"In 2019, Aza Raskin, who claims to have invented the infinite scrolling technique, expressed regret at the invention, saying that he 'did not foresee the consequences' and describing it as 'one of the first products designed to not simply help a user, but to deliberately keep them online for as long as possible'."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_scrolling

#SocialMedia #InfiniteScroll

Infinite scrolling - Wikipedia

@stefan yeah it bothers me when people say that Mastodon does not have addictive algorithms

it absolutely does, it merely has less of them