The current Pixelfed webUI is very inefficient, and does not track state, so when you tap on a profile or status, it fetches them again.
On top of that, we have expensive middleware to check if your account has a confirmed email, and if you have 2FA enabled and you verified it.
For every request.
The new webUI caches this data, and only refetches on interactions, significantly reducing load on the server, and I'm working to remove that expensive middleware.
Progress!