fix(feed): clarify loading states

src/hooks/__tests__/use-state-string.test.tsx

@@ -172,6 +172,30 @@ describe('use-state-string', () => {
     expect(latestValue).toBe('Downloading board via IPFS');
   });
 
+  it('formats single-board initializing feed states as board loading copy', () => {
+    testState.community = {
+      state: 'initializing',
+    };
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(createElement(FeedStateStringHarness, { addresses: ['music-posting.eth'] }));
+    });
+
+    expect(latestValue).toBe('Loading board');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps multi-board feeds on multi-board loading copy while the single community hook initializes', () => {
+    testState.community = {
+      state: 'initializing',
+    };
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(createElement(FeedStateStringHarness, { addresses: ['music-posting.eth', 'tech-posting.eth'] }));
+    });
+
+    expect(latestValue).toBe('Downloading 2 boards (music-posting.eth, tech-posting.eth)');
+  });
+
   it('aggregates multi-board feed states across address resolution, threads, and pages', () => {
     testState.communitiesStates = {
       'fetching-ipfs': {

src/hooks/use-state-string.ts

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ const sanitizeSingleFeedLoadingState = (stateString?: string): string | undefine
   }
 
   return stateString
+    .replace(/\bInitializing\b/g, 'Loading board')
+    .replace(/\binitializing\b/g, 'loading board')
     .replace(/\bDownloading thread\b/g, 'Downloading board')
     .replace(/\bdownloading thread\b/g, 'downloading board')
     .replace(/\bLoading thread\b/g, 'Loading board')
@@ -134,7 +136,8 @@ export const useFeedStateString = (communityAddresses?: string[]): string | unde
   const communityAddress = communityAddresses?.length === 1 ? communityAddresses[0] : undefined;
   const communityIdentifier = communityAddress ? communities[0] : undefined;
   const community = useCommunity(communityIdentifier ? { community: communityIdentifier } : undefined);
-  const singleCommunityFeedStateString = sanitizeSingleFeedLoadingState(useStateString(community));
+  const rawSingleCommunityFeedStateString = useStateString(communityAddress ? community : undefined);
+  const singleCommunityFeedStateString = communityAddress ? sanitizeSingleFeedLoadingState(rawSingleCommunityFeedStateString) : undefined;
 
   // multiple community feed state string
   const { states } = useCommunitiesStates({ communities });