diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/LinkResource.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/LinkResource.tsx
index 224a7cf418..aa10e85b7d 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/LinkResource.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/LinkResource.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { RouteComponentProps } from "react-router-dom";
 import { LinkItem } from "./components/LinkItem";
 import LinkSubmit from "./components/LinkSubmit";
 import { LinkPreview } from "./components/link-preview";
+import { LinkWindow } from "./LinkWindow";
 import { Comments } from "~/views/components/Comments";
 
 import "./css/custom.css";
@@ -73,27 +74,23 @@ export function LinkResource(props: LinkResourceProps) {
                 <Col width="100%" flexShrink='0'>
                   <LinkSubmit s3={s3} name={name} ship={ship.slice(1)} api={api} />
                 </Col>
-                {Array.from(graph).map(([date, node]) => {
-                  const contact = contactDetails[node.post.author];
-                  return (
-                    <LinkItem
-                      association={resource}
-                      contacts={contacts}
-                      key={date.toString()}
-                      resource={resourcePath}
-                      node={node}
-                      contacts={contactDetails}
-                      unreads={unreads}
-                      nickname={contact?.nickname}
-                      hideAvatars={hideAvatars}
-                      hideNicknames={hideNicknames}
-                      remoteContentPolicy={remoteContentPolicy}
-                      baseUrl={resourceUrl}
-                      group={group}
-                      path={resource["group-path"]}
-                      api={api}
-                      mb={3}
-                    />
+                <LinkWindow
+                  association={resource}
+                  contacts={contacts}
+                  key={date.toString()}
+                  resource={resourcePath}
+                  graph={graph}
+                  unreads={unreads}
+                  nickname={contact?.nickname}
+                  hideAvatars={hideAvatars}
+                  hideNicknames={hideNicknames}
+                  remoteContentPolicy={remoteContentPolicy}
+                  baseUrl={resourceUrl}
+                  group={group}
+                  path={resource["group-path"]}
+                  api={api}
+                  mb={3}
+                />
                   );
                 })}
               </Col>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/LinkWindow.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/LinkWindow.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57512b047e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/LinkWindow.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import React, { useRef, useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
+import {
+  Association,
+  Graph,
+  Contacts,
+  Unreads,
+  LocalUpdateRemoteContentPolicy,
+  Group,
+  Rolodex,
+} from "~/types";
+import GlobalApi from "~/logic/api/global";
+import VirtualScroller from "~/views/components/VirtualScroller";
+import { LinkItem } from "./components/LinkItem";
+
+interface LinkWindowProps {
+  association: Association;
+  contacts: Rolodex;
+  resource: string;
+  graph: Graph;
+  unreads: Unreads;
+  hideNicknames: boolean;
+  hideAvatars: boolean;
+  remoteContentPolicy: LocalUpdateRemoteContentPolicy;
+  baseUrl: string;
+  group: Group;
+  path: string;
+  api: GlobalApi;
+}
+export function LinkWindow(props: LinkWindowProps) {
+  const { graph, api, association } = props;
+  const loadedNewest = useRef(true);
+  const loadedOldest = useRef(false);
+  const virtualList = useRef<VirtualScroller>();
+  const fetchLinks = useCallback(
+    async (newer: boolean) => {
+      /* stubbed, should we generalize the display of graphs in virtualscroller?
+       * this is copied verbatim from chatwindow
+      const [, , ship, name] = association["app-path"].split("/");
+      const currSize = graph.size;
+      if (newer && !loadedNewest.current) {
+        const [index] = graph.peekLargest()!;
+        await api.graph.getYoungerSiblings(
+          ship,
+          name,
+          20,
+          `/${index.toString()}`
+        );
+        if (currSize === graph.size) {
+          loadedNewest.current = true;
+        }
+      } else if (!newer && !loadedOldest.current) {
+        const [index] = graph.peekSmallest()!;
+        await api.graph.getOlderSiblings(
+          ship,
+          name,
+          20,
+          `/${index.toString()}`
+        );
+        if (currSize === graph.size) {
+          console.log("loaded all oldest");
+          loadedOldest.current = true;
+        }
+      }
+       */
+    },
+    [api, graph, association, loadedNewest, loadedOldest]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const list = virtualList?.current;
+    if(!list) return;
+    list.calculateVisibleItems();
+  }, [graph.size])
+  return (
+    <VirtualScroller
+      ref={(l) => (virtualList.current = l ?? undefined)}
+      origin="top"
+      style={{ height: "100%" }}
+      onStartReached={() => {}}
+      onScroll={() => {}}
+      data={graph}
+      size={graph.size}
+      renderer={({ index, measure, scrollWindow }) => {
+        const node = graph.get(index);
+        const post = node?.post;
+        if (!node || !post) return null;
+        const isPending = "pending" in post && post.pending;
+        const linkProps = {
+          ...props,
+          node,
+          key: index.toString()
+        };
+        return <LinkItem {...linkProps} />;
+      }}
+      loadRows={fetchLinks}
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/components/LinkItem.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/components/LinkItem.tsx
index 10cacd232f..09fdd26e00 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/components/LinkItem.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/links/components/LinkItem.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface LinkItemProps {
   api: GlobalApi;
   group: Group;
   path: string;
-  contacts: Rolodex[];
+  contacts: Rolodex;
   unreads: Unreads;
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx
index fc06e62d90..e7a57ba54d 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/VirtualScroller.tsx
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ export default class VirtualScroller extends Component<VirtualScrollerProps, Vir
     const { scrollTop, offsetHeight: windowHeight } = this.window;
     const { averageHeight } = this.state;
     const { data, size: totalSize, onCalculateVisibleItems } = this.props;
-    console.log(windowHeight);
 
     const overscan = Math.max(windowHeight / 2, 200);
 
@@ -162,10 +161,6 @@ export default class VirtualScroller extends Component<VirtualScrollerProps, Vir
       }
     });
 
-    startBuffer = new BigIntOrderedMap(
-      [...startBuffer].reverse().slice(0, (visibleItems.size - visibleItems.size % 5))
-    );
-
 
     startBuffer.forEach((_datum, index) => {
       startgap -= this.heightOf(index);
@@ -303,7 +298,7 @@ export default class VirtualScroller extends Component<VirtualScrollerProps, Vir
       data
     } = this.props;
 
-    const indexesToRender = visibleItems.keys().reverse();
+    const indexesToRender = origin === 'top' ? visibleItems.keys() : visibleItems.keys().reverse();
 
     const transform = origin === 'top' ? 'scale3d(1, 1, 1)' : 'scale3d(1, -1, 1)';