diff --git a/src/components/board-header/board-header.tsx b/src/components/board-header/board-header.tsx
index dbcc7bd5..cf7f0ae9 100644
--- a/src/components/board-header/board-header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/board-header/board-header.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ const BoardHeader = () => {
       )}
       <div className={styles.boardTitle}>
         {title || `p/${shortAddress || subplebbitAddress}`}
-        {(isOffline || isOnlineStatusLoading) && <span className={`${styles.offlineIcon} ${offlineIconClass}`} title={offlineTitle} />}
+        {(isOffline || isOnlineStatusLoading) && !isInAllView && !isInSubscriptionsView && (
+          <span className={`${styles.offlineIcon} ${offlineIconClass}`} title={offlineTitle} />
+        )}
       </div>
       <div className={styles.boardSubtitle}>{subtitle}</div>
       <hr />
diff --git a/src/components/markdown/markdown.module.css b/src/components/markdown/markdown.module.css
index fe6b2eec..9ecbb5e8 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown/markdown.module.css
+++ b/src/components/markdown/markdown.module.css
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
   text-decoration: var(--post-content-link-text-decoration-hover);
 }
 
-.markdown li {
-  list-style-position: inside;
-}
-
 .hrWrapper {
   padding: 0.5em 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx b/src/components/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx
index 768afb7b..1a149f92 100644
--- a/src/components/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ const PostInfo = ({ openReplyModal, post, postReplyCount = 0, roles, isHidden }:
         {!(isDescription || isRules) && (
           <>
             {isReply && author?.avatar && (
-              <>
-                <span className={styles.authorAvatar} style={{ backgroundImage: `url(${avatarImageUrl})` }} />{' '}
-              </>
+              <span className={styles.authorAvatar}>
+                <img src={avatarImageUrl} alt='' />
+              </span>
             )}
             (u/
             <Tooltip
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ const PostMessage = ({ post }: PostProps) => {
 
   const stateString = useStateString(post);
 
-  const loadingString = stateString && (
-    <div className={`${styles.stateString} ${styles.ellipsis}`}>{stateString !== 'Failed' ? <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString} /> : stateString}</div>
+  const loadingString = (
+    <div className={`${styles.stateString} ${styles.ellipsis}`}>{stateString !== 'Failed' ? <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString || t('loading')} /> : stateString}</div>
   );
 
   return (
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ const Reply = ({ openReplyModal, postReplyCount, reply, roles }: PostProps) => {
     post = editedComment;
   }
 
-  const { author, cid, content, link, postCid, subplebbitAddress } = post || {};
+  const { author, cid, link, postCid, subplebbitAddress } = post || {};
   const isRouteLinkToReply = useLocation().pathname.startsWith(`/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${cid}`);
   const { hidden } = useHide({ cid });
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ const Reply = ({ openReplyModal, postReplyCount, reply, roles }: PostProps) => {
       >
         <PostInfo openReplyModal={openReplyModal} post={post} postReplyCount={postReplyCount} roles={roles} />
         {link && !hidden && isValidURL(link) && <PostMedia post={post} />}
-        {content && !hidden && <PostMessage post={post} />}
+        {!hidden && <PostMessage post={post} />}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ const PostDesktop = ({ openReplyModal, post, roles, showAllReplies, showReplies
             )}
           </span>
         )}
-        {post?.replyCount === undefined && (
+        {post?.replyCount === undefined && !isInPendingPostView && (
           <span className={styles.loadingString}>
             <LoadingEllipsis string={t('loading_comments')} />
           </span>
@@ -452,14 +452,15 @@ const PostDesktop = ({ openReplyModal, post, roles, showAllReplies, showReplies
             </div>
           ))}
       </div>
-      {stateString && stateString !== 'Failed' ? (
-        <div className={styles.stateString}>
-          <br />
-          <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString} />
-        </div>
-      ) : (
-        state === 'failed' && <span className={styles.error}>{t('failed')}</span>
-      )}
+      {!isInPendingPostView &&
+        (stateString && stateString !== 'Failed' ? (
+          <div className={styles.stateString}>
+            <br />
+            <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString} />
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          state === 'failed' && <span className={styles.error}>{t('failed')}</span>
+        ))}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx b/src/components/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx
index 980e7ec3..0eb84770 100644
--- a/src/components/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ const PostInfoAndMedia = ({ openReplyModal, post, postReplyCount = 0, roles }: P
           {!(isDescription || isRules) && (
             <>
               {isReply && author?.avatar && (
-                <>
-                  <span className={styles.authorAvatar} style={{ backgroundImage: `url(${avatarImageUrl})` }} />{' '}
-                </>
+                <span className={styles.authorAvatar}>
+                  <img src={avatarImageUrl} alt='' />
+                </span>
               )}
               (u/
               <Tooltip
@@ -180,77 +180,75 @@ const PostMessageMobile = ({ post }: PostProps) => {
 
   const stateString = useStateString(post);
 
-  const loadingString = stateString && (
-    <div className={`${styles.stateString} ${styles.ellipsis}`}>{stateString !== 'Failed' ? <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString} /> : stateString}</div>
+  const loadingString = (
+    <div className={`${styles.stateString} ${styles.ellipsis}`}>{stateString !== 'Failed' ? <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString || t('loading')} /> : stateString}</div>
   );
 
   return (
-    content && (
-      <blockquote className={`${styles.postMessage} ${!isReply && styles.clampLines}`}>
-        {isReply && !(removed || deleted) && state !== 'failed' && isReplyingToReply && <ReplyQuotePreview isQuotelinkReply={true} quotelinkReply={quotelinkReply} />}
-        {removed ? (
+    <blockquote className={`${styles.postMessage} ${!isReply && styles.clampLines}`}>
+      {isReply && !(removed || deleted) && state !== 'failed' && isReplyingToReply && <ReplyQuotePreview isQuotelinkReply={true} quotelinkReply={quotelinkReply} />}
+      {removed ? (
+        <Tooltip
+          children={<span className={styles.removedContent}>({t('this_post_was_removed')})</span>}
+          content={`${_.capitalize(t('reason'))}: "${reason}"`}
+          showTooltip={!!reason}
+        />
+      ) : deleted ? (
+        <Tooltip children={<span className={styles.deletedContent}>{t('user_deleted_this_post')}</span>} content={reason && `${t('reason')}: ${reason}`} />
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          {!showOriginal && <Markdown content={displayContent} />}
+          {edit && original?.content !== post?.content && (
+            <span className={styles.editedInfo}>
+              {showOriginal && <Markdown content={original?.content} />}
+              <br />
+              {t('comment_edited_at_timestamp', { timestamp: getFormattedDate(edit?.timestamp), interpolation: { escapeValue: false } })}{' '}
+              {reason && <>{t('reason_reason', { reason: reason, interpolation: { escapeValue: false } })} </>}
+              {showOriginal ? (
+                <Trans
+                  i18nKey={'click_here_to_hide_original'}
+                  shouldUnescape={true}
+                  components={{ 1: <span className={styles.showOriginal} onClick={() => setShowOriginal(!showOriginal)} /> }}
+                />
+              ) : (
+                <Trans
+                  i18nKey={'click_here_to_show_original'}
+                  shouldUnescape={true}
+                  components={{ 1: <span className={styles.showOriginal} onClick={() => setShowOriginal(!showOriginal)} /> }}
+                />
+              )}
+            </span>
+          )}
+        </>
+      )}
+      {/* TODO: commentAuthor is not available outside of editedComment, update when available */}
+      {/* {banned && (
+        <span className={styles.removedContent}>
+          <br />
+          <br />
           <Tooltip
-            children={<span className={styles.removedContent}>({t('this_post_was_removed')})</span>}
-            content={`${_.capitalize(t('reason'))}: "${reason}"`}
-            showTooltip={!!reason}
+            children={`(${t('user_banned')})`}
+            content={`${t('ban_expires_at', {
+              address: subplebbitAddress && Plebbit.getShortAddress(subplebbitAddress),
+              timestamp: getFormattedDate(commentAuthor?.banExpiresAt),
+              interpolation: { escapeValue: false },
+            })}${reason ? `. ${_.capitalize(t('reason'))}: "${reason}"` : ''}`}
           />
-        ) : deleted ? (
