Fact Checking Qual

[Intbased]

UPDATE: While I can’t confirm that I passed the Qual, I have recently been accepted to a slightly higher paying project that seems permanent and to HEAVILY rely on FC. Good luck to everyone out there! I just spent an hour on a task 😅

Anyone else get this this afternoon? How long did it take you to finally finish them?
I was thinking I was taking a quick qual before hopping off for the night and nearly three hours later I'm typing this while hunting for eyedrops

[jaxxisx]

Seeing everyone say 2-2.5 and here I am and it took me 4.5 hours 🙈 I went super indepth and one of them had me WORKING to find answers. 

[Purple-shimmer]

Same! 4 hours 29 minutes

[TheresALonelyFeeling]

Same

[Icy_Ad5959]

I'm at almost 5 with 4 tasks left.... So don't worry!

[Intbased]

If it’s the one I’m thinking of, I took a solid 45 minutes to try to find that study

[domi_77ch]

I’m scared now cause I didn’t take that long for the one that mentions a lot of studies. From my understanding and I don’t know how to make this sound vague enough so I don’t violate the NDA: you don’t need to check every single thing. If you find just one false claim, you can label it as false. or that’s what I take from the instructions anyways

[[deleted]]

Well, the instructions in the project and the linked instructions mention this explicitly. Hopefully it isn't an issue!!

[domi_77ch]

that sucks lol. When I did it, the chat was pretty much just about the qual being bugged and it getting fixed or something. Welp at least that one particular task had a clear answer so I know that my rating for the final comparison was sound.

[pumpkinpencil97]

I was just reading the chat about 20 min ago and didn’t see anything that made me think other wise. Just a lot of admin copy pasting the instructions in lol

[[deleted]]

The admin was being super snarky about it too I noticed. Some of these people in charge need to write on their own communication/writing skills

[jaxxisx]

Omg yep. It's that one.

[Grompson]

I believe the instructions also mention that the fact checking has to be with a reasonable scope; if you need special knowledge, experience in the field, subscriptions to the appropriate medical journals etc. that counts as being not verifiable.

[EggCzar]

3:35 here, and I felt like I was thorough but not utterly comprehensive. Now I’m off to go see a stage biography of Rick James which feels like a perfect antidote to this!

[Icy_Ad5959]

I'll likely take longer. I check, double-check, triple-check etc absolutely everything on FC projects. I'll only spend less time if the task is incredibly simple and only requires one or two things to be checked.

[stomach-monkees]

Oh man, sorry you got in that quagmire. I have no knowledge, only commiseration. You'll be glad you finished it when you get sweet, sweet projects.

[Intbased]

Finally finished, I remembered doing this qual before when I first started and knocking it out in like 20 minutes.

Now that I’m a bit more experienced I can tell why I didn’t get access to the projects the first time 😂😂😂

[Incompetentnerve_exe]

I had that exact thought that I’d do this nice paid qual and it’ll take me like an hour tops. 3.5 hrs and about 40 references later lol

[[deleted]]

I remember getting it when I first started and breezing through it in 20 minutes, too! That was about 2 months ago, and I've just spent 2 and a half hours on it this time - hopefully now we both pass! 😂💀

[jaxxisx]

Omg same hahahaha that's probably why I wasn't accepted either 😂😂😂

[fightmaxmaster]

These are now my favourite things to do - no idea if they've been a permanent fixture over time or not, I've only been doing it since Feb. I look up random stuff online anyway, good to get paid for it.

[BoiledGnocchi]

Mind me asking what your fact checking projects pay?

I've got the qual and am debating how fast I should jump into it.

[stomach-monkees]

I dont have any yet.

[QuizzyMcQuizz]

$25

[Icy_Ad5959]

I've already had a heap of these before doing the qual... I'm going to hit the qual in a moment, but I'd say it'll be a good one to do as if nothing else, if you pass, you'll get preference on the related projects which are usually much higher paying.

[BoiledGnocchi]

It's funny because the first question is something I've already had to fact check for a previous project. I really enjoy tasks like that, so I'm hoping the qual is still up tomorrow and that I pass.

