Tried to screenshot a whole webpage on my phone and got a 14-inch tall monstrosity

I was trying to show my friend this long article about vintage cameras, so I hit the scrolling screenshot feature on my Samsung. I thought it would just grab a couple screens worth, but it kept going and going for like 30 seconds. Ended up with this 14 inch tall image that was basically unreadable, with half the text cut off and a giant blurry chunk in the middle where my thumb slipped. It looked like I had dropped my phone into a paper shredder mid-screenshot. I sent it to him anyway and he just replied with a bunch of question marks. Has anyone else had their phone just completely betray them like that?

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baker.phoenix10d ago

Is that the feature where it just keeps grabbing garbage?

ryan65310d ago

Huh, yeah that's exactly what I was gonna say. I read somewhere that the algorithm just keeps feeding you more of whatever you clicked on last, even if it's total garbage. It doesn't know the difference between "interesting" and "I hate this so much I had to look at it." Feels like the whole thing is just designed to keep you glued to your screen no matter what you're actually doing. Makes the whole site kind of a mess honestly.