-          <Tooltip children={<span className={styles.deletedContent}>{t('user_deleted_this_post')}</span>} content={reason && `${t('reason')}: ${reason}`} />
-        ) : (
-          <>
-            {!showOriginal && <Markdown content={displayContent} />}
-            {edit && original?.content !== post?.content && (
-              <span className={styles.editedInfo}>
-                {showOriginal && <Markdown content={original?.content} />}
-                <br />
-                {t('comment_edited_at_timestamp', { timestamp: getFormattedDate(edit?.timestamp), interpolation: { escapeValue: false } })}{' '}
-                {reason && <>{t('reason_reason', { reason: reason, interpolation: { escapeValue: false } })} </>}
-                {showOriginal ? (
-                  <Trans
-                    i18nKey={'click_here_to_hide_original'}
-                    shouldUnescape={true}
-                    components={{ 1: <span className={styles.showOriginal} onClick={() => setShowOriginal(!showOriginal)} /> }}
-                  />
-                ) : (
-                  <Trans
-                    i18nKey={'click_here_to_show_original'}
-                    shouldUnescape={true}
-                    components={{ 1: <span className={styles.showOriginal} onClick={() => setShowOriginal(!showOriginal)} /> }}
-                  />
-                )}
-              </span>
-            )}
-          </>
-        )}
-        {/* TODO: commentAuthor is not available outside of editedComment, update when available */}
-        {/* {banned && (
-          <span className={styles.removedContent}>
-            <br />
-            <br />
-            <Tooltip
-              children={`(${t('user_banned')})`}
-              content={`${t('ban_expires_at', {
-                address: subplebbitAddress && Plebbit.getShortAddress(subplebbitAddress),
-                timestamp: getFormattedDate(commentAuthor?.banExpiresAt),
-                interpolation: { escapeValue: false },
-              })}${reason ? `. ${_.capitalize(t('reason'))}: "${reason}"` : ''}`}
-            />
-          </span>
-        )} */}
-        {!isReply && content.length > 1000 && !isInPostView && (
-          <span className={styles.abbr}>
-            <br />
-            <Trans i18nKey={'comment_too_long'} shouldUnescape={true} components={{ 1: <Link to={`/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${cid}`} /> }} />
-          </span>
-        )}
-        {!cid && state === 'pending' && stateString !== 'Failed' && (
-          <>
-            <br />
-            {loadingString}
-          </>
-        )}
-      </blockquote>
-    )
+        </span>
+      )} */}
+      {!isReply && content.length > 1000 && !isInPostView && (
+        <span className={styles.abbr}>
+          <br />
+          <Trans i18nKey={'comment_too_long'} shouldUnescape={true} components={{ 1: <Link to={`/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${cid}`} /> }} />
+        </span>
+      )}
+      {!cid && state === 'pending' && stateString !== 'Failed' && (
+        <>
+          <br />
+          {loadingString}
+        </>
+      )}
+    </blockquote>
   );
 };
 
@@ -261,7 +259,7 @@ const Reply = ({ openReplyModal, postReplyCount, reply, roles }: PostProps) => {
   if (editedComment) {
     post = editedComment;
   }
-  const { author, cid, content, postCid, subplebbitAddress } = post || {};
+  const { author, cid, postCid, subplebbitAddress } = post || {};
   const isRouteLinkToReply = useLocation().pathname.startsWith(`/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${cid}`);
   const { hidden } = useHide({ cid });
 
