It creates a mental checkpoint where you can decide whether you want to keep reading or that you've had enough and maybe want to go do something else!
It has been really useful for me so I thought it could help you guys too. I don't really like how the attention economy puts so much power on private entities to control our time and attention - but I don't entirely blame them.
I recorded a video of the whole process and then tweeted it out, you can check that here: https://twitter.com/voxelbased/status/1174719303544967168
You can get the extension on Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-infinite-scroll-d/jmeadkldfpocoldelepenlicgdlinfeo
And on Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-infinite-disabler/
Thank you! And please let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions!