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> Wouldn't it be better to curtail social media's addictive design choices Hacker news has a doomscroll front page. Ive never notice you have a problem with it

• shakna 4mo ago
  HN specifically does not. You have to click "more", leading to most people not moving beyond two or three pages, rather than infinite scrolling.
  • bcjdjsndon 4mo ago
    So clicking to the next piece of slop is ok, but scrolling is bad?
    • shakna 4mo ago
      Our current research shows that people don't click. But they do scroll. So... Yes. Infinite scrolling makes it harder to break the feedback loop, and harder to control self-interruption. It also increases the overall dopamine experienced. Pagination, allows the user to regularly break from the cycle, and most people take advantage to do so. It allows people to notice fatigue. Which is exactly why most social media sites no longer use it. As the 'inventor' of the infinite scroll said: > [it is] one of the first products designed to not simply help a user, but to deliberately keep them online for as long as possible - Aza Raskin
      • bcjdjsndon 3mo ago
        I think you've become hysterical. So mouse clicks are your line in the sand? Beyond that it becomes an intolerable evil we must protect the children from? I can't see it
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