I’m not a server admin., just a user. The Lemmy instance I’m on setup a Piefed instance in parallel and is giving users the option to use either, or both. I’m still trying to get my head around the history and the pros/cons of each but for now it seems like I’m switching to Piefed. I imagine that if most users move then the Lemmy instance might get shutdown in the future.

Done - thanks

Yes - I should have noted that I’m using “Compact UI” = “Yes - thumbnails only”.

I should also add that the current layout has advantages. When scrolling other platforms in “mindless meme mode” it’s frustrating to click on a thumbnail expecting to expand the image and instead following a link to an article.

Ideally Image posts and other posts should appear subtly different in the feed - different enough that you know what you’re clicking on, but not so different that they interfere with the visual flow of the feed page. I have no design skills and can’t suggest how that might be implemented, but I’ll know it when I see it :-)