@IceCubesApp It’s kinda funny to see IceCubes looking to add this behaviour considering it has been my primary gripe with all the Mastodon apps on Android and also the Toot! app on iOS.

I wouldn’t have any issues if this behaviour is behind a toggle but I personally feel that it is a major regression in UX and in me trying to read posts in my timeline. Instead of me simply resuming where I left and automatically seeing newer posts without tapping a button, I’d have to tap a button AND make sure to adjust my position to avoid losing my it when newer posts load.

The “Show More” button only makes sense, in my opinion, if I’m not interested in reading all the posts in my timeline and if that’s the case, I need to curate my timeline rather than skipping posts hidden behind a button.

So yeah, just wanted to let you know that I consider Ice Cubes to be a superior app than every Mastodon app on Android because of its default and current behaviour of loading newer posts. I also uninstalled the Toot! app on iOS a few days ago because of their “Show More” button.

https://social.treehouse.systems/@ayushnix/110083594679173716

@IceCubesApp Thanks for keeping this behind a toggle and making it a non-default.

But when you follow hundreds or thousands of people, reading and fetching everything is too slow IMO

Maybe it’s me but I don’t see the point of following thousands of people and then not reading their posts. If that really is an issue, timeline curation, filtering, and perhaps muting is needed more than a “Show More” button.