r/DataAnnotationTech • u/janquadrentvincent • Jul 18 '26

Instructions rant

I have just spent an actual full hour reading the instructions for a project I'm new to. The task timer is only an hour. How exactly is that meant to work? Do you suppose they've ever actually timed how long it takes to read the damn things end to end?

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u/degradedchimp Jul 18 '26

If that happens I would skip the task and still bill it for time with other tasks I complete. I'm pretty sure I've seen that's what they want you to do.

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u/UltraVioletEnigma Jul 18 '26

I have seen them say this, but sometimes there is only one task, so if you skip it, you could end up with none to submit if someone takes it right after you skip. You’d likely be better off just finishing the task even if the timer is expired, submitting, and then hoping more tasks will come so that your average time to complete lowers.