From 6d47931a90ba054db2633a1c212ba5988929fa16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:21:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] reduce windowsize when placeholder

---
 src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx b/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx
index 8564ac43c1..bf89dfc69d 100644
--- a/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx
@@ -623,8 +623,10 @@ export function PostThread({uri}: {uri: string}) {
           initialNumToRender={initialNumToRender}
           /**
            * Default: 21
+           *
+           * Smaller for placeholder data so we don't waste time rendering skeletons
            */
-          windowSize={7}
+          windowSize={thread.state.isPlaceholderData ? 1 : 7}
           /**
            * Default: 10
            */