# Annoying thread scrolling problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [March 1, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308 "2022-03-01T21:58:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308/5 "2022-03-02T02:30:54Z")

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It’s maddening. There was an older thread where I posted some videos. Nothing ever came of it. I finally had to block the ads even though I didn’t want to on one of my laptops.

ETA: Found the thread

> [@Annoying board glitch. Is there a fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-board-glitch-is-there-a-fix/949362):
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> When I’m in a forum and I click on a thread that I’ve previously visited, it takes me to the point in the thread where I last visited. Everything below that is new replies. This is great. Then I start reading the new replies, and scrolling down. after a minute or so, it will suddenly jump back up to the point where I started scrolling from. This is really annoying, because now I have to scroll down and manually find the spot where I had read up to when the thread jumped back. If I’ve got a…

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