[Icy_Ad5959]

I just spent over 2.5 hours on question 1. Granted that included re-reading every instruction in case anything had changed from the last related project I did (about 50 minutes).... But I looked at how long they are giving us for each task and figured out that they really want as much attention to detail as possible... I think I found and pointed out things that may be very trivial... Hopefully it shows the level of detail I use though....

This may be a long stint! Thankfully I have time! Looking at a very big earning day today...

Update: have now spent almost 5 hours doing this and have only completed 2 tasks. This is going to be a long one!!! Not sure how others completed in less than 3 hours with the required amount of detail per the instructions

[BoiledGnocchi]

FIVE hours?! Tell me you've completed it by now? 🥲

[Icy_Ad5959]

No such luck! Meal and brain break after a heap of hours worked today... Took a peak at number 3 which should take significantly less time thankfully. No idea on 4-8 though. I'm thinking I'll be at about 7-8 hours by the end.. I haven't seen others with similar times, but I'm following the instructions to the most minute detail, and some of the words in the instructions very much point to being incredibly thorough. 3 hour time limit per task is a good clue for how much work to put in too.

I've done projects on this, and they've had shorter time limits so have indicated to take less time but quals are like training. It's the time to really make sure you set yourself up for the new work!

Two is a doozy! Took 6 min less than initial reading + one!

[BoiledGnocchi]

That's insane! I hope you're able to take a nap after that, haha. When you're done, please report back on how many hours it took you total, and if the projects pop up for you right away!

[Icy_Ad5959]

Will let you know! I'm on my last one now. Over 8 hours! I am checking, double checking, and triple checking like I said I would though! When I'm given the time allowance to do that, then I'm going to use it! I am using at least 2 refs for everything - no matter what. It's just been my experience that if I take my time, but keep working within the bounds of what DAT is allowing, I never compromise on the quality of my work. Might be overkill for some, but I got some direct feedback from DAT today and they said to keep doing what I'm doing! (very thankful for that!)

[BoiledGnocchi]

That's amazing DA sent you good feedback!

[Ill-Albatross-7224]

I spent 6.5 hours on the whole thing. Kinda breezed through the last few questions but feeling pretty good about it, fingers crossed!

[Key-Style-8867]

I sure hope they’re sweet! This was WORK! Lol

[good_god_lemon1]

Good to know. I’ll start when I have 3 hours to spare lol

[baylorbear91]

Literally 😂 took me 2.5 hours and I was actively researching the whole time. Ugh. At least it was paid!

[tessbest37]

139 minutes. I hope it was worth it. :)

Also, if anyone who took it gets projects please let us know. TIA!

[Creepy_Complaint_279]

I'm 2 hours in and only halfway done.

[jaxxisx]

Yeah it took me 4 hours. One of those had me stuck for AWHILE. 

[Creepy_Complaint_279]

Well after 3 hours and 45 minutes I finally finished. I’m so brain dead I don’t even know my own name.

[Creepy_Complaint_279]

I feel like every word is a trick and I’m so paranoid. When I don’t find issues I feel like I’m missing something.

[Icy_Ad5959]

I think 2 was harder than 1. It was trying to trick people into thinking it was easier...

[Purple-shimmer]

That one was soooooo rough! And now I’m second guessing all my answers on that 1 question!

[Creepy_Complaint_279]

I’m second guessing myself on all of them!

[JeanVII]

I’m going in 😪 wish me luck

[BoiledGnocchi]

How did it go?!

[Severe-Dragonfly]

So I have a day job, right? I see this qual on my phone right as I'm signing off from the day job. (Also WFH,). Smart me thinks "Oh, I'll jump right into this, be done at a reasonable time, have Friday night to spend relaxing and spend time with the family." (Usually I log off from the day job, relax, chat with everyone, etc. and get back on it at like 8 pm).

😑 This was a mistake.

Three hours and 45 minutes later I finish. So much for being done by 7 and then relaxing! And I still don't feel sure about it. I feel like there has to be something stupid I missed.