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ const Reply = ({ openReplyModal, postReplyCount, reply, roles }: PostProps) => {
           data-post-cid={postCid}
         >
           <PostInfoAndMedia openReplyModal={openReplyModal} post={post} postReplyCount={postReplyCount} roles={roles} />
-          {content && !hidden && <PostMessageMobile post={post} />}
+          {!hidden && <PostMessageMobile post={post} />}
           <ReplyBacklinks post={reply} />
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -348,7 +346,7 @@ const PostMobile = ({ openReplyModal, post, roles, showAllReplies, showReplies =
                 </div>
               )}
             </div>
-            {post?.replyCount === undefined && (
+            {post?.replyCount === undefined && !isInPendingPostView && (
               <span className={styles.loadingString}>
                 <LoadingEllipsis string={t('loading_comments')} />
               </span>
@@ -365,13 +363,14 @@ const PostMobile = ({ openReplyModal, post, roles, showAllReplies, showReplies =
                 </div>
               ))}
           </div>
-          {stateString && stateString !== 'Failed' ? (
-            <div className={styles.stateString}>
-              <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString} />
-            </div>
-          ) : (
-            state === 'failed' && <span className={styles.error}>{t('failed')}</span>
-          )}
+          {!isInPendingPostView &&
+            (stateString && stateString !== 'Failed' ? (
+              <div className={styles.stateString}>
+                <LoadingEllipsis string={stateString} />
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              state === 'failed' && <span className={styles.error}>{t('failed')}</span>
+            ))}
         </div>
       )}
     </>
diff --git a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
index b4a1a440..c8842b93 100644
--- a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
@@ -86,11 +86,16 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, parentCid, scrollY }: ReplyModalProps) => {
     if (ref) {
       textRef.current = ref;
       !isMobile && ref.focus();
-      const len = ref.value.length;
-      ref.setSelectionRange(len, len);
     }
   };
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (textRef.current) {
+      const len = textRef.current.value.length;
+      textRef.current.setSelectionRange(len, len);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const contentPrefix = `c/${parentCid && Plebbit.getShortCid(parentCid)}\n`;
 
   const handleContentInput = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
diff --git a/src/components/settings-modal/avatar-settings/avatar-settings.module.css b/src/components/settings-modal/avatar-settings/avatar-settings.module.css
index 163afba8..409947bb 100644
--- a/src/components/settings-modal/avatar-settings/avatar-settings.module.css
+++ b/src/components/settings-modal/avatar-settings/avatar-settings.module.css
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   border: 1px solid #aaa;
   background-color: var(--avatar-background-color, white);
   margin-left: 10px;
-  border-radius: 32px;
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-is-subplebbit-offline.ts b/src/hooks/use-is-subplebbit-offline.ts
index 70181ff8..f94c2f64 100644
--- a/src/hooks/use-is-subplebbit-offline.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/use-is-subplebbit-offline.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Subplebbit } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import { getFormattedTimeAgo } from '../lib/utils/time-utils';
 import useSubplebbitOfflineStore from '../stores/use-subplebbit-offline-store';
+import useSubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps from './use-subplebbits-loading-start-timestamps-store';
 
 const useIsSubplebbitOffline = (subplebbit: Subplebbit) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { address, state, updatedAt, updatingState } = subplebbit || {};
   const { subplebbitOfflineState, setSubplebbitOfflineState, initializesubplebbitOfflineState } = useSubplebbitOfflineStore();
+  const subplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps = useSubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps([address]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (address && !subplebbitOfflineState[address]) {
@@ -22,15 +24,13 @@ const useIsSubplebbitOffline = (subplebbit: Subplebbit) => {
   }, [address, state, updatedAt, updatingState, setSubplebbitOfflineState]);
 
   const subplebbitOfflineStore = subplebbitOfflineState[address] || { initialLoad: true };
+  const loadingStartTimestamp = subplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps[0] || 0;
 
-  const isLoading =
-    updatingState === 'resolving-address' ||
-    (updatingState === 'stopped' && state === 'stopped' && !updatedAt) ||
-    (subplebbitOfflineStore.initialLoad && updatingState === 'fetching-ipns' && !updatedAt);
+  const isLoading = subplebbitOfflineStore.initialLoad && (!updatedAt || Date.now() / 1000 - updatedAt >= 60 * 60) && Date.now() / 1000 - loadingStartTimestamp < 30;
 
