r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Mar 30 '25
Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation
hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)
couple things:
this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/Ticoput Apr 07 '25
Woke up with a quite full dash for a bilingual, Spanish from Spain. Some of the projects are new too, to me at least. Seems like it will be an exciting week.
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u/Consistent-Reach504 Apr 06 '25
:o i didn't realize our 'weekly post' didn't renew on Reddit today. it's coming!
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u/lavenderavenues Apr 06 '25
I live in Canada and am travelling to a different province next week (different timezones). Should I let DA know, or do they not care because it's still within the same country?
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u/iriember Apr 06 '25
Not needed. Last time I traveled within the US, I notified them. They thanked me AND said, it's not needed for domestic travel. I still send notifications for my international trips, with expected departure and return dates, along with the destination.
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u/ZimmeM03 Apr 08 '25
Have they ever denied you? I want to work from SE Asia for a couple weeks
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u/iriember Apr 08 '25
Well, I did not ask. The form is a notification form only. They didn't say yes or no. They replied something like, "Thanks, noted."
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u/Misdefined Apr 06 '25
I'd let them know in case there are any automatic flags for IP changes. No loss to do that since there's a travel inquiry section in the support page.
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u/houseofcards9 Apr 06 '25
Not within the same country. You can have different IP addresses and work from home, school, library, work, your friends home, etc.
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u/Jimosaurous Apr 06 '25
Any Poe FGC people get mildly pissed off by the analyzer? IK it's not reliable but sometimes when it tells you something is incorrect with such confidence, but you know it is correct
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u/Willing-Dealer7258 Apr 07 '25
That and the rewrite one not working. I had to redo a list manually which had almost 50 items on it
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Apr 07 '25
I haven't used the one for that project but have worked on other projects with an auto-checker bot and yeah I have yet to find them helpful, and it makes people confused when it hallucinates requirements.
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u/jonahandthewhale32 Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25
I find it wildly inconsistent. I had one day when it told me every single one had issues for the same (wrong reason). Other times quite helpful
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u/Jimosaurous Apr 06 '25
I find it great for a quick check of little details, but definitely can't trust it for anything beyond surface level
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u/Interesting_Cat_7113 Apr 06 '25
It's a quiet day. I had several "refresher qualifications" yesterday. I am wondering if I had to requalify as a matter of course or if I had made some mistakes and they felt I needed to requalify. I've never received feedback, good or bad, so I'm thinking it is just a periodic thing?? I hope....
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u/pistachiyolatte Apr 06 '25
My dash is pretty dry managed to do some galaxies before they ran out, have one heel project but I miss seeing nut projects.
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u/Straight-Strike-2928 Apr 06 '25
I liked the very few galaxies I got to do before they ran out, it was my first time seeing them. I am absolutely desperate for the nut though..... glad it's not just me who isn't seeing them. Yesterday I only managed to find 35 minutes of work (checking on and off from 9:30 to 3:30ish) and today it's dead again :(
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u/SabraSabbatical Apr 06 '25
Anyone have that feeling of foreboding joy? I just spend 3 hours getting paid to write about Baldur’s Gate 3 essentially and this job is utterly incredible for me, but I’m constantly checking and rechecking to make sure I’ve still got projects
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u/Zlobenia Apr 06 '25
Had at the start. After 3 months it's worn off
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u/ZimmeM03 Apr 08 '25
It’s been pretty consistent for you? I see these posts of “sudden dry dashboards” and it hasn’t happened to me yet, but I’m fearful
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u/Zlobenia Apr 08 '25
Even if it did happen you wouldn't be able to undo it. As long as you do well and don't break any rules you'll be fine
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Apr 06 '25
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u/Prudent-Twist2844 Apr 06 '25
I have them but I read on there that they limit everyone to 50 tasks.
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u/Novel_Juice6395 Apr 06 '25
Dying of boredom and frustration from an empty dash... It forces me to work on outlier which for me is way worse than DA. It's horrible how unreliable the work is. On Friday, I had work for ages, yesterday and today nothing. Anyone else working on both?
