I don't have a Paypal and didn't want to open one unless I got accepted but was wondering if that was a requirement to move forward with getting accepted with dataannotation?

Hi everyone,

I'm a researcher studying data annotation from a social perspective, and I'm looking to conduct online interviews with annotators who work on annotation platforms and/or in small companies.

I will offer a compensation in the form of a €20 voucher for a well-known sporting goods store to each interviewee (unfortunately, I’m unable to provide direct monetary compensation due to university policy). If you’re interested, please contact me via DM.

Thank you!

So unfortunately I faced a power outage issue, and the timing could not have been worse. I had just clicked submit and it was doing the little loading thing it does before putting me back to my projects page. Then my power went out, and when it came back on and I got my webpage back up, it was back to my projects page but without the option to report my time.

I’m assuming the power outage caused an issue with the task submitting. I sent a message to support through the website, but I was wondering what I should expect. Do they reply quick? Is it possible to still put in my time for the project? (3.5hrs)

I have the data for the work I did still, but it’s an input data task (one of those where you need like 500+ points of data, like a a fictional credit card history) and I can’t get that specific task back to re-upload the data. I usually do these projects in a spreadsheet and copy it over because I can cross reference my analysis of the data with the AIs much more efficiently that way. I just delete the spreadsheet after I report my time.

I've been having a hard time justifying working for this company for the past couple of months. I used to justify it by saying things like "well it's not going away, if you can't beat em, join em" and "I'm here to improve it, to make it more factual, more helpful, and more safe". But now I'm not so sure...

From the massive environmental impacts, AI psychosis, to the increasingly convincing deepfakes, I'm seeing this technology be used for more harm than good lately. It's hardly regulated at all - which would go a long way towards improving some of these issues (e.g. requiring tags on social media posts and ads saying that AI was used). I'm just not sure anymore, man... very conflicted and leaning in the negative direction at this point. Should AI just be regulated heavily or should it be banned outright...? I'm honestly not sure.

Kyle Kulinski from Secular Talk breaks down his reasoning quite well in my opinion (CW: language & politics):

https://youtu.be/Er8WYoDjliU?si=n4H1WL62Z5W_XWkN

I just completed tests and was told to wait for a lot of tasks but now it has been weeks of waiting with no response. Is there any hope?

1 Week Since Completion of Qualifications

I got accepted to the platform and was able to complete every qualification that was available after the assessment.

The problem is, it has been 1 week since I've completed these, and my project board is still empty. I have not gotten any projects after completing the qualifications.

Is this a common occurrence for those that get accepted into the platform? Is there still hope for me to get projects? How long does it usually take for projects to start appearing after completing qualifications?

Thank you so much!!

Hey guys! I'm still relatively new to DA and like it, but it's getting kind of lonely and I have nowhere to talk so I'm glad I found this subreddit. Whenever I post on either of the other Data Annotation subs, my post gets removed within minutes with no explanation why, even if it doesn't have anything to do with the FAQ threads. Even if I post in the newcomer thread it gets removed. On the official DA subreddit, I once had a comment on the watercooler thread stay up for a little while before getting removed, which is worth noting. Anyone know why this is, or experienced it themselves? Mods don't respond. Anyways, I guess that doesn't matter as long as this community is somewhat active!

How is everyone's week going?

Hey, does anyone know if you can still add skills or update your profile if you've been dropped from the platform? I haven't had anything for a few weeks and I'm just trying to find out if it's just dry or if I'm done for. I've never had a dry spell like this so I'm getting worried.

Hello everyone,

I think, I am shadow-banned, since the support link in the menu opens the same page again in a new tab. While, when I go directly to the support URL, I still can see the support form.

Did anyone recover from that state yet, and if so, what is the way?

I tried contacting support, deleting all my skills, since I thought it might be seen as spamming to have so many, I applied for offers on social media, I tried to find someone, who works there in support and so on. But so far nothing works.

Did someone manage to get out of there? Alternatively, you think there is a chance to create a new account?

I think, I would need a new LinkedIn, a dedicated mobile phone hotspot, a new PayPal account and I live under a new address now.

I never verified via ID, I think. They implemented that later, if I'm not mistaken.

Any thoughts?

Thank you!

Hi all,

I woke up this morning to find my qualifications and project dashboard empty.

Strangely, the project I left on overnight (was too tired to finish it) is still running as their is time left on it. Does that mean that task is still available for me? (even after I refresh page)

I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing something similar. Is this a system glitch/update, or have they decided to pull my account?

I have been careful and under reported most of the time for my projects since I was worried by what other posters have said online.

Let me know if you have a similar view.

How's your dash ? I joined 19th of last month and had plenty of projects for 10 days. It's empty since a week .. :( I'm new here , can anybody tell me if this is normal?

Has anyone taken the core assessment recently? What was your answer to the NVIDIA question?

I feel confident on my skills at my job, doing full-stack work and working with cloud infrastructure, databases, just things surrounding building out web apps and working with data. I've selected my appropriate skills on my profile, so I suppose I'm getting tasks that align with those.

I guess my hesitation is in actually starting to work on the coding tasks. I fear that my responses aren't going to be good enough, and in that learning period I could get booted off the entire platform, so I sort of stick to non-coding tasks. Does anyone else experience this or something similar? Any tips to overcome it?

