It's a style, a choice.
Same goes for other decisions, like 4 images for example, or how to display toots and answers.
I'm nearly exclusively on desktop.
I actually prefer the #diaspora layout, the capabilities #friendica offers me and consider that the disruptive display of #mastodon foments bad habits like shout boxing, dog piling, not reading if there are already answers like my own and fomenting invisibility of harassment.
These differences create different environments.
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