diff --git a/lib/community/widgets/post_card_metadata.dart b/lib/community/widgets/post_card_metadata.dart
index 2bf158b09..1bd0abc6d 100644
--- a/lib/community/widgets/post_card_metadata.dart
+++ b/lib/community/widgets/post_card_metadata.dart
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class ScorePostCardMetaData extends StatelessWidget {
     }
 
     return Container(
-      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4.0),
+      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8.0),
       child: Wrap(
         spacing: 2.0,
         crossAxisAlignment: WrapCrossAlignment.center,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class UpvotePostCardMetaData extends StatelessWidget {
     }
 
     return Container(
-      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4.0),
+      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8.0),
       child: IconText(
         fontScale: state.metadataFontSizeScale,
         text: showScores ? formatNumberToK(upvotes ?? 0) : null,
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class DownvotePostCardMetaData extends StatelessWidget {
     }
 
     return Container(
-      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4.0),
+      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8.0),
       child: IconText(
         fontScale: state.metadataFontSizeScale,
         text: showScores ? formatNumberToK(downvotes ?? 0) : null,
@@ -309,12 +309,12 @@ class CommentCountPostCardMetaData extends StatelessWidget {
     };
 
     return Container(
-      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4.0),
+      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8.0),
       child: IconText(
         fontScale: state.metadataFontSizeScale,
         text: (unreadCommentCount > 0 && unreadCommentCount != commentCount) ? '+${formatNumberToK(unreadCommentCount)}' : formatNumberToK(commentCount ?? 0),
         textColor: color,
-        padding: 5.0,
+        padding: 4.0,
         icon: Icon(unreadCommentCount > 0 && unreadCommentCount != commentCount ? Icons.mark_unread_chat_alt_rounded : Icons.chat, size: 17.0, color: color),
       ),
     );
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class DateTimePostCardMetaData extends StatelessWidget {
     };
 
     return Container(
-      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4.0),
+      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8.0),
       child: IconText(
         fontScale: state.metadataFontSizeScale,
         text: state.showFullPostDate ? state.dateFormat?.format(DateTime.parse(dateTime)) : formatTimeToString(dateTime: dateTime),
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class UrlPostCardMetaData extends StatelessWidget {
     }
 
     return Container(
-      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4.0),
+      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8.0),
       child: Tooltip(
         message: url,
         preferBelow: false,
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class LanguagePostCardMetaData extends StatelessWidget {
     }
 
     return Container(
-      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 4.0),
+      margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 8.0),
       child: Tooltip(
         message: languageId == -1 ? 'English' : language!.name,
         preferBelow: false,
diff --git a/lib/community/widgets/post_card_view_comfortable.dart b/lib/community/widgets/post_card_view_comfortable.dart
index 8d6b5ee78..19a0a4351 100644
--- a/lib/community/widgets/post_card_view_comfortable.dart
+++ b/lib/community/widgets/post_card_view_comfortable.dart
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class PostCardViewComfortable extends StatelessWidget {
   final bool markPostReadOnMediaView;
   final ListingType? listingType;
   final void Function({PostViewMedia? postViewMedia})? navigateToPost;
-  final bool indicateRead;
+  final bool? indicateRead;
 
   const PostCardViewComfortable({
     super.key,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class PostCardViewComfortable extends StatelessWidget {
     required this.onSaveAction,
     required this.markPostReadOnMediaView,
     required this.listingType,
-    required this.indicateRead,
+    this.indicateRead,
     this.navigateToPost,
   });
 
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class PostCardViewComfortable extends StatelessWidget {
     final theme = Theme.of(context);
     final ThunderState state = context.read<ThunderBloc>().state;
 
+    bool indicateRead = this.indicateRead ?? state.dimReadPosts;
+
     final showCommunitySubscription = (listingType == ListingType.all || listingType == ListingType.local) &&
         isUserLoggedIn &&
         context.read<AccountBloc>().state.subsciptions.map((subscription) => subscription.community.actorId).contains(postViewMedia.postView.community.actorId);