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time the reader selects the TOC. So, just to display this page, it had to open 15 other stories.</p><p id="390e">When I added the remaining categories, it would have had to open 30 or more stories just to display the page.</p><p id="7be1" type="7">As of August 30, 2021 I changed all links in the Master TOC back to Story Method.</p><p id="80b2">You can link one list into a story without a problem, but not many lists.</p><h1 id="5a5e">Historical References</h1><div id="6a8f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/do-not-overwhelm-a-new-reader-6d6b6aec77b5"> <div> <div> <h2>Don’t Bury a Reader with Too Many Stories — Use the New Lists Feature</h2> <div><h3>Show stories clearly, even 100 stories, with this simple Table-o

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f-contents methodology using a combined story format…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*3PuOmsK8IhmbKQK6KUBnsA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="586b">Other articles in the same category</h1><p id="796e"><a href="http://billmyers-85482.medium.com/list/writingtable-of-contentstoc-96dfeba34d62">http://billmyers-85482.medium.com/list/writingtable-of-contentstoc-96dfeba34d62</a></p><figure id="bca6"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*Cf7nXZSFObbiIIgsFyfj5Q.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by Author, William Myers, August, 2021</figcaption></figure></article></body>

Due to an operational bug, the new List feature was not a good idea for creating a Master table-of-contents ( TOC ).

This article shows how a powerful new feature can become a software bug without doing anything wrong or breaking

It seemed great at first. I linked category Lists into the Master TOC. Medium created the photo. I could add a new story to a category list and didn’t have to change the Master. I could rearrange the list at any time.

I was halfway through converting my story TOC’s to Lists when the problem began to manifest itself.

The page took over a minute to display with 5 lists.

The computer has to build the picture from 3 stories for every list every time the reader selects the TOC. So, just to display this page, it had to open 15 other stories.

When I added the remaining categories, it would have had to open 30 or more stories just to display the page.

As of August 30, 2021 I changed all links in the Master TOC back to Story Method.

You can link one list into a story without a problem, but not many lists.

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Other articles in the same category

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Photo by Author, William Myers, August, 2021
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