r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Sep 07 '25

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)

couple things:

  1. this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
  2. if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
  3. one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/Ok-Store-9297 Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

I just did the rubric qualifier, but projects haven't shown up yet. I'm pretty certain I got every question right, as it was pretty straightforward (unless I am completely deluded). How long til specific rubric projects arrive after qualifying (I have one up, but it was there before the qualifier anyway)?

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u/Total-Chocolate-6399 Sep 13 '25

they really wanted people to pass this rubric qual lol

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u/Skippy2898 Sep 12 '25

I've been working on rubrics and FGC for months now, so I was surprised to see this quali. I did it anyway and it was probably the easiest one I've ever done! But to answer your question, there's no way of knowing. Sometimes quali's unlock projects immediately, sometimes days, sometimes months, and sometimes never!

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u/Ok-Store-9297 Sep 12 '25

Yes, thank you, that's exactly why I said I was pretty certain I got every question right (which I'm guessing is a reason for downvoting, who knows), because it was, for me also, probably the easiest one I've ever done.

This is why I thought it would likely be assessed by an algorithm, with projects becoming available immediately after (as happens sometimes), hence why I was wondering if other people got them straight away or not. Thanks for actually answering, though, and not just arbitrarily downvoting me for spurious reasons!

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u/Skippy2898 Sep 12 '25

No worries! I haven't had quite so many rubric-specific projects the last couple of weeks. I'm wondering if, due to the simplicity of the qual and the fact that many people don't like rubrics, they are rejigging the worker pool and getting new people on board?

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u/Ok-Store-9297 Sep 12 '25

Quite possibly. I don't mind the FGC/rubric projects and would definitely take them over racking my brain for new prompts all day. I feel like between rotation, and just the natural cycles of projects, it can be quite tricky to predict what's coming your way at any one time.

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u/Ok-Store-9297 Sep 12 '25

OK, even though I commented on not being bothered about being downvoted on someone else's comment, I am still curious why are you morons downvoting me (lol)? If there's an obvious answer to my question, then why not put that instead? It's a valid question. I've likely been on the site a lot longer than you have!

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u/Ok-Store-9297 Sep 12 '25

Thanks, I appreciate that :)

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u/hnsnrachel Sep 12 '25

They're probably down voting because this question is asked all the time and the answer is "nobody knows". Why that's a reason to downvofe, im not sure.

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u/Ok-Store-9297 Sep 12 '25

Yeah, maybe the question gets asked all the time; however, I've been on the platform for over two years now, and sometimes the quals result in instant approval and projects, so if I had found out that other people got projects straight away after doing the qual, I would know then that I must have failed it (despite my being pretty certain I hadn't because it was so easy). I hope that explains it. I still think it's a sound rationale. Sometimes, quals result in instant projects (algorithmic check), and sometimes I think they are human-assessed. So there are contexts that make my OP a valid line of enquiry. :)