LemmyNet / LemmyNet/jerboa

Allow paging instead of infinite scroll in feeds

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4 - medium/high priority enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

Infinite scroll can unintentionally promote unhealthy consumption patterns. Paging can help create natural 'exit points', which in turn improves user agency over their consumption patterns.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the Android feed entry point and tracing how feed content is currently loaded and advanced. Define the paging behavior and its completion criteria from the issue, then verify that feeds provide deliberate page boundaries instead of relying on infinite scrolling.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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