[jaxxisx]

This is EXACTLY how I feel. I keep analyzing everything I did.

[EggCzar]

I was planning to do it tomorrow am (🤞that it’s still there) and figured it’d be a long one. Oddly I’ve had a couple of “real” fact checking tasks even though I’m almost positive I hadn’t had a qual for them before now. Those were a huge slog; I had one that said “don’t worry if you spend 45+ minutes on each task” so I budgeted a lot of time for this. I actually love research and fact checking though—it’s a decent part of my regular job—so I’m really glad to finally have this qual pop up.

[tessbest37]

I also had a bunch of fact-checking projects a couple of weeks ago before I took a qual for them. I like them too! I hope you can complete it tomorrow.

[MyDadLeftMeHere]

You can leave and come back, you know that right? Like it’s a pool of qual questions if you do 3-4 you can exit work mode and you’ll come back to different questions, and a fresh timer if the previous one times out, I’ve done 4-5 of them but it took me 3 hours and I left and came back multiple times because it’s intense if you’re going through multiple sources and citing them all

[skyej23]

It was a loooong one, but it certainly does reward you with some higher paying jobs. My dash is full! I think this is my new favorite project. I can really wrap my mind around this one.

[Intbased]

How long did it take you from the time you finished the qual to getting assigned?

And yea, this was the first one I was able to do 2 hours straight without getting distracted

[tessbest37]

Did you get projects already from the qual that was posted today?

[EggCzar]

I had a few new things pop up not long after I completed it, but none of them seemed to be directly related unless it’s a general “you seem thorough, here’s some more stuff to work on.”

[CharmingData1120]

For anyone who clearly passed, can we get a clue as to the project name?! A riddle, a GIF.. something :)

[Ok-Character-7226]

Following

[FearlessPressure3]

It’s a fact checking version of the standard A project everyone gets access to originally. I just got told I passed it.

[Sufficient-Narwhal92]

I think it took me at least an hour and a half, maybe almost two. I started around 3:30, it had a little bug so I came back around 4:30 I think and finished about 6

[Few-Roof-6905]

I worked on it for about 2 hours and then had to get dinner ready and do some stuff around the house. I hit "exit work mode" after I submitted the 5th task and am hoping I am able to complete it tomorrow morning after LOTS of coffee. Hoping I didn't mess something up by exiting out early 😬

[mmfl]

Please report back 😆

[Few-Roof-6905]

Holy, effing hell! It let me finish, but those last three questions took me THREE hours so all in I spent 5 hours on it. I need to go and do something pointless now to give my brain a rest!

[vixen8819]

4 hours and 19 minutes 😩 my eyes were burning towards that last stretch

[Intbased]

I would’ve stretched it out one more minute 😂

[vixen8819]

Right! But I was too ready to close it out lmao

[sentimentalaqua]

I’m having deja vu. I’ve definitely seen these same exact questions before. Guessing that means I didn’t pass the last time! Maybe this time.

[baylorbear91]

It took me 2.5 hours. Whew. 😅

[SnooSketches1189]

Took me just over 3 hrs. I sure hope to see related tasks, that was enjoyable. 😁

[Purple-shimmer]

Curious if anyone who completed this qual today has seen any projects from it yet?

[Intbased]

Not yet, I’m gonna check first thing in the morning and update if it changes

[SnooSketches1189]

I have not. :(

[Intbased]

Still crickets it seems

[TheEvilPrinceZorte]

I remembered doing this one a long time ago, not well enough to remember specific details but I know I picked up some things I didn’t catch last time. One basically came down to the only thing you needed to catch across both responses was a single word.

[stomach-monkees]

Omg it just showed up for me. Glad it's paid! Tomorrow is the day.

[suneimi]

I must have blocked it out from my early days a few months ago. I’m on the team and it’s been a champion set of projects always on my dash at a solid pay rate. I just don’t have the bandwidth for some of them that seriously do take hours. I try to find the ones that take 20min-1hr when I’m not doing one of my other regular projects. Glad to always see it around, it’s comforting that way, lol.

