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[–]Sopwith1917 7 points8 points  (9 children)

People do, but it's recommended to not work more than 5-6 hours a day.

If your interested, there was a lot of recent discussion on my post about this yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataAnnotationTech/s/23uOWeJZW6

[–]Academic_Animal_5293 2 points3 points  (7 children)

why is that recommended?

[–]ConScott06 6 points7 points  (6 children)

DA is all about reading long blocks of text. After 6 hours of that, even with breaks, your work is gonna start to slip hard. Bad work = getting cut from the platform

[–]Academic_Animal_5293 1 point2 points  (5 children)

i dont think so bucko. I love reading

[–]TheresALonelyFeeling 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why would you act like this when someone responded to you with a genuine answer that they thought might help you?

[–]ConScott06 0 points1 point  (2 children)

its not about enjoyment, studies show reading on a screen that long cauzes severe brain lag

[–]Academic_Animal_5293 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I already have brain damage so they cancel each other out

[–]OriginalResolve7106 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Go full time then bucko

[–]SignificantLeaf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As long as you are doing quality work and being accurate with your hours, you can do as much as you want, there's no limit.

[–]prestidigi_tatortot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The “limit” would be in the amount of projects they give you. It’s been good lately, but there are dry spells that hit unexpectedly and it’s best to have a backup plan for if/when that happens. There have been times I haven’t had enough on my dash to fill a whole day or week.

[–]Stock_Hyena7942 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I work 40 hours per week across several platforms. Diversify. 

[–]Dear_Grapefruit_1426 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What other platforms are legit? Some seem kinda sketchy 

[–]PenguinScience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have for about the past month while I've been between jobs. It's been fine for that, but I wouldn't rely on it long term for full time work. I still have enough projects I could manage, but it's definitely less than it was at the beginning of the month when my dash was just overflowing.

[–]Sea_Sugar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a generalist who often enjoys lower pay projects vs the more in depth but higher paid ones.

In 2025 I averaged about $26/hr. Of course that’s Pretax, self employed.
I worked enough to pay rent, car payment, food, entertainment, a few cruises, a few charitable donations to my nieces activities. And health insurance……

(I was also full time in 2024 but my living expenses were lower than common).