# Interruption in reading threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686 "2021-09-30T20:28:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686/1 "2021-09-30T20:28:24Z")

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While reading threads, the board has taken to booting me back up several (in some cases hundreds) of messages, forcing me to scroll back down to where I was currently reading. It seems to be random. What gives?

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686/2 "2021-09-30T20:49:16Z")

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Lots of scrolling problems lately, it seems.

[Scrolling gets stuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrolling-gets-stuck/950784)

[Scrolling up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-images-and-scrolling-up-jank/951365)

[Scrolling jumps around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-board-glitch-is-there-a-fix/949362) (seems most similar to your issue).

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**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686/3 "2021-09-30T23:18:34Z")

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I’ve been having exactly the same issue. Glad to hear it isn’t just me.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686/4 "2021-10-01T00:30:34Z")

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Since this is specifically about Discourse’s software, let’s move this to Site Feedback (from ATMB).

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686/5 "2021-10-01T16:34:05Z")

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This has happened to me, but helpfully a blue ‘back’ rectangle appears on the vertical line - and it takes me back to the precise post I was reading.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686/6 "2021-10-20T20:21:29Z")

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We’ve added more protection around images being hotlinked, so the width and height of the hotlinked image is taken into account as posts load. (Only relevant if the topic has images, of course.)

See if this has helped, our apologies.