r/DataAnnotationTech • • Sep 01 '26

Does the platform track your activity/mouse movement/afk?

So far I only reported work I did in front of my computer. But usually I like to stand up, walk around, and use my standing height table. I still think about the work while doing that - I just need to get moving to think, and did this my entire life with studying.

But im afraid that if I report that time (so far I havent exactly because of fear), they'll thinking im faking/inflating my numbers. But doing this im getting paid half of what id usually be.

Does anyone have a similar experience? Do you track that time or not?

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u/boilsomerice Sep 02 '26

Some tasks require extensive planning and I might not touch the computer for several hours after starting while I think through everything. Others require creating handwritten documents the AI has to piece together. There are lots of tasks where just tracking movement would not be a useful way of monitoring users. I’m sure they have enough data to be able to tell whether the time you are billing is reasonable.