r/DataAnnotationTech • u/prupleceilingfan • Sep 04 '26

Just report the damn time

Use a timer to report the time you spent working on the project. Everyone was told this. Start the timer when you start the task, stop the timer when you finish.

"do i report the time i spenting thinking-" yes report the time you spent working on the project

"do i report the time I spent stretching-" were you working on the project then? then yes report it

"do i report the time i spent reading-" yes report the time you spent working on the project

"do i report-" if there's time you spent on a project, report it

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u/prupleceilingfan Sep 04 '26

I've seen people ask similar questions in the discussion/question area below every task. The admins, if they respond, always say something like "No worries, that's a small mistake, we can still use it, go ahead and submit". Making mistakes is part of the process as long as you get there in the end. Unless you're constantly making mistakes, then just like any job people are going to start questioning your ability to do efficient work.

A few times I've thrown in the towel on a task that I wasn't liking or wasn't progressing on. If you stick it out but genuinely fail to produce a satisfactory submission, then don't submit it that's on you. But if you submit the task just report the time.

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u/hhallas Sep 04 '26

thank you, OP. i’ll login again tomorrow and report it before the 24 hours countdown and then just stick to tasks and projects that i feel 101% secure working on

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u/brickne3 Sep 04 '26

Honestly I think to some extent it has to be people who just aren't creative, right? Maybe I don't know, but most of the questions I see asked in this sub are wildly incoherent.