# "Ghost scrolling" after using touch screen scroll back

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**Created:** [December 12, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-scrolling-after-using-touch-screen-scroll-back/1025633 "2025-12-12T11:57:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-scrolling-after-using-touch-screen-scroll-back/1025633/7 "2025-12-13T12:00:13Z")

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> [@Chelonaut](#):
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> I’ve seen it in both firefox and chrome, with both my Samsung s10 and my Windows 10 laptop.
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> Link to page where I first noticed it (searching for “nightmare alley”):

In that thread I find I can trigger it with certainty by scrolling upwards with the mouse wheel rather quick, until it briefly buffers, apparently loading content, and then gets stuck in a load-and-scroll loop.

(Edit, somehow the thread link didn’t work after copying, it’s this one: [Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) - #3098 by wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3098))

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