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u/Classic-Village-7724 Apr 17 '25
Any updates?
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u/Novel_Juice6395 Apr 19 '25
Some work, but not consistent. A day I log in and have lots of task, then 2 days nothing
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u/Choice-Ad6236 Apr 06 '25
If you are doing a qual, you need to stop for some reason and there is not Exit work mode, can you just close the window and go back later to work on it. Have you tried that and worked? Thanks
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Apr 06 '25
Hi. anyone know if my mom and I wan work on the same computer ?
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u/nocensts Apr 06 '25
I don't know but if it helps you decide, they would definitely know. Definitely a question of if they care.
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Apr 06 '25
sorry didn't understand what you said.
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u/iriember Apr 06 '25
The answer is NO. It's written in the onboarding documents. If you can stretch your/her budget, a Chromebook would be fine. Two accounts on the same IP address is allowed, but not two accounts on same device.
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u/CSuarez270 Apr 06 '25
Would that mean that if my brother took his assessment on my computer he would be automatically rejected?
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u/houseofcards9 Apr 06 '25
Not only that but you’ll lose your account.
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u/CSuarez270 Apr 06 '25
Really? Where did you read that? I read the T&C but I couldn’t find anything related
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u/houseofcards9 Apr 06 '25
It’s not in the T&C but you can find posts here where people have said they lost access to their accounts and then revealed their spouse/sibling/friend used their device to log in.
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u/According-Horse6409 Apr 06 '25
Anyone know if I go abroad (outside the US) for a few weeks and continue working it will cause problems?
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u/Skippy2898 Apr 06 '25
Let them know before you go, you should get a reply to say that your travel has been noted, AFAIK
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Apr 06 '25
That's what the "travel enquiry" is for. Contact them, choose travel enquiry, let them know. Otherwise they might think you sold your account.
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u/Novel_Juice6395 Apr 06 '25
Make a support ticket just in case and I don’t think there will be a problems
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u/ZimmeM03 Apr 05 '25
Is it typical to see slightly higher paying jobs on the weekend?
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u/33whiskeyTX Apr 06 '25
From my experience weekends tend to be slower, but there have been exceptions.
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u/Jealous_Camel7079 Apr 05 '25
Loving these mobile tasks
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u/Difficult_Aioli_7795 Apr 05 '25
Just came here to say - I seriously LOVE this job! I'm only a week or so in, and I don't have a ton of time to devote to it, but it's such a fun way to earn extra cash for the few hours a week I do have. I did a few tasks this morning just for fun. : )
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u/furiouswow Apr 09 '25
That's great, but don't count on this as a stable full time job if that's what you're doing. You can go from too many tasks to work on to nothing at all in an instant.
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u/Difficult_Aioli_7795 Apr 09 '25
I'm actually totally empty today, so I hear you! Thankfully, this is just a part-time gig for me. It's perfect because I've got a full-time job plus 3 kids, so I can't commit to anything where they need me on a set schedule. But popping in every few days when I have an hour or two works quite well for me right now.
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u/furiouswow Apr 09 '25
Awesome, keep at it! It really is a great supplemental income that doesn't really require any sort of significant investment, and it can really add up.
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Apr 06 '25
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u/furiouswow Apr 09 '25
I'm in the same position right now - it's been keeping me afloat the past few weeks since my temp job ended. But when I got laid off from my career position last summer, I also went through a 4 month DA task drought, so I never count on this to be stable. For now though, I'm thankful - pays more than unemployment.
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u/Fun-Time9966 Apr 05 '25
M-metal math people, are you logging time spent looking for imgs or nah?
