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by roessland 1409 days ago
Might be a great article but I had to stop reading since I couldn't bear the scroll hijacking.
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Agreed, as soon as I scrolled once and I noticed it I was gone.
I did not experience this, my system doesn't allow it
How did you configure your browser to not allow websites to hijack how scrolling works?
Possibly disabling JS, which isn't uncommon for HN users
Ah, yeah I could see that.

I tried using NoScript a long time ago and felt it just broke everything and I didn't want to start whitelisting every site I use just to make the web usable. uBlock Origin is good enough for blocking ads and trackers.

100% agree. Made me feel a bit nauseous.
No issue here. It appears your system allows it.
@Moderators, it very clearly appears from this puzzling case that the downvoting idea instilled in users is broken.
I would say your comment is:

- Vague

- A variation of "works on my machine"

And is therefore tedious and doesn't add anything to the discussion. It deserves the downvotes it gets, because they are for low-quality content.

It does not provide a cure for cancer, because its job is simply to inform the user suffering an issue that the experienced issue is not strictly on the server side but depends on the client side. Which appears duly, as a first step in troubleshooting. It informs the user that there are configurations that avoid it, so the user has an orientation to possibly check for alternatives, assess and reconsider local configuration. More details (works on this and that) are avoided for obvious privacy reasons.

In the new titles I saw an "is site s down": the information "works here", which you seem to be calling avoidable, is in fact a basic troubleshooting step to reconstruct where the issue is.