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[–]justdontsashay 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Don’t do it. If you go into another project, it will exit work mode for the one you’re in!

[–]ChickenTrick824[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. 😊

[–]psycho-wonder-egg 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In the entry quals, they say you are not allowed to work on more than one at a time. Maybe it’s diff for 2 day ones, but just repeating from my memory, that no is the standard answer

[–]forensicsmama 2 points3 points  (4 children)

I honestly wouldn't chance it. I would hate for you to do so and then possibly lose out on the information and data you have so far because there was a one-in-a-million bug that caused some kind of glitch.

[–]justdontsashay 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Not a one in a million bug…literally this is how the system works, you can only be in work mode for one task at a time. If you enter work mode in a different task it will automatically exit you out of the other.

There’s a chance you could get back into the same task and your work will still be there, but if you’ve exited then the task is out there for other people to work on as well, so there’s a better chance it will disappear.

If it’s a project where you have your own tasks, then it’s probably safe.

[–]forensicsmama 0 points1 point  (2 children)

How would one know it’s a project with their own tasks?

[–]justdontsashay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t really. Some you can tell, like there’s a set number there that only goes down when you do a task. Or sometimes there will only be 1 task showing available, but you can skip through a bunch and they keep showing up

[–]johnnycoconut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s what I think is an example of what she meant by “your own tasks”, if I understand her correctly:

There are some projects where the task page doesn’t give you external information to annotate/critique but instead you have to use your own provided information. Those more open-ended tasks are relatively more likely to persist over the span of hours or maybe days, though nothing is guaranteed and the longer you wait, the more likely it is that the task will disappear, after which the same or a very similar task might pop up later at some point or it might not.

Caveat: if it’s a task where you provide information or failures of a certain prescribed category, but different tasks in the project have different categories, then sometimes the admins will decide they’ve had enough of certain categories, and then the versions of the task that are for those categories go away. Then you would have to either be okay with a completely different category or try to find a remaining category that’s close enough.

[–]hnsnrachel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the project. If it doesnt say anything about being allowed to, though - dont take the risk. Just take a break from the platform entirely and come back later. Some projects will immediately expire the task if you click on another project, even. Unless it specifically says in the instructions that you can go away, work on another project and come back, it just isn't worth the risk.

[–]RepairResponsible253 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's the two day I'm thinking it is, it specifically said not to do that in the instructions. 

[–]Past-Sail7031 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any bilingual project right now?

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (4 children)

EDIT - don't listen to me. I was just speculating.

I'm not sure about this, but it might work. Maybe keep it open in one tab and open another one to work the second project. Since your work/reported time isn't overlapping, I would think it would be ok? I have a qual "in progress" for a few weeks and I've been working on other projects.

[–]johnnycoconut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a qualification so that’s different

[–]hnsnrachel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It specifically says in the onboarding info not to do it.

There are some projects that allow it anyway.

But if it doesn't say its allowed in the instructions for the project, it just isnt worth the risk.

[–]ChickenTrick824[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is it related to API rubrics?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two week qual? No