[elliottcarlson]

Article [1] doesn't mention pull to refresh; Article [2] mentions pull to refresh in the context of email;

There is no dark pattern here; yes social media itself is made to be addicting. Pull to refresh is an intuitive UX pattern that can either assist in enabling the addictive behavior, but it is not the cause of it, not only to be used in that kind of scenario.

[ponderatul]

In a bank robbery, if you are driving the getaway car you are not techinically the cause of the robbery, but you sure as hell enabled the robber to get away clean.