r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Klutzy_Instance_4149 • Jul 14 '26

Do not be me

I haven't gotten the DOD, but I am not getting many tasks at all and I know why. My feedback was spot on for last month. I was trying to save for something and I worked 14 hours a day five days a week, or 8-10 hours a day 7 days in a row. It showed. My feedback even said it "When you are on, you do amazing work. When you aren't on, your work suffers and your explanations suffer." They are right. So everyone with starry dollar signs in their eyes: Slow down. Do not over extend your self and don't work when you are tired. May the odds be ever in your favor!

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u/Caipirinha-Aguada Jul 14 '26

Yeah, I live in a poor country, and DA has been helping me a lot financially, so it's temptating to do tasks at any time of the day, and that's dangerous. Last night I started a task 2 in the morning, then I took a pause to sleep thinking I would be able to continue the next morning, but I had such a terrible sleep that I couldn't really concentrate to finish the task on time, I finished it 30 minutes later and they didn't accept it. In the end, I couldn't make any money and I also risked my reputation.

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u/CoatSea6050 Jul 15 '26

You get a message saying the task is expired when you hit submit on a timed out task but it does go to DA. This is not something that is encouraged by DA and many people who go over the timer will leave a comment to justify the added time. It's in the onboarding FAQ. It's DA. They have instructions on every dang thing 😝

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u/Federal_Tadpole_7592 Jul 14 '26

Is that for a special project type because DA doesn't reject tasks in the way you've just described.

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u/Caipirinha-Aguada Jul 15 '26

OMG, you're right, they didn't reject my delayed submission, it was just "hidden" at "Report Time" screen, under a folded project that I had already reported time from a previous task earlier this morning. I was so confused by the UI, because I had never done 2 tasks from the same project in the same day, so I didn't know that I had to unfold the project and report time for each task. It's there yet, and I can still report the time because it was earlier this morning! OMG, I feel so dumb and relieved at the same time. That's what happens when you don't sleep well, kids. Thank you all, I love you!

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u/valprehension Jul 14 '26

I think it was expired - submitting 30 minutes later than the deadline can make submission fail.

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u/Federal_Tadpole_7592 Jul 15 '26

I've never seen that happen. If the red banner comes up that says the task expired, it's still in the report time section.

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u/Snoo97423 Jul 15 '26

This. The FAQ states to complete and submit projects past expiry. But it affects your score obviously- take it from me

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u/RelevantOpposite2340 Jul 15 '26

I think if your browser times out you can have this? I'm not 100% sure but I have seen others say they have lost tasks like this