Actually, you can change this on an individual basis, go to the "My Home" page and find, go do "Edit Display Preferences" near the bottom.

Here is the line you want to change:

Total posts to show on one page when viewing a post in flat mode (default is 10)

I am going to look into changing the default to a higher number, because you are right, some people do not go beyond the first page unless it is really juicy.

Malice
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