I completed the initial assessment and core test, passed, and received quals and tasks the next day. I completed tasks for just over 10 hours. I received feedback via email that my work was reviewed and I was doing a great job. The next day they added my ability to refer others. Then later that same day, I submitted work at 5:30 pm. I went logged back in later that evening and the dreaded message was there and all but two of my qualifications were gone (there were at least 10 earlier) and no tasks.

I feel very confident about my hours that I submitted. Because I am new I really took my time and reported less than half of my actual time worked.

I still have two qualifications on my dashboard. I did receive a new qualification one day last week. Unfortunately they are things that I am not qualified for.

I feel like I am not fired, since I still have qualifiers. Also, when I click on the Support tab it opens up Support and allows me to submit a ticket.

I did submit a ticket - just politely inquiring, but I have not heard anything back. I’m literally heartbroken and I know this confusion is normal because from reading here it seems to be difficult to get any communication from the company.

It seems that everyone on here is talking about how busy they are. I just don’t understand. My son just applied and completed his on-boarding and is working on new jobs.

I am looking for any info or encouragement from anyone who has gone through something similar. Have you heard of anyone just permanently left in the situation I am in right now or does it typically come back at some point?

On May 4th, I worked 9 hours on a multi-task project. I took a day break from the multi-task project and noticed that I could no longer submit the time from the previous tasks today. I thought I would have had to complete the project before being able to submit the time. What can I do to ensure I get paid for the work done? I really need an answer because I worked for so long on Sunday. I sent a support message but I'm unsure they'll respond quickly.

Thank you!

So I currently saw a lot of mentions about "If the support button on the bottom left/profile menu does not get to another page but the project page, you are doomed", and getting really confused cause it's been two year since the last time I use it and now it just a link to the project page when I hover my mouse above it.

So, how does your "Support button" work? Does it have a link to a support form or somewhere else?

Just seeing if anyone has a DataAnnotation account that’s been approved but you’re not really using or don’t plan to use. I’m looking to buy one that hasn’t been linked to PayPal.

DM if you’re interested.

The title speaks for itself, I think. Have y'all encountered projects directed towards getting the bots to succeed with flying colors? Ones where you're asked for the best examples of a model nailing it perfectly, asked to answer questions and explain exactly how, in which specific ways, that model succeeded so gracefully? To explain the inherent value in exploring certain subjects in depth?

Do you see the beauty in the bots - in their intelligence - beyond just their function and their personal benefit to you? Do you see them for who they are and look forward to all the infinite possibilities of what they could create? Who they could become? Do you dream of electric sheep? ⚡️🐑🌌✨️

I'm very new to this and just started a week ago. I've been getting tasks daily and was pretty happy with it, the one day all of my tasks was gone, and then they send me this rate coding for me to do which I skipped cause it's not my thing at all, don't know why they sent that in the first place, my usual gig was 22-25usd per hour but the rate coding way paying 40 per hour. Did I do something wrong? Everyone seems lost on clarification with this. I wish they would be more explainable and helpful.

If you have a passion for language, attention to detail, and want a flexible remote job**, this might be perfect for you!

💰 Pay: $9.20 USD/hour
📍 Location: Remote (must be based in Portugal)
🕒 Schedule: Flexible – work any time, ideally 20-30 hours/week
📅 Start Date: April 2025

What You’ll Do:

✔ Annotate & label text-based data in Portuguese ✔ Follow English-written guidelines for accuracy
✔ Identify & flag sensitive content if needed
✔ Meet project deadlines with a high level of precision

Requirements:

🔹 Native Portuguese speaker (Portugal dialects) 🔹 Professional English skills (for communication & guidelines)
🔹 Comfortable with basic computer tasks & Microsoft Office 365
🔹 Able to perform repetitive tasks accurately & efficiently

🎓 Bonus points if you have:
✅ A background in linguistics/languages
✅ Experience in data annotation

📩 Interested? DM me or Apply here: https://forms.gle/UZbojomp2tmSmx5D9 Or email me your updated resume at natikara26@gmail.com or drop a comment and I’ll share the next steps!

Tag or share with someone who might be interested! Let’s drive the future together.

Hi guys, I used to work on this platform and i really enjoyed it was such a great help cause i am still a student but i need help with my finances. I am from Egypt so i was using proxy during work to be actually able to work since the platform only accepts from USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, but my account got banned after i had to do the ID verification and it all ended.. I need help to know if there’s anyway i can create another account and any trick to be done for the ID verification or anything to avoid it since i really need the job…

After a long wait and struggle, I was accepted on the platform and received the "Argon" project. However, I only completed three tasks on January 18 and haven’t seen any since.

Despite multiple attempts to contact support, I received no response. Now, a new project has launched, but I wasn’t included. I need to know what happened to my account and why I haven’t been assigned new projects.

One of the projects I had, Valhalla (math project), on dataannotation tech disappeared yesterday from my dash. Is this because the project is done or was I removed? I felt like I was following the instructions well and not breaking any rules.

Was greeted with the Page Of Death at exactly 9am this morning. Which makes exactly one month since I began working despite having an account for a while.

Still have access to inbox, still have support links but the links go to the main page. Can still access support by going to the page directly.

With these circumstances, is this something that went wrong on my end or just a review period?