Right? Imagine if you were to come into the comments and there are 50 comments but you can only read them 10 at a time.
Comment on The EU Moves To Kill Infinite Scrolling
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 day ago
Is this only for TikTok or is it going to lead to worse Fediverse software? Because all infinite scrolling does is remove to annoyance of hitting next page, it’s a great QoL feature.
Zarxrax@lemmy.world 1 day ago
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Wow, I am so much less addicted now and it didn’t even require an adult to take an interest in my life or spend some time on me! - teenagers probably
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I think they mean algorithmic feeds that no human could ever reach the end of; like TikTok, but all the big social media platforms have similar features nowadays.
Anything else would be stupid but who knows what politicians think
aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
That is definitely not all it does.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 hours ago
That certainly is all it does. Infinite scrolling simply loads more data when you reach the bottom of the page. It’s used in place of buttons to load that content.
You’re probably thinking of some algorithm that provides never ending stream of content.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The infinite scroll goes hand in hand with that type of algorithm. Even if there isn’t more content, some versions of the infinite scroll keep loading assorted shit you’ve already seen before.
It’s also part and parcel of a mindset switch from looking at some content on a fixed number of pages and then moving on with your day, to pushing the screen up forever even if you’ve already seen most of it.
It also usually makes it so that you cannot bookmark the state, and the state often reloads fresh when you hit back and you’ve lost what you’re looking at.
In other words: it fucking sucks and I hate it.