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Is there an android client where you can reverse the scroll direction?
It doesn't make sense seeing the very end of long posts first. Quite peculiar.
Thanks for the really helpful work.

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Timo Ewalds

@ianp5a @FediTips I use the default Mastodon android app and read posts in post order. Because new posts show up at the top, I start a session where I left off last time, with some number of new posts above, then scroll up until I run out of new posts. Because I'm scrolling up I see the bottom text of each post before I see the start of it or the author's name/picture, then scroll back down as I read it. It'd be nice if new posts were below so I didn't have to constantly switch scroll direction.

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@tewalds @FediTips
Yes this is the problem I'd like to find a solution to.

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@ianp5a @tewalds

I think this is because a lot of people don't read every post, so they just want whatever is randomly latest at the top, whereas other people do read every post so they want to start where they left off (i.e. the oldest first).

I guess there ought to be options for both groups?

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Timo Ewalds

@FediTips @ianp5a That sounds correct. I fall into the read every post camp, and unfollow anyone who overwhelms my feed. It'd be nice if the app was optimized for both directions/preferences.

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Franky :friendica:
@FediTips @ianp5a @tewalds If possible, I read all posts, starting with the last one I read. Fedilab for Android offered this option. This is not available in the Friendica web app, but I hope it will be added to improve the quality.
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@franky_tegeler @FediTips @tewalds
Thanks but I didnt find any setting in Fedilab for this, and by default newest posts arrive at the top. Not at the bottom as I'm trying to do.

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