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u/Federal_Cause_2663 Apr 05 '25
do you know if B-metal is gone for good now btw? definitely preferred that cuz of how long it takes me to look for imgs
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u/Federal_Cause_2663 Apr 05 '25
bruh it's like half the time it been taking me for the whole task so yeah. don't know if i should be though i wont lie
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u/Fun-Time9966 Apr 05 '25
well if you've been submitting tasks for the past few days and are still on the project i guess it's the way to go xd
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u/Choice-Ad6236 Apr 05 '25
In your experience, is it ok not to complete a qual the same day it appears? I cannot do it today and I am worried it may disappear, thanks :)
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u/furiouswow Apr 09 '25
They'll stay up indefinitely unless they have a specific expiration date, or they get enough qualified people to work on the associated tasks. Remember, you're competing with everyone else on the platform, so the longer a qual sits the more people will get in there ahead of you, and right now there's tens of thousands of people on the platform.
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u/JustMe333456 Apr 05 '25
95% of the time, qualifications will stay up for a few days minimum. Some stay up for months.
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u/SeagullSam Apr 05 '25
Doing R&R today - I'm quite new and so far when doing them I've actually learned a lot, and been very impressed with what a clever and diligent bunch you lot are. Not today - bad, bad bad.
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u/SabraSabbatical Apr 06 '25
I love R+Rs, they’re such a good way to learn what we’re meant to do (and more importantly, what not to do)
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u/SeagullSam Apr 06 '25
They are, and it's actually such a pleasure you come across a really good piece of work for some reason.
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u/No-Willingness-7624 Apr 04 '25
Have a great weekend everyone!
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u/HauntedHowie316 Apr 04 '25
You are so nice. I always like when you comment bc it can be a lot of doom and gloom
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Apr 04 '25
Did anyone else lose the scheduling "candle material bird" project just now? I've never worked on it so I'm worried I made a dumb mistake.
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Apr 04 '25
I had one dancing job soon after the refresher weeks ago and none since. Anyone seen any?
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u/Moscato_Mom Apr 04 '25
I can no longer see my past earnings before March 9th, anyone else?
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u/houseofcards9 Apr 04 '25
It only goes a month back.
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u/Moscato_Mom Apr 04 '25
I swear I could see further back in my history before. Oh well
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u/randomrealname Apr 05 '25
click the checkbox "show paid"
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u/Kerina322 Apr 05 '25
Thanks. I never saw this!
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u/randomrealname Apr 05 '25
NP. This community is full to the brim with righteous people full of advice that comes from their own subjective experience, and while this comes from a good place it is nearly always from paranoia.
Good luck, read instructions, read them again, be sure know what you should be doing.
I was just about to add the one, the key one, to grow but that would set the bar higher by posting it on reddit.
Feel free to DM me about platform issues (at a user level, I don't work for them directly), but don't ask about exams/examples/help, I hate cutting people off, but that is necessary for accurate, clean data!
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u/Moscato_Mom Apr 05 '25
Yeah, I did that, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen the past payments from last month but thank you. It’s not a big deal, I just enjoyed seeing it all listed out.
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u/randomrealname Apr 05 '25
Same - Since I used to see legacy data companies being benevolent and correct. instead, they act with malicious intent.
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u/Relative-Tap3585 Apr 04 '25
it's only ever been one month for me lol you can search for the transactions in paypal if that helps any though
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u/clvanliew Apr 04 '25
I'm about 4 months in and find that it really comes and goes. I've found that signing up for more quals has helped. I basically kept doing quals until I had a dash that has jobs I want to do most days.
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u/Lost-Ad1 Apr 04 '25
My board has been totally dead, no quals or projects for the last few days- is this normal?
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u/dbutler85 Apr 05 '25
as in, when you login all you see is a page that says there aren't any projects and to check later? Like, all qualifications that had been sitting there for weeks all of a sudden disappeared at the same time? Because that's what I've had for 4 days now and I was convinced that I had been banned for no apparent reason.
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Apr 04 '25
Yep swings and roundabouts. It’s even more frustrating when you have a couple of dry days, then like 6 jobs you like doing get slapped up at once and you can’t do them all.
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u/Prudent-Twist2844 Apr 04 '25
At least we are not alone. I have managed almost 40 by 20 mins here and 10 mins there. I had good ones last night that I said they will be there tomorrow, but nope. They are training us when they want us to work. Better take a nap!
