I’m pretty down on algorithmic newsfeeds. Also rather awful is the infinite scrolling that goes hand in hand with them. From Wikipedia:
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’.
It seems unlikely that infinite scrolling will actually get killed by the EU, but I’ll hold out hope.
