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Endless Scrolling (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One thing that I've always liked is the endless scrolling. IDK if there's a way to endlessly scroll through magazines but maybe that would make it more like reddit /r/all ... Because I would almost always go there and scroll for thousands of pages.

Even on sites that I've developed, I've gotten rid of the pagination. Unless it's something completely stupid, I just allow the user to scroll and feed in the results below the fold...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I prefer non endless scrolling. Seems healthier. Maybe if you could toggle it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As long as it is an option you can toggle. I much prefer pagination for most things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It kinda breaks my head that some people would PREFER doomscrolling. I always thought of it as a cheap psychological trick by designers to keep eyes on ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I mean, a lot of people use this platform/any other platform as a way to use up 'empty time'. I'm not doing anything useful anyway, might as well get distracted by semi-interesting news.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There already is an option to turn endless scroll on/off - it's in the settings menu on the side of the screen (hit the little gear icon).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Noice. Thanks. I also found where the themes are at lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

For sure. I hate how most sites do infinite scrolling. When I go "back" what I really want is to return to my previous view, even if that's 1000 posts deep (that's actually a pretty wasteful action, which is again why I prefer pagination).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

If you go on settings, there is the option for infinite scrolling url

My screenshot is in my language, not English, but you get the idea

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I get not having infinite scroll for threads due to doom scrolling and I don't have it enabled, but is there a way to turn on infinity scroll for comments? I grew up on forums, and should be somewhat used to it, but reddit spoiled me in that regard and I do miss it.