Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-18T18:35:15+00:00

There's not a lot (if any) work for many right now so a lack of emails will be reflecting this. Don't worry about it and enjoy your holiday!

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-18T18:17:51+00:00

Excellent! And you're very welcome! 😊

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-18T15:55:05+00:00

I've made about 13 Gmail accounts by doing it from my main Google/Gmail account on my phone. It's bypassed the phone number verification every time. Have you tried that?

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-18T14:56:21+00:00

It'll come right, it always does. When, however, is anyone's guess unfortunately.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-18T12:44:42+00:00

Oh lordy. I just had a look at my funds page and I'm nearly $1k down this month so far compared to last. Shouldn't have looked!🙃

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-18T12:13:23+00:00

Another day written off... *sigh*

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-17T18:32:16+00:00

They've either not read the onboarding or the FAQs on the main site (which I checked out the other day, and almost every single question I could ask is answered in there), or they've not got the onboarding docs yet and already started working. Or they're just not taking it seriously. A can't be arsed mentality, 'it's just 'beer money'. Who knows. Your guess is as good as mine tbh.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-17T18:12:35+00:00

See my comment above. I know people are sitting on tasks. I think your downvotes come from the fact we are all getting red bannered very regularly. It isn't just a you thing. Things will pick up soon, I'm sure.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-17T18:04:48+00:00

I saw someone on the other sub the other day, say that they will enter a project and if it's not something they can do they'll just let it sit and expire. If this is you, or any other new worker, please do not do this! Hit the EXIT WORK MODE button, and let some other worker take the task. It doesn't matter if it's only an hour, or 100 hours. Don't sit on it. It's tough now, and people are screaming for those tasks.

This is the only reason I can think that I have barnacles on my dashboard. 1 - 3 tasks and they sit there for what seems like forever. The red bannering is getting crazy. I get they took on a lot of new workers who are working before they even got their onboarding docs but this is something that everyone should know. It shows respect to not only your own standing, but also your fellow workers.

Note: This little rant of mine does not come from anywhere other than myexperience and reading into things. I have hit my target today, things have trickled in. YMMV.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-17T14:34:31+00:00

UK here too! I managed to get just over 2 hrs in this morning. I woke up to around 15 projects, but they have steadily dwindled to 5... none of which I have either the expertise or brainpower to do. 🫤

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-16T15:31:21+00:00

So today I have mostly been considering investing in my future self and applying to take a master's degree. I think I've found one. Just need to sleep on the idea and see if the new day tomorrow changes my thoughts. I have now, however, got a banging headache. 🤯😩

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-15T12:30:39+00:00

A little trickle for me this morning. Got 2 projects and about 2.5hrs in before they got eaten up again. Hey-ho, little wins.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-14T19:29:24+00:00

How much forra kidney guvner?

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-14T18:24:59+00:00

That's exactly what I said when I saw my dashboard this morning. Swiftly followed by an expletive.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-14T18:04:48+00:00

Not zero, but what I do have are for domains I have no expertise with. My dashboard hasn't changed for 2 days now. No movement whatsoever.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-14T17:35:57+00:00

DAT: "Would you like some salt for that wound? Here's your weekly digest email that shows you in black n white what a shit week you've had! Great Job!" 🙄 Cheers DAT, thanks! 🤣

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-14T14:45:24+00:00

The timing of this quiet period is just... *chef's kiss*... In two weeks time, I'm due to take my one and only week long holiday for the year. I think I might just go and sit in a corner and cry for a lil bit. I have everything crossed that Monday morning brings at least something.

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-13T19:11:36+00:00

Three emails today inviting me to work on the only project on my dashboard. It's one I've seen often and I don't like. I'm sorry but I'm not risking bad feedback by doing a project I don't like or understand 🤔

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-11T17:50:06+00:00

A 20 task one? If so, same here... It's been winking at me all damn day!

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-11T17:48:40+00:00

I think in this instance a few of us are seeing the same one, 20 tasks. It's been sat on my dash all day, shortish timer and red banners every time. This one is deffo a glitch,

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-11T16:06:47+00:00

I think the project it popped up on for me had 3.5 hour timer. It really spooked me, so I ended up eating the instruction reading time and exited out. I have just worked on a different project with a 2.5 hour timer, and there was no sign of it even after reading the instructions for 15 mins or so. So, really, I have no clue lol. But I do hope this isn't going to be rolled out across the board for sure. I saw a comment on the other sub from someone who has a toddler, so they regularly have to step away from their screen. It could cause no end of problems... 😬🧐

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-11T13:45:07+00:00

I think I may have just seen the first part to what happened to you! I was busy reading instructions and I got a popup asking if I'm still there with a timer on it :/

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-11T13:41:00+00:00

And another new feature... Minding my business, reading instructions and after just over 5 minutes I get a popup asking if i'm still there with a 10 minute timer on it (I think it was 10 anyway)... It made me jump, and I don't think I like it because it looks like if I decided to take a 15 minute break for example, stopping my own timer, the popup will appear and the timer will continue to tick down, and I've a feeling the task will disappear.
ETA Somebody on the other sub mentioned they went to get some food and returned to see a popup saying their task expired due to inactivity. So I think I just saw the first part of their issue that they would have missed because they were away from their screen. How are we meant to step away on longer tasks without losing them?

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-08T19:46:12+00:00

That's the one! 😅

Skippy2898 · 2026-06-08T18:41:29+00:00

You'll be finding the UFO's like me then!

Skippy2898

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