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Infinite scroll

Content keeps loading automatically as the user scrolls down.

With infinite scroll, the next batch of items loads automatically when the user nears the bottom. The page never ends — there is always more. Social feeds and image galleries use this pattern.

Infinite scroll feels effortless but causes problems: the footer becomes unreachable, scroll position is hard to restore, and users get lost. For lists with a known size, pagination is more honest.

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