Brussels is going head-to-head with social media platforms to change addictive design.

BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way.

The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design standards for the world’s most popular apps.

    • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
      32·
      3 days ago

      IIRC Dessalines (Lemmy and Jerboa frontend dev) once said to regret adding infinite scrolling, and the only reason he didn’t remove the feature is because people would rage. So odds are Jerboa will be one of the first to comply.

      And… frankly? As much as I criticise Lemmy devs, I think Dessalines is right in this one.

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        Voyager (like Apollo before it) has the option to disable infinite scrolling, I won’t use a client without it

      • saimen@feddit.org
        5·
        3 days ago

        I am so braindead I can’t even imagine how it would work without endless scrolling?

        • vodka@feddit.org
          351·
          3 days ago

          X amount of posts before it stops scrolling. Then you’d have a classic “next page” button like we used to.

          Basically you add a conscious choice to keep going, and creating a much more natural stopping point.

        • karashta@piefed.socialEnglish
          11·
          3 days ago

          You reach the bottom of the feed and have to click something to load another page or reload the forum

      • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
        52·
        3 days ago

        But why? I don’t mind infinite scrolling here. And an option to opt in/out and everybody’s happy I suppose.

          • Mihies@programming.dev
            58·
            3 days ago

            I see how it can create problems for some, but OTOH I also don’t want some bureocrats tell me what’s good for me. I bet those are the same bunch that brought us infinite cookie warnings clicking.

            • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              13·
              3 days ago

              Nah, cookie banners are a malicious compliance tactic adopted by the advertising industry after they got told they can’t surveil the whole of the internet without consent.

              The bureaucrats are actually hard at work to get rid of cookie banners in the very near future, making it obligatory to follow an in browser setting. You click decline once on install, and that’s it is the plan.

            • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
              12·
              3 days ago

              I also don’t want some [bureaucrats] tell me what’s good for me.

              These same policy wonks tell you to wear a seat belt because that’s (proven) good for you; as is not smoking. They tell everyone ELSE not to speed because those wonks know everyone else is a terrible driver, and that’s better for you. These are the types who maintain building code and human rights and legal process because - yep - it’s better for you.

              There’s a trend, here. I get that we sometimes feel opposition to things, but when there is science behind it - sit DOWN, RFKjr and the rest of you whackadoos - it’s usually good to go with it.

        • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
          5·
          3 days ago

          Because it’s a piece of addictive design. Here in Lemmy it’s fairly isolated, so not a big deal; but in larger and corporate platforms, it’s coupled with even more addictive design, in a way that you’re basically “stuck”.