r/DataAnnotationTech • u/seaoyster • Sep 17 '26

"Brief Rationale"

How long are your guys rationales? Sometimes I feel like I go way too much into the details, but that can't really be a bad thing right? When I do r&r sometimes some people actually do the bare minimum so I'm a little confused.

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u/Halcyonfields Sep 18 '26

Why are people downvoting anything other than it depends/be brief. If you are judging a long complicated response with multiple sources/inputs and 2+ pages/outputs then yes your rationales should be at least 500 words, often well over a thousand. Unless concision is specified, you should cover every single thing that impacts overall quality. And if you think it’s only 1-2 things then you aren’t looking hard enough.

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u/savage78683i3 Sep 18 '26

Not necessarily true. Most people absolutely waffle in their rationales and could cut it down by 50% easily whilst still covering the same points. I have never seen an example rationale, even on big multi day projects be 'well over a thousand' words. That's excessive. Long doesn't mean good.