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That's still a separate issue. Infinite scroll is scarcely ever used in a good way, and is almost always used to encourage addictive behavior; something which affects adults just as much as children. Even on the rare occasion that it isn't being implemented as an engagement tool, it still often ends up being one anyway. It's a dark pattern and little else.
As far as I'm concerned, banning infinite scroll could easily be a very good thing, and I'm in favor.
Just to clarify, we're only talking about mainstream social media here, right? Those are the only platforms they're considering here, and more specifically, only TikTok right now.
"Infinite scroll" is also how you can scroll up in your chat log and see more messages. It's how you can open logs for a VM online and see logs going further and further back. It's how you can search for a video on YouTube and keep scrolling down (past the inevitable pile of shit) until you find it.
On social media platforms, and in particular not in a chat interface, it can be toxic.
100%, Infinity scroll needs to go.