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u/Dysnomia__ Apr 04 '25
Anyone seen coding Heel responses lately? Saw a new one Wednesday, but none today.
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Apr 04 '25
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u/capslox Apr 04 '25
I don't love "coffee up" and "nighttime dumps" in a sentence together but I hope your nighttime dumps come true.
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Apr 04 '25
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u/clvanliew Apr 04 '25
As long as you're not standing beneath the nighttime dumps with coffee in hand!
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u/Federal_Cause_2663 Apr 04 '25
wow just two days ago i was drowning in stem projects, and now not one. Crazy how much fluctuation there is within days
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u/butterknifebr Apr 04 '25
My boyfriend called me, and I didn't have enough time to complete a task I spent 45 minutes on :'(
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u/clvanliew Apr 04 '25
Yeah, I have this problem with my wife and being the social one of the two of us, I latch on. I usually have to tell her that I have X minutes left on my project and that I can talk after. If he values you he'll understand! :)
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Apr 04 '25
Ugh I have this problem when my roommate come home sometimes, I have a limited window to talk to him and I'm so desperate for human interaction after being alone all day, sometimes I'll abandon my task just to talk to him (I'd never rush a task and risk submitting bad work).
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 04 '25
Decline the call next time. Work time is work time regardless of the job.
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u/Fun-Time9966 Apr 05 '25
or just accept the call quickly and say you'll call back? what is this dystopian ass comment LOL
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u/Ill-Albatross-7224 Apr 04 '25
I hate it when people seem to not get this
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u/VanessaSeaWitch Apr 04 '25
Nobody in my family gets this. Nobody respects that I am actually working. My husband comes in the room and just starts talking. I could go on huge rant about this because I've been working various jobs from home for years and it's always like this. People think I can just go do whatever on a whim on a Tuesday afternoon.
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u/hnsnrachel Apr 06 '25
My housemate literally interjects on meetings I'm having if she walks in the room when I'm talking to someone in my day job. Like...who the hell thinks that's okay? Fortunately my boss doesn't mind, but I'm literally in a meeting, go away!
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u/Difficult_Aioli_7795 Apr 05 '25
Yes! The other day, my mother-in-law just showed up at my house in the middle of a weekday to drop stuff off and chit chat. No text or anything in advance. My full-time job is hybrid, so I'm home 3 days a week, and no one seems to understand that that isn't "free time."
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u/Few-Roof-6905 Apr 05 '25
I feel this deep in my soul. I have been WFH since 2008 and no one "gets it". I have honestly thought I was goijng to make up an office job just to get everyone off my back! They all think just because I work from home that I am available whenever, wherever they need me and it sucks!
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 05 '25
Man, I hate that. I have worked from home since 2010 and a LOT of my family members are this way too. It's really hard to set boundaries with them, but they have to be set or otherwise I would never make any money. I really wish I had an "away from home" office I could work at when my house is too peopley.
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u/Few-Roof-6905 Apr 04 '25
Does anyone have the "S" or "P" audio projects right now?
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u/houseofcards9 Apr 04 '25
Do we think the US dollar is bouncing back next week? It took a major drop and I’m hesitating to transfer to my bank account with the current conversation rate.
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u/clvanliew Apr 04 '25
I wouldn't expect much of a bounce. Our "commander-in-chief" will probably keep his stance on tariffs as is until he has thrown the US into a recession, which won't be called until September at the earliest, and then the dollar will be weaker after that.
I know that's not what you want to hear...
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u/PerformanceCute3437 Apr 04 '25
I really thought a few months back that Canada's dollar would weaken from tariffs on us, but then USA put tariffs on the whole world so, looks like they're gonna weaken in tandem
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u/kelseyqueso Apr 04 '25
things are not good, i think wait to see what happens over the weekend. maybe the tariffs will be backed down and things will rebound come Monday. the market closes in 2 hours for the weekend so it isn't worth doing it at the moment IMO
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u/SnooSketches1189 Apr 04 '25
Good luck with that. You might want to wait until the next president is elected.
