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Why webcomics keep you scrolling endlessly

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Swiping downward is a deeply ingrained behavioral addiction. Modern digital comic platforms abandon traditional page turns entirely, utilizing a single, infinite vertical canvas that seamlessly blends panels together, tricking your dopamine-starved brain into consuming seventy chapters before you even realize you haven't blinked in an hour.

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