Because having to go to the next page every few posts is a 'stopping cue'. As I understand it, lemmy tries to avoid design patterns that lead to doom scrolling and addictive behaviour; so having a shorter post count per page let's you stop after a few minutes instead of wasting an hour without noticing.
It doesnt stop you from doom scrolling if you want, also there are enough clients who show more results at a time. Lemmy doesnt enforce this, so it's not really patronising imo. It's just the default behaviour which you can choose to ignore if you want to.
I do 3/4 pages at most having to click next.
Hardly doom scrolling.
I can live with it, and not complaining personally even if I would rather see it changed because It's annoying and doesn't prevent anything IMO.
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KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 4 pts · 119d
You might be interested in https://alexandrite.app/.
Patnou@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 119d
What does that have to do with anything? Besides it gives a hundred of stuff I did not sign up for,
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 8 pts · 119d
What? It's just a front-end for Lemmy. It has infinite scroll built-in, which seems to solve what you're looking for.
pacydu_de@feddit.org · 2 pts · 119d
But, but...Infinite > "hundred of stuff"
Nighed@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 118d
https://photon.lemmy.world/
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 118d
You can do that if you use pretty much any app client and not the webpage.
noodly_appendage@lemmy.myserv.one · 1 pts · 118d
Because having to go to the next page every few posts is a 'stopping cue'. As I understand it, lemmy tries to avoid design patterns that lead to doom scrolling and addictive behaviour; so having a shorter post count per page let's you stop after a few minutes instead of wasting an hour without noticing.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d
I get the good intention but I feel it's a bit patronizing.
noodly_appendage@lemmy.myserv.one · 1 pts · 117d
It doesnt stop you from doom scrolling if you want, also there are enough clients who show more results at a time. Lemmy doesnt enforce this, so it's not really patronising imo. It's just the default behaviour which you can choose to ignore if you want to.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 117d
I do 3/4 pages at most having to click next.
Hardly doom scrolling.
I can live with it, and not complaining personally even if I would rather see it changed because It's annoying and doesn't prevent anything IMO.