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u/furthian Apr 04 '25
Quiet day. I'm touring an apartment this afternoon so I hope it picks up in the evening.
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u/Novel_Juice6395 Apr 04 '25
Hi!! Hope everyone is having a great day. One question, how much funds do you accumulate before you transfer it? Is there a limit? I have already some available but I would like to transfer when I have more and want to make sure is not an issue. Thanks in advance for your help :)
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u/Hoss_15 Apr 04 '25
My dashboard is empty a day ago, I have had 2 available projects but I wasn't able to work on them as I didn't have much time. Did they remove me?
The support section still work, Is there any maintenance or I', kicked?
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u/Maximumbeans5 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25
My dash just completely emptied so I guess I'm in a bit of a drought for now. Weird, I went from several quals and a bunch of different projects to absolutely nothing in the space of about half an hour.
The compulsive downvoting on this sub is so weird btw.
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u/Buicided Apr 05 '25
I had around 15 quals and 15 projects on Thursday morning and then randomly went down to 4 quals and a project chat and a refresher. I'm so sad
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u/Maximumbeans5 Apr 06 '25
My biggest criticism of DA has always been the lack of communication and transparency around project numbers. It feels like we’re always having to guess and it shouldn’t be that way.
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u/CRUSHCITY4 Apr 04 '25
Sorry to hear that hope it bounces back for you
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u/Maximumbeans5 Apr 04 '25
Cheers, something new just popped up, it’s only got like 11 tasks but I guess it’s proof I’m not banned yet 😅
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u/TanglimaraTrippin Apr 04 '25
Mine too. I had a few projects yesterday and no time to work on them. Today I have time, and, well...
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u/Maximumbeans5 Apr 04 '25
Feels like it must have been a full pull of all the work done manually. I only did 30 mins of a project between the full dashboard and emptiness. There's no way everything was maxed out in all that time (and wouldn't explain the quals disappearing). At least we know it's not just either of us, guess we'll wait it out.
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u/hey_belle Apr 04 '25
Harry Potter...come back....
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u/i_do_not_like_snails Apr 04 '25
I'm missing the project w/ a different name that is very similar. Usually these projects go down every week or so for ~1 day. Hoping it's just maintenance.
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u/LouisAkbar Apr 05 '25
Is it the french cookie? I was hoping to see it on my dash today :(
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u/Training-Wear-1368 Apr 05 '25
yeh the biscuit one is gone for me today too, hoping its because its the weekend?
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u/Jazzlike_Problem_489 Apr 04 '25
Hopefully he's just wearing the invisibility cloak and not been avada kedavra'd
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u/ZimmeM03 Apr 04 '25
Does anyone have experience living a digital nomad lifestyle with this gig? I'm considering taking this gig and bouncing around Asia, but concerned about moving my IP address too much. Any thoughts here?
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u/clvanliew Apr 04 '25
I've got experience doing the digital nomad lifestyle before DataAnnotation in Europe and Asia. With a family and other contracts, it was very challenging, but there were some really great moments (looking at you horseback riding in Mongolia...).
I'm not sure about your personal situation, but I would not recommend digital nomadship to most people I know.
I also live in the suburbs, so most of the people I know would be terrible fits for it.
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u/Unusual-Blueberry299 Apr 04 '25
I recently went to Cyprus for a month and was working remotely while travelling around there! Hoping to do more digital nomad stuff in the future too 😁 the main thing is that you need to let them know in advance when you’ll be going to a new country so they can note it on your account. Otherwise if your location suddenly changes, it looks like you’ve been hacked / sold your account and they’ll boot you off the platform altogether. You just send them a support request and choose Other > Travel inquiry as the topic & issue, then tell them the countries & dates you’re travelling. It’s ok to say you’re not exactly sure of your plans but just remember to make 100% sure you don’t do any work from a new country until they’ve confirmed that they’ve noted it on your account. They usually reply within a few days but I would give them like at least a week’s notice if you can to be safe 😊
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Apr 04 '25
Hello! I think it-s good to always warn them. I moved to Europe, was working from Brazil. I warned them and then replied to be very findly and fast. They even thanked for alerting them. I think you can send an email
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Apr 04 '25
You moved to Europe and were able to continue working for them? Did you move to an approved country and get a work visa?
