Speed of convergence of $\frac1n\int_0^1 f(x/n)dx\to0$?

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Let $f\in L^2(0,1)$, this implies that $$\frac1n\left|\int_0^1 f(x/n) dx\,\right| =\left|\int_0^{1/n} f(x) dx\,\right|=\left|\langle \chi_{[0,1/n]}, f\rangle_{L^2}\right|≤\|\chi_{[0,1/n]}\|_{L^2}\cdot \|f\|_{L_2}=\frac{\|f\|_{L^2}}{\sqrt{n}}$$

My question is whether there is a better bound on the speed of convergence than a $\frac1{\sqrt n}$ factor.

I ask because playing around with different $f$ it looks like $$\sum_n \frac1{n^2}\left|\int_0^1 f(x/n) dx\,\right|^2$$ is always summable, and I would like to find a bound like $\sum_n\frac1{n^2}\left|\int_0^1 f(x/n)\, dx\right|^2≤M\|f\|_{L^2}^2$.

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This argument owes a large debt to the comments of Daniel Fischer and D. Thomine!

I think the following argument works. I'll assume $f$ is real-valued to avoid a lot of conjugation signs. \begin{align*} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac1{n^2}\bigg(\int_0^1 f(x/n) \,dx\,\bigg)^2 &= \sum_{n=1}^\infty \bigg(\int_0^{1/n} f(x) \,dx\bigg)^2 \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^\infty \int_0^{1/n} \int_0^{1/n} f(x) f(y) \,dx\,dy \\ &= \int_0^1 \int_0^1 f(x) f(y) \bigg( \sum_{\substack{n\ge 1 \\ 1/n \ge x \\ 1/n \ge y}} 1 \bigg) \,dx\,dy \\ &= \int_0^1 \int_0^1 f(x) f(y) \min\{\lfloor 1/x \rfloor,\lfloor 1/y \rfloor\} \,dx\,dy \\ &= 2 \int_0^1 \int_0^y f(x) f(y) \lfloor 1/y \rfloor \,dx\,dy \\ &\le 2 \int_0^1 f(y) \frac1y \int_0^y f(x) \,dx\,dy \\ &=2 \int_0^1 f(y) g(y) \,dy, \end{align*} where we have defined $g(y) = \frac1y \int_0^y f(x) \,dx$. Hardy's inequality tells us that $g$ is square-integrable and $\|g\|_2 \le 2\|f\|_2$. Therefore by Cauchy–Schwarz, \begin{align*} \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac1{n^2}\bigg(\int_0^1 f(x/n) \,dx\,\bigg)^2 &\le 2 \|f\|_2 \|g\|_2 \le 4\|f\|_2^2. \end{align*}