# My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll · Caffeinspiration

<https://alexanderell.is/posts/infinite-scroll/>

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## What Jamie wrote

In 2018 I wrote about [infinite scroll as an addictive pattern](https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/02/04/identify-addictive-application.html) in software. 

> That’s where admitting defeat helps; I know how my brain works, and I can work with it. Let’s not install that app with the infinite scroll, since we can probably get by with just the mobile web version. Let’s not log in, unless there’s a reason you need to, since they’re after you with recommendations for your account. Let’s try to be conscious of how much time you end up spending on certain sites.

I use Screen Time "App Limits" to manage some of this category of applications. It is easy enough to extend them for more time, but at least it operates as an in-your-face notification of how much time you have spent in a given app or website.

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