Weird new forum bug on mobile

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#1

The newest update of the forum software has led to an interesting (annoying!) bug. It isn’t an always bug, but I’ve had it happen numerous times. Let me see if I can explain it.

When I open a thread that has a bunch of unread posts, I start reading and scroll down. But sometimes, as I scroll down, as it “loads” more of the posts, it suddenly jumps over a bunch of unread posts…not just a few, but a whole bunch. I then have to scroll back up until I find where I was last.

I’ve never seen this issue before. Anyone else experiencing it?

I’m not seeing this happen on the web browser version (at least, not yet), just on mobile.

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#2

I’ve had that problem for a while. but something more recent for me is a weird glichy thing when I go to add pics. Also, just today I’m being notified of every :heart: instead of just the first :heart: given on a post.

#3

I’ve not experienced that using the mobile version of forum.

Are you on Apple or Android (I am Apple)

#4

Android. True. It might be specific to the Android platform.

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#5

iPhone

#6

Yes! It’s happened to me three times now.

I had wondered if it was because I was scrolling through and a new post has been added to the bottom, but it’s not happened enough for me to see if that’s true or not yet.

I’m using Android.

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#7

I have experienced that issue for awhile. It is annoying and I don’t understand why it happens. It seems random.

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#8

It happens to me too. I almost exclusively use my phone. iPhone though. I didn’t realize it was a new phenomenon. Just thought it was a quirk of forum.

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#9

I’ve noticed some glitchiness. But I haven’t been sent to a different thread. What I have noticed is when I scroll sometimes it jumps around and I have no idea where I was (mainly noticed in the bigger threads). It has sent me back once to a thread that I just read. I will be more vigilant (Android)

#10

No, I haven’t seen that. I just mean a different post within the same thread…but skipping over a bunch of unread posts.

I never noticed this problem prior to the recent forum updates in the past week or so (whenever it was).

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#11

Ok, then yes, this is exactly what I’ve noticed, jumping around. But Ive only noticed with the larger threads and while scrolling at a decent pace.

#12

Yeah, that’s consistent.

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#13

Yep, it did that yesterday and I didn’t notice until I saw others quoting things I hadn’t read. In my case, the missing posts didn’t show at all until I refreshed the page, though, which sounds different.

#14

I’ve had that happen since the update, but that has also happened to me historically.

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#15

I assumd it was me.

#16

Oh! I didn’t think to blame you!

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#17

It’s been happening to me on both my iPad and PC desktop.

#18

With a fair number of users reporting this across various devices and platforms, I wonder if the mods could escalate it up?

@missoverexcited
@PrincipalTinker

#19

@david, I am wondering if you are aware of some of the weird glitches in the forum since the last update?

#20

Do you all have the red line/since you last visited message in threads?

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