There is a more important nuance here. The scroll in Discourse replaces pagination. Just like pagination, it is not infinite.
You choose a category, filter or sort order and then you get topics within that scope in the requested sort order.
Infinite scrolling means that there is a constant push of new content into the feed, outside of what you originally chose to view.
Now that bill is a bit sloppy since it defines “infinite scroll” as follows
“INFINITE SCROLL” SHALL MEAN WHEN A FEED OR LANDING PAGE, WHETHER
OR NOT SUCH FEED IS ADDICTIVE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION, AUTOMATICALLY LOADS AND DISPLAYS ADDITIONAL MEDIA AT THE BOTTOM
OF SUCH FEED OR LANDING PAGE WITHOUT ANY MANUAL INPUT FROM A COVERED
USER.
which could indeed apply to Discourse’s topic list - depending on whether you would qualify scrolling down as “manual input” or not.
Now there is another nuance in that bill. It only applies to “addictive social media platforms” and those are defined as follows (emphasis mine):
“ADDICTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM” SHALL MEAN A WEBSITE, ONLINE
SERVICE, ONLINE APPLICATION, OR MOBILE APPLICATION THAT PRIMARILY SERVES
AS A MEDIUM FOR COVERED USERS TO INTERACT WITH MEDIA GENERATED BY OTHER
USERS AND WHICH OFFERS OR PROVIDES COVERED USERS AN ADDICTIVE FEED, PUSH
NOTIFICATIONS, AUTOPLAY, INFINITE SCROLL, AND/OR LIKE COUNTS AS A
SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY SUCH WEBSITE, ONLINE
SERVICE, ONLINE APPLICATION, OR MOBILE APPLICATION. “ADDICTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORM” SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SUCH SERVICE OR APPLICATION WHICH
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DETERMINES OFFERS THE FEATURES DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR
A VALID PURPOSE UNRELATED TO PROLONGING USE OF SUCH PLATFORM.
In other words, just having a scroll feature does not make the website automatically qualify as addictive. It’s about the purpose of the scroll feature.