diff --git a/src/components/post/post.module.css b/src/components/post/post.module.css
index b6858d90..c6468bd6 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post.module.css
+++ b/src/components/post/post.module.css
@@ -213,4 +213,12 @@
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 10px;
   cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+/* 1px compromise to hide removed posts immediately, before the feed updates, while avoiding virtuoso's zero-sized element error */
+.minimalHeight {
+  visibility: hidden;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  height: 1px;
 }
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diff --git a/src/components/post/post.tsx b/src/components/post/post.tsx
index d196811f..9f777fad 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post/post.tsx
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ const Post = ({ post = {}, index }: PostProps) => {
   const { blocked, unblock } = useBlock({ address: cid });
 
   return (
-    <div className={`${styles.content} ${removed ? styles.hidden : styles.visible}`} key={index}>
+    <div className={`${styles.content} ${removed ? styles.minimalHeight : ''}`} key={index}>
       <div className={`${styles.hiddenPost} ${blocked ? styles.visible : styles.hidden}`}>
         <div className={styles.hiddenPostText}>{t('post_hidden').charAt(0).toUpperCase() + t('post_hidden').slice(1)}</div>
         <div className={styles.undoHiddenPost} onClick={unblock}>