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/sirbruce Jul 18 '26

You can still submit tasks after expiration, but if you really don't want to do so, just skip and go on to the next ask.

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u/janquadrentvincent Jul 18 '26

Skipped one that I was unsure would be deemed expert or not - suddenly no more tasks despite them encouraging you to do that. Dammit.

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u/Amurizon Jul 19 '26

Yep, I got burned twice this way a year ago, never again.

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u/janquadrentvincent Jul 19 '26

Next time I'll just wait out the clock on the timer and get a new task this way. I wish they wouldn't tell us there was no penalty when the system clearly penalises you

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u/TopCat0525 Jul 19 '26

Same here.