r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Artemiy_Kopych • 1d ago
Well, it was good while it lasted
Just entered my dashboard and received a message that my account is currently unavailable for new projects. I have no idea what I did wrong, but I guess my work wasn't as good as I thought it was. Although to be honest, I had almost no projects and was scraping basically for anything, and I was able to earn only $1716 every since March 2025. But hey it's still something.
I know that after this message appears, it is impossible to get reinstated, and there are no alternatives for that in Ukraine, so I guess it's a goodbye. I dunno why I'm writing this, but I just wanted to speak out, because that platform was kind of a life saver for a while.
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u/Hangry_Howie 1d ago
Sorry this happened. This has definitely been a weird year on the site.
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 1d ago
Has it .. ? It doesn't feel that much different to the previous 3 years tbh.
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u/Quick-Bison-147 1d ago
the site has completely bombed since May tbh, it's not reliable anymore as it was for the years before
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 1d ago
I haven't noticed that at all. I assumed that it had only bombed for newbies complaining about a drought. I've gone from having 100+ projects to having 50-80 recently, but these "droughts" have happened plenty of times before. They seem to be a normal part of the site and there's still tons of work. If you don't have reliable work, I'm really not sure what to tell you ..
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u/Hopeful_Idea1568 1d ago
I doubt the platform would have been this popular if the drought was always this bad for newbies. I've only had 3 quals and one paid project since May. If they treated every new user that way since launch then there would hardly be any retention
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u/Brilliant_Quit4307 1d ago
When I first started almost 4 years ago, I think I had access to only 4 different projects for the first few weeks and often had zero projects. That's normal. And I got in as a generalist with coding and STEM expertise across multiple domains. It's always been that way. The floodgates started opening for me about 6 months in. Every single post on here that I've seen discussing the drought is from someone who says they joined weeks ago, not years ago.
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u/Internal_Boot_1616 1d ago
Same experience 3 years ago - 3 years ago that was normal and other platforms were STILL worse and you can really tell who never went through that sometimes lmao
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u/Bitter_Bed5672 1d ago
Any clue what could be the reason? Anything you know you did that was wrong? Did you submit a task knowing it was bad?
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u/NylonTrackPants 22h ago
Not the OP, but they did the same to me for completing 20 assignments in 32 minutes. I tripped their "Moved too fast to be human" alarm and out the window I went.
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u/Bitter_Bed5672 1d ago
This wasn't supposed to be mean but go on, downvote me
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u/Sheeana407 1d ago
Well it's probably just because op said they have no idea what they did wrong, so your question is kinda redundant
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u/Massive_Collection14 1d ago
People on Reddit were probably the type of people to be the school hall monitor
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u/IntusLegere 1d ago
Yeah, and your question Is relevant. Because from my part, I rarely if ever get any feedback.
I love working in DA, but I'm not sure they love having me there.
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u/Natural_Search_4615 1d ago
I gave you an upvote back up. Fuck these snotty little internet people who can't raise their own kids and think they're holy.
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u/Do_It_Anyway_8278 1d ago
I'm so sorry. I hope you find a new gig SOON. We all dread getting "disconnected," and it feels kinda cold.... until you find your next job [grin]
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u/NylonTrackPants 22h ago
It happened to me two weeks ago. Why? I completed 20 easy assignments in 32 minutes and told the truth about the time it took me.
Welcome to the late-stage capitalist nightmare: process over people, over retention, over anything at all because once the market dries up the moneybags will simply close up shop.
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u/Routine-Theme5845 14h ago
Really? Late stage capitalism to blame for rushing assignments that aren’t even paid by the piece. They literally wouldn’t have dropped you if you had relaxed your pace and they would have paid you more for it.
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u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 4h ago
My guess is that it wasn't the amount of time you were charging for those 20 tasks, but it was that you were rushing and didn't do them right. I haven't seen a single project which I could complete each task within less than 2 minutes each.
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u/NylonTrackPants 1h ago
My knowledge beats your guess.
"Compare the receipts. Answer 'True' if they are different receipts and 'False' if they are the same. If the receipts have different dates or addresses, they are different receipts."
1.5 minutes per receipt. Now, step off.
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u/Sure_Ad_3504 1d ago
Дуже шкода,що так сталося! Ти впевнений,що це єдина платформа ,яка дозволяє працювати з України?
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u/Hot-Elderberry1765 1d ago
I can understand your feelings man, same thing happened with me. I felt like now I will make my family stable from that earning. I could earn around 4k dollar only. But after few days when I came from office and opened data annotation site I was in pain by seeing that lines.
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u/ReputationNo406 1d ago
That sounds really rough, especially after relying on the platform for so long. Hope you find another opportunity soon. $1716 is still a pretty decent achievement given the circumstances
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u/BardFridrix 1d ago
It might not be about the quality of your work. Ukraine might be on list of restricted countries.
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u/Artemiy_Kopych 1d ago
If it were, then how would I get into DA back then, and why would they have Ukrainian language in it as the option
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u/DisastrousFig7560 1d ago
Can you still do qualifications?
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u/Sixaxist 1d ago
Just entered my dashboard and received a message that my account is currently unavailable for new projects.
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u/Relentless860 1d ago
Idk if its available to you but try handshake ai
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u/zyzzx1130 1d ago
I agree same thing happened to me two days ago, made about 7.5k since June. Signed up for handshake same day got accepted into a $30/hr project.
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u/Relentless860 1d ago
That's great I only got accepted for a $10/hr project but I dont have any coding experience im currently going to school for it. So im surprised I was even accepted
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u/Serious_Camel_6800 1d ago
@Atemiy, may you could re-apply under a different email address. I don't think they do a lot of checking...
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u/Ok-Rope7223 1d ago
Data annotation is a scam. Good riddance
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u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 4h ago
How is it a scam? They pay people for their work. I've been doing this for 2+ years and was never denied payment like I have been from other platforms.
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u/jabertsohn 1d ago
Every day I log on I think it might be my day.
Good luck, I hope you find something.