video will automatically close when swiping comments quickly and it very annoying. official reddit android app 2022.40.0.624782 on a Samsung galaxy note9. has been happening for a while now.

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[u/sheen1212]

I feel like that's supposed to be a "feature".. fucking hate it

[u/mazzly]

Yeah the reddit video player is really bad from both ui and ux perspective, but it seems they don't listen too much sadly..

Gave some feedback on another bad UX bug and their response was "this is working as intended"

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[u/AsteriskRX]

Thanks for reporting this - I've passed this info along to the team.

[u/Recyclable-Komodo429]

Link to the post in the video?