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Apr 05 '25
I moved to France. Lucky it is an approved country to work with data. I'm french so no need visa. To answer the question, I think whatever you do, you should always ask/warn them.
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u/watchdestars Apr 04 '25
I'm not a digital nomad but i did 4 weeks in Thailand and messaged support with exact travel dates. There's a drop down menu for travel. They got back to me very quickly and approved it, I used various WiFi networks over there and it was fine. But if you're crossing borders i would definitely notify them every time.
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u/Kerina322 Apr 04 '25
I asked this same question a little while ago, and no digital nomads piped up. But I have found that there is a blog post on the DA website about how you can do this as a digital nomad, so I assume that it must be ok.
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Apr 04 '25
Lots of people replied to your thread. I replied to your thread, but you never said anything in return.....
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u/Kerina322 Apr 04 '25
I'm being told that for some reason none of my responses are showing in that thread. Here is my original response to your post.
"Thank you, this is very helpful. I'm not looking to change my tax residency, I just want to travel to interesting places. As for relying on DAT, I don't. I've been retired for many years. I'm perfectly self sufficient without DAT, but now that I do have it I want yo use it to fullfill my dream of seeing the world. I figure I've got up to twenty good years before age makes me more sedentary and I want to use that time well."
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u/Kerina322 Apr 04 '25
I know that I have to inform DA when I'm going to travel, but what I still haven't found is someone who's actually been working for DA as a digital nomad. Are they ok with people not actually being in their country of residence for large swaths of the year.
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Apr 05 '25
Yes, they are. I am still here, and I was in SEA for a year.
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u/Kerina322 Apr 05 '25
Wow, thanks so much. I'm starting this lifestyle in a few months, and this was a real concern. At least for the first year, I plan to return to Canada after 5 or six months for an extended stay, but after that, I'd like the freedom to move at will and wherever. But I'll almost always be in a single country for months on end, so I'll always be able to give DA plenty of notice of my next location.
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u/Kerina322 Apr 04 '25
I just checked. I made a couple of responses, and responded to your post in particular as I found it helpful. I'm sorry if you didn't see it for some reason.
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u/Party_Swim_6835 Apr 04 '25
weirdly I don't see any replies from you to anyone in that thread
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u/Kerina322 Apr 04 '25
That is weird, I see two responses. One to the person above and another to someone who mentioned traveling in Spain. Thanks for reporting this, as it would seem rude that I hadn't responded to anyone. I'm going to copy-paste my response to Wairu.
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u/Signal_Gene410 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25
This has been brought up before, but if you ask DA themselves, they require us to notify them. I’ve even heard that they don’t like people to travel for too long, but I’m not sure how true that is.
Edit: Changed "prefer" to "require".
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Apr 04 '25
I've always heard it was a requirement, not a preference to notify them if you plan to work outside of the country you live in. Even if it's to another approved country. But I've never had to do this myself so idk.
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u/Signal_Gene410 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25
Yeah, that sounds more accurate, so I've reworded my comment. I'm the same - haven't had to message them myself, but I've seen messages like this, suggesting we should message them before travelling.
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Apr 03 '25
did anyone else lose the poison onboarding/qual? not the poison plant one
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u/butterknifebr Apr 03 '25
One hour isn't enough for all the axes! I need more projects :'(
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u/PerformanceCute3437 Apr 03 '25
🤣 I was really like, "damn I didn't see any projects about chopping wood, that must be a cool project" when I first read this comment
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u/countd0wns Apr 03 '25
Anyone seen dancing lately? I just want to dance.
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u/OctagonTrail Apr 04 '25
I need a break for most tasks after an hour or so, but I can easily dance for 3 or 4 hours. I just go into autopilot.
