It should be fixed in the next update, but I agree the bug makes the site borderline unusable for now :(
I think we all understand though. The devs are working hard and they're not many of them. I don't know how I'd handle dealing with a sudden massive influx of users.
You can imagine too it wasn't an issue when there were hardly any new posts coming in. One of the many things massive scaling in a short time help reveal!
Made me think of this card art from legends of runeterra:
https://cdnruneterra.ar/assets/img/skins/landscape/04MT001-full.webp
Lemmings
Lemlets
I noticed this as well and thought it was meant to be a feature at first. Real time updates and just going with it. Glad to see it's apparently a known bug!
You can do some pretty cool customization, but I have no idea how. I came across this lemmy instance that looks like an old phpBB forum:
Look into the "i still don't care about cookies" extension! Makes browsing a bit more peaceful.