-  const isOffline =
-    !isLoading && ((updatedAt && updatedAt < Date.now() / 1000 - 60 * 60) || updatingState === 'failed' || (updatingState === 'fetching-ipns' && !updatedAt));
+  const isOffline = !isLoading && ((updatedAt && updatedAt < Date.now() / 1000 - 60 * 60) || (!updatedAt && Date.now() / 1000 - loadingStartTimestamp >= 30));
 
+  const isOnline = updatedAt && Date.now() / 1000 - updatedAt < 60 * 60;
   const offlineIconClass = isLoading ? 'yellowOfflineIcon' : isOffline ? 'redOfflineIcon' : '';
 
   const offlineTitle = isLoading
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const useIsSubplebbitOffline = (subplebbit: Subplebbit) => {
     ? isOffline && t('posts_last_synced_info', { time: getFormattedTimeAgo(updatedAt), interpolation: { escapeValue: false } })
     : t('subplebbit_offline_info');
 
-  return { isOffline, isOnlineStatusLoading: isLoading, offlineIconClass, offlineTitle };
+  return { isOffline: !isOnline && isOffline, isOnlineStatusLoading: !isOnline && isLoading, offlineIconClass, offlineTitle };
 };
 
 export default useIsSubplebbitOffline;
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-subplebbits-loading-start-timestamps-store.ts b/src/hooks/use-subplebbits-loading-start-timestamps-store.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80ecdb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/use-subplebbits-loading-start-timestamps-store.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+
+interface SubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestampsState {
+  timestamps: Record<string, number>;
+  addSubplebbits: (subplebbitAddresses: string[]) => void;
+}
+
+const useSubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestampsStore = create<SubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestampsState>((set, get) => ({
+  timestamps: {},
+  addSubplebbits: (subplebbitAddresses) => {
+    const { timestamps } = get();
+    const newTimestamps: Record<string, number> = {};
+    subplebbitAddresses.forEach((subplebbitAddress) => {
+      if (!timestamps[subplebbitAddress]) {
+        newTimestamps[subplebbitAddress] = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000);
+      }
+    });
+    if (Object.keys(newTimestamps).length) {
+      set((state) => ({ timestamps: { ...state.timestamps, ...newTimestamps } }));
+    }
+  },
+}));
+
+const useSubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps = (subplebbitAddresses?: string[]) => {
+  const timestampsStore = useSubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestampsStore((state) => state.timestamps);
+  const addSubplebbits = useSubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestampsStore((state) => state.addSubplebbits);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (subplebbitAddresses) {
+      addSubplebbits(subplebbitAddresses);
+    }
+  }, [subplebbitAddresses, addSubplebbits]);
+
+  const subplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps = useMemo(() => {
+    return subplebbitAddresses?.map((subplebbitAddress) => timestampsStore[subplebbitAddress]) || [];
+  }, [timestampsStore, subplebbitAddresses]);
+
+  return subplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps;
+};
+
+export default useSubplebbitsLoadingStartTimestamps;
diff --git a/src/views/post/post.module.css b/src/views/post/post.module.css
index 2583f8a3..5c9e6bb0 100644
--- a/src/views/post/post.module.css
+++ b/src/views/post/post.module.css
@@ -505,22 +505,23 @@
 }
 
 .authorAvatar {
-  width: 22px;
-  height: 22px;
-  background-size: 100%;
-  background-position: center;
-  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  width: 24px;
   display: inline-block;
-  vertical-align: top;
+  position: relative;
+  padding-right: 2px;
 }
 
+.authorAvatar img {
+  width: 24px;
+  max-height: 24px;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: -5px;
+}
 
 .stateString {
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  width: calc(100vw - 28px);
-  width: 100vw;
 }
 
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
@@ -542,11 +543,13 @@
   }
 
   .authorAvatar {
-    vertical-align: middle;
+    width: 20px;
   }
 
-  .stateString {
-    padding-left: 5px;
+  .authorAvatar img {
+    width: 20px;
+    max-height: 20px;
+    bottom: -3px;
   }
 }
 
@@ -568,8 +571,4 @@
   .replyMobile {
     display: none;
   }
-
-  .stateString {
-    padding-top: 10px;
-  }
 }
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