Original reddit shows me 12 threads "above the fold" (without scrolling). Current old.reddit shows me 8. New reddit shows me 3. The extra space is taken up by u

Original reddit shows me 12 threads "above the fold" (without scrolling). Current old.reddit shows me 8. New reddit shows me 3. The extra space is taken up by useless garbage like "give award", "share", and "save", operations that I'm not going to want until I've actually clicked through to the thread. I don't see how that's progress.