While scrolling through my curated community list in Lemmy Explorer, I noticed that error messages do not disappear until scrolling finishes, or if the user switches the direction they’re scrolling in.

Below I’ve included examples of how an error message is displayed without and with scrolling. While I scrolled through the feed quickly to keep the GIF short enough to be able to upload it directly to Lemmy, testing indicated that as long as scrolling continues uninterrupted, the error message remains on the screen.

Without scrolling:

Error message without scrolling example.

With scrolling:

Error message with scrolling example.

Edit: The same principle seems to apply to loading icons, though since they disappear after scrolling down, it only applies when scrolling up:

Loading icon scrolling glitch.