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I'm a self-diagnosed completionist and I hate the infinite scroll so much that I developed a mental habit that helps me work around it. When I visit a site with

I'm a self-diagnosed completionist and I hate the infinite scroll so much that I developed a mental habit that helps me work around it. When I visit a site with infinite scroll (e.g. YouTube or new Reddit) I immediately scroll down until the first loading spinner (e.g. by pressing the End key). At this point I stop and go back up processing the items in reverse order. This might sound silly, but it gives me a sense of completion and a natural exit point once I get back to the beginning.

aembleton 7y ago
I just don't scroll down and accept that what I can see on my screen is all that is worth looking at.
- blondin 7y ago
  yep. same strategy. if it doesn't show up in one or two screens worth of contents then i am probably going to miss it. the thing that bugs me now are those mini video players that follow you on every page...
dkthehuman 7y ago
I've been working on a Chrome extension called Hide Feed that automatically hides the feed. It's not quite yet ready for prime time, but it should help remove the need for that habit because you can just hide the feed whenever you don't want to look at it anymore. https://hidefeed.com/ https://hidefeed.com/
- PaulBGD_ 7y ago
  Looks nice! Trying it out on Firefox, any chance it could get support for old.reddit.com as well?
- gorpovitch 7y ago
  I've been looking for something like this ! Definitely interested (will you open source it?) I'm doing this manually using Stylus for facebook and twitter. It's unbelievable how healthier it made my consumption of these sites. I couldn't find stylus for mobile firefox though...
mschuetz 7y ago
The worst kind of infinite scroll is twitter, where the browser native text search doesn't work outside of the current viewport.
- 0x262d 7y ago
  what the fuck is up with that. it's such a hostile design choice.
falcrist 7y ago
On Facebook, create a "list" of all of you're friends, bookmark the list, and use that bookmark as your portal. The list will show you posts and shares from those people (in actual chronological order), and nothing else. You're done scrolling when you see something you recognize from a previous visit. Congratulations! You've reached the end of Facebook. Visit again another day.

aembleton 7y ago

I just don't scroll down and accept that what I can see on my screen is all that is worth looking at.

blondin 7y ago
yep. same strategy. if it doesn't show up in one or two screens worth of contents then i am probably going to miss it. the thing that bugs me now are those mini video players that follow you on every page...

dkthehuman 7y ago

I've been working on a Chrome extension called Hide Feed that automatically hides the feed. It's not quite yet ready for prime time, but it should help remove the need for that habit because you can just hide the feed whenever you don't want to look at it anymore. https://hidefeed.com/ https://hidefeed.com/

PaulBGD_ 7y ago
Looks nice! Trying it out on Firefox, any chance it could get support for old.reddit.com as well?
gorpovitch 7y ago
I've been looking for something like this ! Definitely interested (will you open source it?) I'm doing this manually using Stylus for facebook and twitter. It's unbelievable how healthier it made my consumption of these sites. I couldn't find stylus for mobile firefox though...

mschuetz 7y ago

The worst kind of infinite scroll is twitter, where the browser native text search doesn't work outside of the current viewport.

0x262d 7y ago
what the fuck is up with that. it's such a hostile design choice.

falcrist 7y ago

On Facebook, create a "list" of all of you're friends, bookmark the list, and use that bookmark as your portal. The list will show you posts and shares from those people (in actual chronological order), and nothing else. You're done scrolling when you see something you recognize from a previous visit. Congratulations! You've reached the end of Facebook. Visit again another day.