I feel that comment section has too much excess space even with user logos, etc disabled. Compact mode for posts is perfect. I would love to have the same for comments.
For comparison on my iPhone mini screen, 7 comments on Voyager fits in the space that 4 comments on Mlem does
Collapsed comments on Mlem still take up more space than expanded comments on another app.
Also the layout and putting all the meta info in the middle does not help at all.
I love Mlem, but I wish they would stop reinventing the wheel with how to display meta info/button and make a clean, consistent layout without too much wasted whitespace