# Time to reconsider infinite scroll?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-to-reconsider-infinite-scroll/401984
**Category:** General
**Created:** [April 30, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-to-reconsider-infinite-scroll/401984 "2026-04-30T13:48:31Z")
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### Author: ![elmuerte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elmuerte/32/456517_2.png) [@elmuerte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elmuerte)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-to-reconsider-infinite-scroll/401984/27 "2026-05-02T15:56:22Z")

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Ignoring the premise if Discourse is social media or “just” a forum. (I think the latter)

1. What are the technical implications of infinite scrolling. If my forum has 1,000,000 topics. What will happen when I keep scrolling?
2. What about adding a “catch your breath after scrolling N units” notice? (When can come up with a cool/funny unit name, which isn’t “bananas” as reddit already uses that)

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