diff --git a/damus/Views/Events/TextEvent.swift b/damus/Views/Events/TextEvent.swift
index 13e8c442..d871cfbe 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Events/TextEvent.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Events/TextEvent.swift
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ struct TextEvent: View {
                 Spacer()
             }
 
-            VStack(alignment: .leading) {
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 1) {
                 HStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 0) {
                     let pk = is_anon ? "anon" : pubkey
+                    
                     EventProfileName(pubkey: pk, profile: profile, damus: damus, show_friend_confirmed: true, size: .normal)
                     
                     Text(verbatim: "⋅")
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ struct TextEvent: View {
                         .padding([.bottom], 4)
 
                 }
-                .minimumScaleFactor(0.75)
                 .lineLimit(1)
                 
                 EventBody(damus_state: damus, event: event, size: .normal)
diff --git a/damus/Views/Timeline/InnerTimelineView.swift b/damus/Views/Timeline/InnerTimelineView.swift
index 6342ef38..793aa68e 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Timeline/InnerTimelineView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Timeline/InnerTimelineView.swift
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ struct InnerTimelineView: View {
                             nav_target = ev.inner_event ?? ev
                             navigating = true
                         }
-                        .padding(.top, 10)
+                        .padding(.top, 5)
                     
                     Divider()
-                        .padding([.top], 10)
+                        .padding([.top], 5)
                 }
             }
         }