Hi, I notice that when I scroll through all the topics on my forum, that there aren’t page numbers – it just goes on and on and on. This might be problematic for users who have forgotten the title of a specific post. Is there some sort of plugin or setting for page numbers? Forums have always used…

The title gets placed in the header when you scroll down.

Hello Johnny_McIvor, Adding onto what Robert has said [imagem] Johnny McIvor: page numbers? Forums have always used them for a reason. Discourse doesn’t use pagination. Its not something it’ll be adding as its seen as a relic of old forums and is best left in the past. Many modern web apps …

Forums definitely shouldn’t abandon useful features like pagination; this is the reason why Twitter and Discord are annoying to use. It should at least be an option, especially when forums are getting popular again. [The Real Problem with Discord (Forums FTW)] Social media is designed …

Hmm I read more, I think I understand what you’re doing now

[imagem] Johnny McIvor: this is the reason why Twitter and Discord are annoying to use The reason they are annoying is because X [1] hasn’t quite implemented infinite scrolling properly and has issues described in the blog. As for Discord, its a synchronous chat service not a forum and its …

All I know is if some interesting topic has been on page 3, and I try to find it one, seven or 365 days later, only one thing is certain: it is not on page 3. All what pagination forces me to do is clicking a link to load up more topics.

I was convinced for years that infinite scrolling was superior in any way to pagination. The argument that pagination allows the user to catch a breath or stop browsing felt wrong to me. I was more like “If a user wants to stop reading, they stop reading, whether there’s pagination or infinite scro…

Infinite scroll is just a front end tool but obviously it’s associated with algorithmically generated content feeds on the majority of large social media sites. The problem of infinite scroll on those platforms is that it’s weaponized for attention harvesting. Specifically, the slot machine effect o…

What I wanted to say as well! You explained it very well. It’s different in Discourse; the intent is clear, and you won’t compulsively scroll down with this software. It saves energy and clicks more than anything else.

[imagem] Arkshine: It saves energy and clicks more than anything else. This. That’s what I was trying to say earlier except that I did so in a long way :sweat_smile:

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merefield (Robert) 2 Março , 2025 10:00 16

Mas, pelo que sei, não está aberto para busca na internet pública?

Tópico		Respostas	Vistas
Is pagination impossible or just hard? Development	21	3136	23 Dezembro , 2024
Time to reconsider infinite scroll? General	29	1075	3 Maio , 2026
Infinite scrolling is a total pain Support	19	1744	4 Maio , 2022
For those instances with long topics, how has lack of pagination affected the experience? Community Building	5	2342	30 Novembro , 2019
Unfortunately I had to pull the plug Community Building	98	12255	24 Dezembro , 2022

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