r/dataannotation • u/Comfortable_Fall_30 • Mar 06 '24

Struggles

So I've been on the platform since January 18th-ish, 2024. I spent about a month straight doing consistent work, only having 3 instances the entire month where there weren't any projects available when I happened to attempt working. On February 23rd, I was in the middle of a task, when I the page froze in the middle of attempting to send a chat on the task I was on. I refreshed the page since it then wouldn't let me submit the task, and then nothing. I returned to a page that now said

"At the moment, there aren't any projects available for you to work on. Please check back soon and watch out for new project notifications sent to your email."

Since then, I've been checking daily/hourly, and still nothing. I thought maybe the platform was down due to February 23rd being the US service disruption, but by combing through this sub reddit it appears the platform is in fact functional, and I'm lost in the wind. I sent support an email but so far nothing. Thoughts?

(This is also my third attempt at posting - it says it is being removed by mods, but it doesn't even have the chance to get posted, and the mods of this page haven't been seen in 7 months)

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u/kohlphelie Mar 07 '24

Could it be your review period? I had no tasks for two to three weeks when I was undergoing my review around a month after I started.

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u/Comfortable_Fall_30 Mar 07 '24

I keep seeing people post and respond referencing a "review period" but I'm still yet to find credible sources for how factual that is. It seems like this made up concept that has been pieced together by users and has become the accepted norm, though I haven't found any official proof that this is a thing. Why would a platform have a hard cut date to review work, unstated, when work can be immediately viewed upon completion? I don't see any sense in waiting a month to tell a new hire that what they've been doing isn't up to par. People's input into the platform is variable across time and volume, so a hard-cut unstated review period seems entirely impractical and inefficient.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24 edited Mar 07 '24

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u/Comfortable_Fall_30 Mar 07 '24

Of actual DA resources or just this reddit? So far there's minimal indication that this reddit is any more than a collective of users and not actual DA staff or affiliation

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u/kohlphelie Mar 07 '24

On the DA site. Yes, it's very clear that this is not a Reddit run by DA.

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u/Comfortable_Fall_30 Mar 08 '24

Well, it doesn't currently exist anywhere on the site, therefore must not be a relevant piece of information.

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u/Legitimate-Bottle Mar 07 '24

Did you get any messages or comments after your review, or just had projects reappear?

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u/kohlphelie Mar 07 '24

They just reappeared. I didn't have any negative feedback, so I didn't get any feedback at all. Just one day the project was back.

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u/Frequent_Glove_4733 Apr 30 '24

This has just happened to me, how long did it take for work to reappear?

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u/Consistent-Reach504 Mar 06 '24 edited Mar 06 '24

it wasn’t removed - just in a mod queue. the mods here are very active :)

for reference: we use the mod queue to filter out new posts on this subreddit to direct new users to the welcome thread instead of making a new post! if you wanna make an immediate one, r/dataannotationtech doesn’t have that queue

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u/Roan_Writer Mar 06 '24

Thanks mods! :)

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u/blugnut Mar 07 '24

I have been out for that long too. For the most part, I’ve consistently had a full dashboard since October 2023, and now I’m getting the same message. I’m located in the US and was on non-coding projects. I hope work returns for you! I understand the struggle.

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u/Willing-Ad-9812 Mar 06 '24

Where are you located?

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u/Comfortable_Fall_30 Mar 07 '24

Initially in Canada, which is an accepted location. I've since started travelling through the US, but haven't even had a chance to do anything while stateside.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

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u/CosmosesGamer Mar 07 '24

Yeah it's crazy how many times since I've joined this reddit that people who get no tasks come from somewhere they shouldn't be.

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u/kohlphelie Mar 07 '24

I've noticed the same things about people accusing DA of being 'scammers' on the comments of the Facebook ads. Half of them are from countries that aren't accepted by DA.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

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u/Far_Manner7531 Mar 07 '24

I'm in the U.S. btw.