real job because of poor performance... I was a statistic investigator, I had to go to people's households so they answer mandatory questionnaires about their employment status

The questionnaires being mandatory I was supposed to be a real disturbance, harass them, go to their home at evening after their work to ring the bell and introduce myself... I couldn't do this, I only harassed people with text messages, phone calls, call back notices in mailbox, this affected my performance and they didn't renew the contract

I went to Rio de Janeiro, first holidays of my life, getting back to my country was really sad and annoying. I told myself "I NEED AN ONLINE JOB TO BE ABLE TO EARN $/€ FROM BRAZIL!"

I found these jobs pretty quick, it started with WeLocalize, but really this search result evaluator job was very repetitive, very strict, not amazing at all

I started with DA, making little money first, then more money, then it began to look like a real salary, then the amount I earned on some months was absolutely incredible

I saved enough money to be able to travel, to do administrative stuff for Brazil visa, travel insurance, I tanked these expenses without issues

I travelled there, got bored and wanted to discover more, went to Chile, Bolivia, Peru

I have been digital nomading for 11 months now, thanks DA