Is there a way to turn off auto-update/refresh on the Lemmy feed? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by jettrscga@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Scrolling on lemmy.world gets confusing when new posts are added to the page periodically. I prefer content remaining static until I refresh. Is there a way to configure that?

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[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

It's a "Bug" that's being worked on. I think I heard they will replace it with a button counting the new posts, which you can click to actually load them in.

[-] Violet@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I hope that button gets implemented, that would be perfect!

[-] jettrscga@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Got it, thanks for clarifying! Glad to hear that.

[-] haxasaur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Lol and here we thought it was a feature.

[-] TheBlackKnight@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the info, I was gonna ask the same question

[-] fishbulb95@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

It's a bug currently, users have mentioned it will be fixed in the next version.

[-] jettrscga@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Thanks for explaining

[-] sibe@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Not a bug, just a stupid feature

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/blob/f61037f5d89f12818c8100f907a98b74e980112a/src/shared/components/home/home.tsx#L768

[-] fishbulb95@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ah interesting, I guess it made sense when the community was much smaller. Seeing a new posting pop up every few minutes. Now that there are significantly more users and instances the live postings are hitting much faster, every few seconds.

[-] DrYes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I wish people would implement features with the ability to turn them off. Seems mindboggling to me that this annoyance wasn't on the implementers radar.

[-] ndr@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I don't want to be mean, but this has been asked SO many times in the past few days. A quick search will bring up several threads with answers.

[-] Cyder@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

Keep in mind that the Android App, Jerboa, doesn't have search functionality yet.

[-] ndr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Does the app have auto-refresh?

[-] Cyder@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

The refresh issue doesn't seem to exist in the Jerboa app. Just pointing out that App users may not be able to search for previous threads as easily. I can't tell if the iOS app Mlem has search, but the question of whether it has search has been asked multiple times and was mostly unanswered.

[-] ndr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mlem doesn't either.

But, then, the user who had this refresh issue was using the web version, which does have search.

I was just personally annoyed cuz I tried to help many people here and it sucks repeating yourself when the info is out there. Of course, it's okay to ask if you don't understand, though.

[-] B4tid0@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I haven't tried searching for post on lemmy so i don't know the answer to this and am curious to know how does one search for post on sublemmies and if there is a way how findable are the post. I wonder

[-] ndr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Assuming the content is not on a community that hasn't been discovered by your instance yet, then you can just use the search button on the top right. You have filters for posts / comments / communities / etc. You can also search on a specific community only.