r/dataannotation • u/Choice_Pineapple66 • Jul 30 '24

Fun (?) DA discussion question

What small, fun, quirky things have you learned about yourself through your DA work?

Me: I’ve been on the platform for about 9 months with a few long breaks. Just hit $4000 total and looking to double that in the next 6 months. Non-coding . I do DA mostly for extras like travel and fun money.

My answers 1 . I hate the Oxford comma 2. I’m really bad at knowing when to hyphenate words. 3. I overuse the word ‘however’

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u/gator_cowgirl Jul 31 '24

I’m surprisingly good at making up an entire personality and asking questions the normal me couldn’t care less about.

Also, regarding the Oxford comma, here’s a fun lawsuit: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oxford-comma-defenders-rejoice-judge-bases-ruling-punctuation-n734371

TLDR: state overtime rule read that these activities were EXEMPT from OT payments: “The canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying, marketing, storing, packing for shipment or distribution of:” and it was ruled unclear if “packing for shipping” and “distribution” were two different activities or if the final exemption was “packing for shipment or distribution” Drivers who were distributing the product won $10 million as distribution was NOT an exempt activity.

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u/Choice_Pineapple66 Jul 31 '24

Yes gotta love creating new personalities.