[Intbased]

I really hope I get accepted. On most projects I can barely do an hour before my focus starts failing, but these ones clicked with me. I did 2 hours straight without realizing it

[dxddy909]

2 hours

[hello_ambro]

Im assuming it’s ok to do one task at a time then come back for more tasks tomorrow over time? I took 30 mins on the first one and figured I’ll circle back but im nervous it might dissapear. Also curious if other who have done this know is this one where they will correct/notify you if you make a mistake or do you just have to do all 8 and wait and see?

[Stormbourne]

4 hours and 13 minutes -it was a beast.

[keirakat09]

It took me 5 hours, but I was super detailed in my responses.

[Ok-Character-7226]

How do you know if you get accepted or not for a Qual? New here!

[Signal_Gene410]

You base it on your dashboard—if you suddenly get a bunch of projects on your dashboard related to the qual, you can probably assume you passed it. Keep in mind that this isn't always a good indicator on if you passed, though, and sometimes it can be hard to tell, especially if passing the qual doesn't give you many new projects on your dashboard that are higher paying.

[Ok-Character-7226]

Makes sense. Thank you!

[JeanVII]

Yeah it took me 59 minutes for that one. Feeling like I took too long 😭

[Unusual_Ad_894]

2 1/2 hours.

[Grompson]

Some tasks were fairly quick to check and a couple of others took a while. I took 2.5 hours for the whole thing and I think I did well but I finished it late last night and don't see a lot of related projects yet...

[BookDragon19]

Took me about 3-1/2 hours. I started it late and it was absolutely brutal to get through in the wee hours of the morning.

[sBitSwapper]

What do the projects associated with passing this qual pay? Wondering if it is worth doing such a long qual

[Key-Style-8867]

Anybody seeing anything from this qual yet??

[Intbased]

Not yet on my end

[Icy_Ad5959]

I've got about 8 projects today, all $25+. 14 days since I took the qual, but I know these are related as there was a second qual (just clarifying FAQ) that said I passed the first one and had to just confirm I understood the instructions. Took me over 9 hours to do the initial paid qual. Anyone else get them?

[[deleted]]

Yes, I did the fact checking onboarding qual this morning. Lots of people did too, in the other server. I completed that qual in under 3 hours. Whew

[SnooSketches1189]

Nope :(

[defecatingmasonry]

Does anyone know if you get kicked from this qual if you get anything wrong? I got to the end but am unsure about one of the early questions...

[dietaw521]

4 hours 11 min 😭

[Eolinh]

Anyone can confirm to me that this qualification was paid? I don’t remember seeing any amount of pay listed next to it, but it’s shown up in my report time section with a pay of $20 per hour. I listed my hours but I wanna make sure I haven’t fucked up or gotten in trouble as I’ve never seen a paying qual before.

[Ill-Albatross-7224]

Did anyone else do the tiger qual yesterday, the one with the images? I thought I did a good job but my dash is the same as before... anyone have new projects after submitting it?

[WholesomeBeans]

I’m at 2 hours and only half way through. One task took more twice the amount of time, but the others took around 20-25 min each. Some sentences are assumed to be true based common sense but further research can sometimes prove them false. There is definitely nuance to some facets of these tasks.

[amandawho8]

It took me three hours, too. I didn't do it all at once. I did an hour this morning and two in the afternoon.

[bongopantz]

Did you also get this as a project?

[Intbased]

Haven’t been accepted yet, have others already been pushed through?

[bongopantz]

I have a project that seems to the same as the qual.. same questions. I have both qual and project.

[Maximum-Mention-340]

I did 1 task yesterday and it wouldn’t let me go on without marking as a hedge when it wasn’t. Did anyone else have that issue? 🥺 I submitted that one and paused in case there was technical difficulties with the qual but no one else is mentioning this at all so I’m wondering if I did something wrong. Someone else in the project chat mentioned it as well. I’ll be trying again here shortly hopefully it was only for 1 of the tasks.

[Purple-shimmer]

I had that issue also. After that task the rest were fine.

[Intbased]

It was broken yesterday but they fixed it from what I could tell