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Can’t stop endlessly scrolling? Tips to help you take back control

Phone operating systems and third-party apps help users counter endless scrolling by enforcing breaks and limiting usage, with Australians using 6 to 7 platforms on average.

Sharon Horwood, Deakin UniversityImage: Yazid N / Unsplash It’s called the infinite scroll – a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also yes. Devious? Very much so. The infinite scroll is likely the main reason you find it so hard to stop scrolling once you begin. To understand why this design feature is so devious, we need to …

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The Conversation broke the news in on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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