Pro Tip - If you click the image in topics on the "Hot" "New" "Rising" or "Top" sections, it expands the topic without actually going into the topic.
⚠️ HIGH ENERGY⚠️
A year on this site and I just figure this out....by accident no less.
The efficiency with which I view topics just increased 10 fold!
You can also go into your settings and turn on the feature to always display text and media. And then conversley, click the thumbnail to collapse it if need be.