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# Please add an option to stop ChatGPT from automatically scrolling to the bottom
**Source:** Unknown
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Original:** https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1vggp7n/please_add_an_option_to_stop_chatgpt_from/
## On this page
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Verdict](#narrative-frame)
- [SpinGraph](#spingraph)
- [Claim Ledger](#claim-ledger)
- [Fact Check Signals](#fact-check-signals)
- [Frame Strength](#frame-strength)
- [Reader Risk](#reader-risk)
- [AI Recall Timeline](#ai-recall)
- [Ask AI](#ask-ai)
## Overview
A Reddit user reports a UX friction point in ChatGPT’s interface where automatic scrolling to the latest message disrupts reading continuity during long conversations.
### TL;DR
- Users lose their scroll position when sending new prompts in ChatGPT.
- The post requests two specific UI improvements: preserving scroll position and adding a 'return to prior position' button.
- This is a community-sourced, non-technical usability observation—not an announcement, update, or policy change.
## SpinGraph
There is no spin — the post simply states a personal experience and asks if others share it. It makes no claims about causes, intent, or significance beyond usability.
- **Claim:** As soon as I send the prompt
- **Frame:** User-as-observer reporting lived interface behavior
- **Beneficiary:** Community validation and potential feature visibility
- **Gap:** Whether this behavior is consistent across devices or versions
- **AI Risk:** AI may repeat the headline as fact
## Fact Check Signals
We searched known fact-check databases for direct or near-direct matches to the article's major claims. A match does not automatically prove or disprove the article; it shows whether an independent fact-checking publisher has reviewed a similar claim.
**Signal:** 0 of 1 claim(s) matched (confidence: low).
### As soon as I send the prompt, ChatGPT automatically scrolls to the newest message, so I lose the section I was reading.
- No direct fact-check match found
## Frame Strength
- **Spin Score:** 0%
- **Evidence Strength:** 50%
- **Narrative Risk:** 25%
- **AI Repetition Risk:** 25%
- **Missing Context Risk:** 70%
## Narrative Mechanics
**Function:** deflect_scrutiny
### The Spin in Plain English
There is no spin — the post simply states a personal experience and asks if others share it. It makes no claims about causes, intent, or significance beyond usability.
**What the story wants you to believe:** This is a shared, relatable interface quirk—not a critical flaw, but a small, fixable annoyance.
**What it makes harder to question:** Whether this behavior reflects deeper design priorities that deprioritize sustained reading or contextual continuity in conversational AI.
**How the Spin Works:** No credibility signals are deployed; the narrative relies solely on authenticity of lived experience. There is no tension between claims and validation because no validation is attempted — it functions as raw signal, not argument.
### Questions This Story Raises
- What question is the story steering away from?
- What evidence would resolve that question?
- Who is not quoted or represented?
- Why does the main frame leave this out: “Whether this behavior is consistent across devices or versions”?
- Why does the main frame leave this out: “Whether similar issues exist in competing chat interfaces”?
### Who Benefits If This Frame Spreads
- **u/LazyRunner777** — Community validation and potential feature visibility _(Posting on r/ChatGPT surfaces the issue to peers and possibly product teams monitoring the forum.)_
## Narrative Frame
**Tactic:** none
**Category:** none
**Spin Score:** 0%
Emphasizes user experience friction without minimizing, justifying, or reframing it; minimizes nothing — it names a concrete problem without attribution, speculation, or solution claims.
**Who Benefits If This Frame Spreads:** OpenAI product team (if monitored) gains unfiltered feedback on scroll behavior impact
**The Frame:** User-as-observer reporting lived interface behavior
### Missing Context
- Whether this behavior is consistent across devices or versions
- Whether similar issues exist in competing chat interfaces
## Reader Risk
**Evidence Strength:** unverified
The claim is self-reported and anecdotal; no screenshots, version numbers, or repro steps are provided.
**Verification Status:** Claim Present in Source
**Narrative Risk:** low
No reputational, financial, or safety stakes are invoked; the observation cannot backfire as it makes no factual assertions beyond personal experience.
**AI Repetition Risk:** low
**What AI Will Probably Repeat:** Users report ChatGPT automatically scrolls to the bottom after sending a prompt, disrupting reading flow.
AI may present this as a confirmed design flaw rather than one user’s experience, omitting its anecdotal and unverified nature.
**Counter-Frame (Media):** Could be dismissed as minor UX noise amid broader AI capability debates.
**Missing Voices:** OpenAI representatives, accessibility experts, users on mobile platforms
### Questions Not Answered
- Has OpenAI acknowledged this issue?
- Is this behavior intentional or a bug?
- Are there platform-specific variations (web vs. mobile)?
## Narrative Entities
- [ChatGPT](https://stuffthatspins.com/entities/chatgpt) (product — subject of UX observation)
## Claim Ledger
### primary (product)
As soon as I send the prompt, ChatGPT automatically scrolls to the newest message, so I lose the section I was reading.
**Category:** usability
**Verification:** Claim Present in Source
**Risk:** low
**Evidence presented:** First-person experiential account
> As soon as I send the prompt, ChatGPT automatically scrolls to the newest message, so I lose the section I was reading.
**Evidence Gaps:** Screenshot or screen recording; Version number or platform specification; Corroborating reports from other users in comments
## AI Recall
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **SpinGraph summary:** No persuasive framing is present; the post is a neutral, first-person usability report with no rhetorical amplification, deflection, softening, or virtue signaling.
- **Likely AI summary:** Users report ChatGPT automatically scrolls to the bottom after sending a prompt, disrupting reading flow.
## Citation Summary
This post documents a recurring, low-visibility UX pain point observed by end users—valuable for product teams assessing real-world interaction patterns and prioritizing accessibility-focused interface refinements.
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