The issue here is that we have images, markdown, replies, comments and a lot of other stuff. If it was just messages the reduced vertical height wouldn't effect readability that much.
Also if you have a look at irc and slack, they both have colored usernames which helps them differentiate between members, since we haven't done that right now or may even not do in the future, the profile pics allow users to differentiate messages from different users.
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Feedback on the compact layout
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