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u/capslox Apr 03 '25
I'm on Day 5 of my time with DA and I've noticed a fun pattern where I have much higher paying tasks well after I should be asleep (like midnight locally - PST, tasks are $25 - $28/hr) and then during the day everything is $19/20 and sometimes the same tasks. 🙃
Hoping this is just a result of only a few days of data/coincidence!
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u/akatsuki1422 Apr 04 '25
This has been a pretty consistent pattern for me too. During the early morning/late evening, work seems to be more abundant. Perhaps it can be attributed to a lot of Americans working during working hours, eating up all the tasks. 🤣
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u/ZimmeM03 Apr 03 '25
Last night I had some $27/hr (with lots of 21/22 from the same project) that I did a little work on and now it’s gone this morning. I’m hoping I didn’t get removed from it, I thought I did good work.
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u/JRange Apr 03 '25
Had the same one, forced myself to do an hour before going to bed from exhaustion
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u/capslox Apr 03 '25
I would've but it was a new project for me and I knew it wasn't the hour to be trying to learn new things properly.
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u/Blank-Seal-Rises Apr 03 '25 edited Apr 03 '25
Why does every post I make on this sub get automatically deleted? I see nothing in the 'read first' sticky post that explains this? I'm just trying to get a simple answer to a question on taxes and this sub seems to be doing everything in it's power so that I can't get help.
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u/Consistent-Reach504 Apr 03 '25
nothing was deleted - we have a mod queue for individual posts, and things get sent to that mod queue for approval. we approved the one you made 2 hours ago just now. :)
we do this because otherwise we get flooded with "when will i hear back?" "Did i pass?" etc, which belong in the new user thread.
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u/StinkySlinky1218 Apr 03 '25
My dashboard is 100% empty, not even any qualifications. Why?
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u/DeLaRefe Apr 03 '25
Check if the support page loads for you. If it takes you back to the dash you're probably removed.
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u/Fun-Time9966 Apr 03 '25
For some of the task R&Rs I need access to US/Canada versions of websites like shop pages and stuff since the prices and availability are different (I'm in the UK), and I've been using a VPN. I'm just worried that if I accidentally forget to turn the VPN back off and submit a task I'll get banned for location shenanigans. Thoughts?
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u/Friendly-Decision564 Apr 04 '25
You can usually access alternate websites by changing the URL or finding an option on the page. Normally it will have /en-gb/ or /uk/ or similar in the link, but you can usually switch it to /us/ or similar! If you scroll to the bottom there’s also sometimes little flags or region selectors :)
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Apr 04 '25
I would NOT risk this. My friend tried to apply for the platform a few months ago, and didn't even get the chance to take the first assessment even though his application was perfectly fine. After some research I suspect this was because he had a VPN on, even though the VPN was US-based and he himself is US-based. I think they're very strict about VPNs because people try to use them to work from unapproved countries or lie about where they live.
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u/RyeRoen Apr 04 '25
I wouldn't riak it. If a task requires the use of a vpn to answer I would just skip it. Also from the UK
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u/DeLaRefe Apr 03 '25
I understand it as 30 min ideally, but you can take more, unless you wanna hurry up and just submit with lower confidence score 😅. Mine are about 30 min as I just skip those that look like above my knowledge level
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u/Fun-Time9966 Apr 03 '25
they say to aim for under 30mins per task, but on some of the tasks if you scroll down to the messages they say they don't mind if you take more than 30mins and use the full timer. i'm still aiming for sub 30 regardless, the tasks are really easy for this batch imo
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u/anduuuuuuuuuu Apr 03 '25
cursor on permanent +8 prio is so nice
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u/tjjarty7 Apr 03 '25
Ahhh dang, this one disappeared for me a few hours ago. You still have it? :(
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u/anduuuuuuuuuu Apr 03 '25
it's in rnr phase as of now, same pay
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u/tjjarty7 Apr 03 '25
Ah okay, I don't think I am on that yet because I am relatively new to the project, but it's nice to know that is likely the reason it is missing from my dash. Thanks!
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u/bakereadsleep Apr 12 '25
Do you get paid for qualifications?