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I'm not a web developer, so I'm curious to see if you guys could answer this for me: why are social media feeds so narrow on desktop now? Both Twitter and Reddi

I'm not a web developer, so I'm curious to see if you guys could answer this for me: why are social media feeds so narrow on desktop now? Both Twitter and Reddit have feeds that are less than 1/3 the width of the screen. Is it because advertising feels more sparse if you pepper it along a long skinny string? Is it because they are using inflexible design frameworks for all devices? I seriously don't understand, I hate it, there's so much wasted space.

GnarlyWhale 6y ago
In my experience it's more the latter. Not only is it simpler (no need to maintain parallel ui implementations, easier to update, speed-up implementation time) to use a framework that "optimizes" layout for all devices, but it also increases consistency in experience across them.