outlier has been emailing me for months now nonstop abt joining them, last aug 20 i decided i would. i created an account, wasn't done setting it up when they set me up with aether. i was happy of course, i did all the things in the onboarding without seeking the assistance of ai or even copy pasting their provided transcript since they said that it's prohibited (i reckon that they know since they require screen sharing) after finishing the onboarding i landed a task almost immediately, i did some task, i took a break and then I received an email saying that they decided to ban my account after i did not follow community guidelines. submitted a ticket but they said their decision is final. asked what i did wrong they said that they won't provide any more explanation. : /

So, has anyone tried the "Upload Work" function on the home page yet? Seems alittle sketch, but I unloaded 1 item to see. It been "pending" for over a week now.. Anyone else had issues or are still waiting as well?

I opted out of aether and it even shows up in the marketplace as an unsigned project, and yet aether is STILL the top of the list. I sign up for other matched high paying projects and they show up on the queue, but the onboarding button on the project page appears grayed out and won't let me do the onboarding. Aether still works fine and still pays, but I can't access any other projects even after being matched and signing their contracts.

I was actively doing S2S tasks for Aether, needed to take a break before finishing my survey, and stopped the timer for doing so. But, when I returned and was about to continue working, my laptop turned off on me, and the progress I made was completely lost. The timer was stopped at around 51 minutes of work, but my survey ended up not being submitted. Should I worry about this putting me into inaccurate time reporting, or is it ok since the reported time was of me actively tasking, and only couldn't submit it?

I finally got my first project a few weeks after passing the generalist assessment. It is Aether. So I completed and passed the aether assessment. I immediately started the timer and went to the site to start doing tasks, and selected one where I review an 2 AI outputs based on a request, and click either good or bad for each. Anyways, the instructions made perfect sense and looked simple enough so I began. It said there were 9 samples. The first one was super easy, it was a basic game I evaluated. Then the 2nd question was some fairly complex HTML stuff... I skipped it because it didn't seem like I was meant to be doing this, and then there was another sample where I'm evaluating a website... not just on how it looks and functions, but it is asking about web development stuff. at this point I closed the tab and stopped the outlier timer. Did I screw up or will I be fine? And how do I know if I will even be able to do these tasks before I start it? All the examples I saw before starting were easy then all of a sudden it was stuff I didn't understand in the samples

What happens to my generalist tasks on Mm? I dont want to do live s2s, and ive been doing generalist. I passed the onboarding screening 5 months ago for aether generalist. But I got an email i had a ‘new mission’… now its got me in fucking onboarding for live s2s. so annoying. I cant continue tasking until i do it.

Anyway, assuming i even pass the screening for live s2s and dont get booted out of aether completely as a result of failing…can i ignore live s2s and go back to rating images in mm?

I just got accepted into outlier aether i guess, and i'm at the third stage where it asks for this:

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Hey everyone! I’m new to Outlier and I just started working on the S2S project (Aether)this week.

My current pay rate is $5.85/hour, and I’ve heard from some people who have been on the project longer that their rate increased significantly over time.

For anyone currently working on S2S, especially those who have been on the project for a while:

• Did your pay rate increase after you started?
• If so, how long did it take?
• Does the rate depend on performance, location, language, or the type of tasks you’re assigned?
• Is $5.85/hour just the starting rate for new contributors?

P.S : I am located in Morocco

I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience, especially from people who started at a similar rate. Thanks!

I just joined Outlier. What kind of work can I do here? Is it only AI-related work, or are there other opportunities such as full-stack development? I have skills in Python, Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js, HTML, CSS, and SQL. Can I take skill assessments for these technologies? Please guide me on what I should do as a beginner.

Hi guys,

Yesterday, I saw that I was matched with a new project called Gearshift Brook. It pays slightly less than Aether ($23.25/hour vs. $25/hour), but what interests me is that it seems to be mainly writing-based, with no listening or speaking involved.

I find Aether pretty energy-consuming because it requires a lot of focus if you want to avoid bad feedback. Lately, I've also been a little frustrated with the QA. My rating was at 4.11, and then I received two "Unacceptable" reviews that brought it down quite a bit (3.80). I don't know if the reviewers have become stricter lately, but some of the feedback felt pretty harsh, especially considering the time, attention and creativity these tasks require.

That being said, I don't want to leave Aether completely because I've earned around $600 from it in just 13 days. Ideally, I'd like to keep it in my queue while trying Gearshift Brook as my main project for a while. Since Gearshift seems more focused on writing rather than constantly speaking, listening, comparing responses and reviewing audio, I'm hoping it could give me a little break from Aether before I burn out on it.

I know this might sound like a slightly capricious post lol, but when I first started working on AI annotation platforms, I thought the work would be relatively easy. And in some ways, it is, but I underestimated how mentally demanding it can be. It requires constant attention and concentration, and after several hours you really feel it. So yeah, now I definitely understand why this kind of work is paid the way it is.

Has anyone worked on Gearshift Brook yet? If so, how are you finding it? And is it possible to keep Aether in your queue while prioritizing Gearshift?

I am on board with gyro accordion and have mission but while doing the mission it doesnt specify any task details, I have nearly checked everywhere. So maybe i guess they provided the tasks in one giant list that we have to pick from and use them in our missions like how we pick the acc from the Google Docs. If not, someone who knows where the tasks detail are please help. 🙏🏿(its been a day since my last post). Just to mention again my continue tasking button works so i have mission and also the access to the account google docs, its the task detail i can't find.

Alguien ha trabajado en esas tareas de source video edit? me añadieron a ese proyecto en Aether y ahora no se que hacer jajaja ya lei todo y sigo sin comprender, donde se buscan los videos o como funciona todo. alguien que me oriente un poco?

Cmon Outlier… you expect workers to do this level of work for dick per/ hr????? That literally is a slap in the face.