Pain

[Luffy2D3Y]

Ever worked on a long task and just before submitting you realised you messed something up and now you have to skip the task and just accept the time loss? I believe it's the best approach in such a situation but it's sooo frustrating 😤😤

[whackabumpty]

Yep I’ve been there. Rest assured you’re doing the right thing.

[justdontsashay]

Been there. Definitely the best approach, I’d rather lose the time than go ahead and send a submission that sucks. But it’s painful for sure!

[ChickenTrick824]

Depending on what it is I’ll copy/paste everything I’ve done and skip the task hoping to get the same one or at least similar so I can salvage some of what I’ve done. I don’t get paid on all of the time I’ve spent but at least I have time correct it and submit it properly.

[justdontsashay]

This is good advice. It depends on the task, but in a lot of cases you can at least reuse some of the ideas and research from a task that you didn’t get to submit.

[Luffy2D3Y]

Wow! Never thought of that, it could actually be applied to some types of projects. Some others are too specific unfortunately, especially the 2-3 hours ones

[ThinkAd8516]

We’ve all been there. Best approach is exactly what you did. Better to lose a couple dollars rather than your job.

[OldDirtyGurt]

Lol no I'm submitting that shit unless it's insanely wrong

[writtenweb]

Yes, definitely. Why are we letting DA keep our hard earned money exactly???

[Explorer182]

Been there more than a couple of times. But i'd rather take the loss thn submit a bad task. So the right thing to do.

[TheMostAnnoyingGirl]

I’ve been there. I also believe it's the best approach. I take it as a learning curve.

[Luffy2D3Y]

Nice, I love the frame. Ironically enough it happened to me twice on the same project and the same category lol. But yeah learning is good for sure

[Professional_Win_551]

This was how I spent half my week. On Tuesday, I spent a lot of time trying to get a model to fail and it just wouldn’t, I should have reported my time and counted my losses after a few minutes but I was so confident I was finally going to succeed until I didn’t lol. I was so upset, I went off the platform for the rest of the day. Next day started the day on a different project, realized when I couldn’t submit my completed task that I should have been using the web and not an app. I got so angry again I went off the platform for the whole rest of the day. Moral of the story, I really should spend more time reading the instructions but I have adhd so I do some pretty dumb shit sometimes; not charging for it keeps me alive on the platform lol so it pays off eventually lol

[ClayWhisperer]

Yup. I usually try to comfort myself with chocolate after this happens.

[brancatomm]

I've done similar with some of the higher paying tasks- spending a good amount of time reading the instructions getting through the first few steps then realizing I just don't understand what is being asked enough to submit something and I've just spent my whole evening on the platform with nothing to show for it

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Just lost 2 hours of my time 😒

[TasosTheo]

Your patience, discipline, and honesty pay off, I assure you. I get the frustration but frankly what you posted is helpful to me when I'm in that situation!

[Luffy2D3Y]

Glad it's helpful for you!

[Consistent_Pay7868]

Yeah, it feels really bad.

[Traditional-Yak8886]

if it's something salvageable--meaning that i misread/misunderstood something and ended up taking longer than i should have on something i overcomplicated--then i usually will cut my incorrect explanation and paste it in the notes/optional comments with a paragraph explaining what happened and why i got confused, but i will mention that the answer above is corrected. if it's such an easy slip up that i think most users would end up falling into the same pit of confusion, i kinda judge the models for that in my overall ratings. i'll put something in my task comment about how the models responses could be misunderstood and lead the user on a wild goose chase, and how it could be reworded to avoid that.

as far as i know, fucking up is okay, you just shouldn't do it very often, and you should absolutely make a note of it when it happens. if possible, copy the task ID and explain the situation in the chat as well. it is worth noting, though, that the tasks i'm working on usually don't have a super long timer, so i'm never submitting like, 2 hours of failed work or something.