What If Your Feed Just Ended?

Based on everything I've been exploring - FOMO, the Zeigarnik effect (unfinished things stick in your mind), ideas from Marshall McLuhan, and my own scrolling habits - I came to a question: what would a feed look like if it was designed to end?

Here's the simplest version of that idea.

1. No recommendations - only subscriptions

Recommendations are great at keeping you inside the feed. Removing them reduces the "just one more post" effect and makes the content more intentional.

2. A fixed amount of content per session

Not a timer that interrupts you. But a limited number of posts. When you reach the end - the feed ends. No hidden "more content" behind the next scroll.

3. The length of the feed matches your time

Since time is our most limited resource, the number of posts can be adapted to a session length. So instead of scrolling endlessly, you're effectively choosing, say, ~10 minutes of content. And then you get exactly that.

In a way, this brings feeds closer to how content works in the physical world. My intuition is that this could create a very different feeling:

- less tension

- less FOMO

- more sense of completion

Maybe even a bit of relief.

Does this idea resonate with you? Or does it feel too restrictive or overthought?