The EU Moves To Kill Infinite Scrolling - Slashdot
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Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. From a report: The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design standards for the world's most popular apps. Brussels has told the company to change several key...

After successfully recuperating tiktok, politicians are going to once again exploit pseudo-science to outlaw the “infinite scroll.” Get ready for the comeback of the pager. Thanks libs!

  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    Because all infinite scrolling does is remove to annoyance of hitting next page

    That is definitely not all it does.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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      53 minutes 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 pagination/buttons to load that content.

      You’re probably thinking of some algorithm that provides never ending stream of content.