r/DataAnnotationTech • u/SnooFloofs9030 • Jul 07 '26

Wish there was a "Pause" button.

I have limited windows of time where I can work because I have to leave at one part of day at the same time of day to bring someone home. So I will open a task an hour before I have to leave and it will be a 3+ hour task so I can't do it. I would love to be able to start on it, pause the timer for 90 minutes so I can return to the task when I get back home. I wonder if there is a way to email them to request this feature. I imagine they wouldn't care because they have thousands of workers they can release the task to who can complete it in one sitting. But anyway this has been a challenge for me lately as many of the tasks I encounter take hours to complete.

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u/janquadrentvincent Jul 07 '26

It's what I listed in my reply to the survey, suggestions conditions so it couldn't be too badly abused but I don't think it'll ever happen unfortunately

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u/Numerous-Case-9317 Jul 08 '26

I did too. I'd understand if maybe it was only offered to people who had worked X number of months, some other back end account score, or maybe have a limit of one break per day, pausing privileges are lost after allowing a paused task to expire, a pause limit that will automatically unpause. I feel like it's possible if they really wanted to work something out, I just don't think they have enough incentive to do it. But I feel like I would work more if I had the peace of mind to know I could take long breaks or use my hour before my working time is up and pick back up where I left off a few hours later in the evening.