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Re:The Geography of the Room by less_penguiny on Friday April 12, 2019 @10:29AM (#19645088)
Thanks for the heads up, that sounds really annoying. Personally not getting the same, but definitely want to ensure other people aren't affected.

What browser are you using? What adblockers? Any special browser settings?

Edit: I see a potential cause of issues in the scroll handler, and I just deployed the change, so perhaps it's fixed on a refresh?

Re:The Geography of the Room by Raphmedia on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:27AM (#19645652)
Here is a video of it happening: https://imgur.com/a/txwwv22

Chrome: Version 73.0.3683.86 (Official Build) (64-bit)

There's at least someone else with the same behavior: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19643824

Re:The Geography of the Room by less_penguiny on Friday April 12, 2019 @12:27PM (#19646264)
AHHH thanks, you're a star. Able to reproduce.

I misunderstood your text description and now I know exactly what you mean. It never occurred to me that people click outside the modal rather than on the "x". In retrospect it seems obvious that they would. Will fix.