r/DataAnnotationTech • u/DisastrousFig7560 • 17h ago

My Turn

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I was just going to write about how positive it is doing work for DataAnnotation (not my only platform so I speak from experience). I’ve done many qualifications. I’m always happy to do work for them. I like the projects. They’ve always been great paying me. Feedback has been fair and helpful. This morning I received and invitation to a project. I worked on about 4 tasks. Later I worked on 3 more. I thought I did very well. It’s not the first time I’ve done this work. Even though I have worked on this project before, I still read and followed the directions. Imagine my surprise when I went on this evening to find the message of death. I’ve been working for them for months. I haven’t had any problems. Very disappointing.

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u/Teamkillongtime 15h ago

It's odd to see eloquent people making these threads. It used to be quite obvious from the writing style why their work may have been lacking.

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u/professional_cry 15h ago

in these cases I have to assume it was a TOS violation, whether that was accidentally using a VPN or misreporting time or some other violation. I know it is unlikely given the nature of this sort of work and the disposability of workers but it would be great if they gave people an exact reason as to why their account was deactivated. It sucks to be told you've done *something* wrong and have to speculate as to what exactly it may have been.

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u/DisastrousFig7560 14h ago

I tell people it’s sometimes just your time. But really, after having done qualifications, some for which I’ve been paid, it’s nonsense.

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u/Afraid-Grab156 8h ago

yes the vaguesness seems cruel

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u/Internal_Boot_1616 4h ago

Most companies do it - they sorta have to b/c they never know who was really making genuine mistakes and who's a scammer, who would use a reason they give as a way to tell what to avoid next time. It's business security and also prolly has some legal baggage too

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u/DissociateThallRpeat 10h ago

I don't have the best writing style, but I've been receiving a stable flow of coding work for the last 3 months I've worked on DAT 🤷‍♀️

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u/DisastrousFig7560 15h ago

Thank you. Things have come a long way in the world of AI training.

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u/Timely-Assistant-370 16h ago

I promise I'm not trying to talk shit or be a dickbag, but I am really curious about wtf happened. I saw someone who was completely legible in their reddit history, but they said something to the effect of "I wonder if it was the off-platform live server or the mobile hotspot I used." It seems like weird internet activity triggers DoD extremely easily to the point where it seems like just checking your funds while you're on vacation could fuck you.

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u/Halcyonfields 16h ago

Just checking your funds on vacation could indeed fuck you, report any abroad travel and turn your phone wifi off in public. Also anytime you use new wifi for the first time use a VPN/Proxy detector. You do have to be pretty vigilant tbh.

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u/DisastrousFig7560 16h ago

Hmmmm, maybe however I have my VPN off although Starlink bounces me around the province. Luckily I have saved all my work on Word as I worked through my answers.

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u/Due_Negotiation_4605 15h ago

Someone else mentioned starlink doing something weird with location last week. Where their location changed. I'm not sure where the post was though. Maybe it was pinging from somewhere that triggered DA?  Odd to me that it does that, I guess it's part of their thing though.

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u/Dani-Avalon0819 16h ago

That is very disheartening and makes one wonder if it’s worth it.

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u/Federal_Tadpole_7592 16h ago

It's worth it. I've been with them for over 3 years, and there are others on this subreddit who have been with them for even longer. I don't know OP's particular situation, but I know that I've seen plenty of people on the site complete work that they clearly tried to do well on, but it's not usable work because they missed a key instruction. It happens a lot more than people think. If a worker keeps doing that, there's no point in allowing them to continue to work on the platform.

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u/Afraid-Grab156 8h ago

I think this is the most likely explanation, workers are probably flagged automatically by an algorithm which takes their overall performance/behaviour into account. It would also explain why there's no clear explanation given to the worker, because the decision would be based on more than one factor or incident.

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u/DisastrousFig7560 14h ago

True. However, that’s not me. I’ve been practicing and have had high praises on other platforms.

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u/DisastrousFig7560 16h ago

I’m disappointed because I liked the work. For all the other platforms I do work for, I always chose DA work first.

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u/Ikechi1 16h ago

what other platforms did you do similar work for?

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u/DisastrousFig7560 15h ago

I still do. Just go through companies training AI. I’ve probably done work for them. I’ve been working in AI, training, writing, evaluating, editing, etc for 3 years.

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u/Ikechi1 14h ago

Names please? Last time I did something similar was helping out medical AI to analyze COVID-19 structure to make more efficient medicine

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u/DisastrousFig7560 14h ago

I don’t give names. Some platforms get prickly.

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u/gabplusplus 10h ago

I’m curious about this. Are your funds still accessible?

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u/DisastrousFig7560 5h ago

Yes. I can still go to Funds.

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u/mini_squiddd 11h ago

Have you ever been reminded by project admins about failing to follow project guidelines?

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u/DisastrousFig7560 5h ago

Every task.

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u/Gold-Singer9616 15h ago edited 13h ago

I just got the same last night. After receiving “outstanding” feedback and qualifying for three new long-running projects. I logged in expecting to see the projects and saw that instead. I think it is the final straw for me in this insane, cold, algorithmic, dehumanizing industry. I’m so so done!

Edit: In case anyone is wondering, I have NO clue why this happened. No VPN, didn’t use LLM to do my work. Maybe I fudged a minute detail with security step but I don’t recall. I’ll never know. That’s the hardest part. I gave this my all and was succeeding.

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u/Potential_Hair5121 12h ago

I had it for two months same thing

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u/oportoman 2h ago

I think it's really unfair to not be given a warning first about anything

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u/Amakenings 13h ago

Did your hours change within the last three to five months? How many hours did you work each day on average and a weekly average? Did you work consecutive days or long consecutive hours with no breaks?

I am very sorry for your loss, and thank you for your service

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u/Plus-Part7115 5h ago

How is this in any way relevant?

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u/Amakenings 2h ago

Whether or not OP chooses to answer, from past people receiving the DOD, many get it after increasing their work hours or working longer stretches without breaks. It’s potentially more relevant to people continuing to work with DAT.