I feel like the reactions take up a lot of unnecessary space and should maybe be collapsed into a consolidated view that can be expanded to see them all if the user wants to. The stats would feel more natural below the post than above it.
Also, there is no space between the pfp images so it just looks very busy and cluttered. The badge on the pfp has a lot going on and could be simplified.
And there is also not enough space between the text and the image in the actual post.
This is the fundamental difference between Android and iOS, just as between Linux and Windows or macOS: maximum utility vs minimalist design.
Personally, that UI makes my eyes bleed, but this is why I choose Apple.
How it feels to an iOS user attempting to use any Android app.
https://nostr.build/av/27cb41a914a2097d2bb9b358003d202a600826ccf2fe3c52a38d31349ada5190.mp4
I agree that a collapse option would be good to filter out the reactions and keep only the replies.
Sure, the UI can be improved with some touches, but don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good :)
Btw, nice suggestions.
> I feel like the reactions take up a lot of unnecessary space
They are designed to be a little party about your post. In other apps, reactions are relegated as useless. And because of their UI choice, they definitely are useless. We are trying to bring meaningful reactions back. This means there should be an easy way to immediately extract meaning from the reaction set. The current interface is not perfect by any means (especially because this is mostly an old design updated constantly over the weeks), but that's what we are going for.
> should maybe be collapsed into a consolidated view that can be expanded to see them all if the user wants to.
That already happens in the posts in the regular feed. When users come to notifications, they want to see everything that has nappened. Hiding things that happened because we couldn't find a nicer UI yet is not a good idea.
> The stats would feel more natural below the post than above it.
I agree. But this is "new". We changed some of the reaction design in the feed and also added inline replies at the top which should have inverted the reaction set look in notifications. We will get there some day.
> there is no space between the pfp images so it just looks very busy and cluttered.
I tested adding some spaces, but it made the experience in low-end phones (which already don't have much space) a lot worse. So, we reverted until we get a better idea.
> The badge on the pfp has a lot going on and could be simplified.
On this image, it's just the profile picture and the badge uptop so you know which ones are the ones you follow. I am not sure why it is a "lot"
> And there is also not enough space between the text and the image in the actual post.
That is a problem between clients. In your post, there is no new line between "Iβve been missing you. " and the image url. So, it should be as close to the text as possible to correctly represent what the author wanted. Adding space is not what the author wanted to do.
I like how rabbit does this 
Yep, it's similar to how GitHub and Reddit do it. But in Nostr, reaction counts are less interesting because anyone can create an account, inflate numbers and change a reader's perception of how the post was received.
In Nostr, it is more important to know which person provided those reactions than in apps that centralize identity.
take it or leave it,
mostly just selfish practice of expressing a quick gui idea in figma 
This ^
