diff --git a/components/bookmark.js b/components/bookmark.js
index 2951a4ac..b62c624c 100644
--- a/components/bookmark.js
+++ b/components/bookmark.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export default function BookmarkDropdownItem ({ item: { id, meBookmark } }) {
           id: `Item:${id}`,
           fields: {
             meBookmark: () => bookmarkItem.meBookmark
-          }
+          },
+          optimistic: true
         })
       }
     }
diff --git a/components/comment-edit.js b/components/comment-edit.js
index dc4ea1bd..97c59c1d 100644
--- a/components/comment-edit.js
+++ b/components/comment-edit.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export default function CommentEdit ({ comment, editThreshold, onSuccess, onCanc
             text () {
               return result.text
             }
-          }
+          },
+          optimistic: true
         })
       }
     },
diff --git a/components/delete.js b/components/delete.js
index 4ab1320d..11892765 100644
--- a/components/delete.js
+++ b/components/delete.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export default function Delete ({ itemId, children, onDelete, type = 'post' }) {
             url: () => deleteItem.url,
             pollCost: () => deleteItem.pollCost,
             deletedAt: () => deleteItem.deletedAt
-          }
+          },
+          optimistic: true
         })
       }
     }
diff --git a/components/dont-link-this.js b/components/dont-link-this.js
index ef058887..c230d8e6 100644
--- a/components/dont-link-this.js
+++ b/components/dont-link-this.js
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ export function OutlawDropdownItem ({ item }) {
           id: `Item:${item.id}`,
           fields: {
             outlawed: () => true
-          }
+          },
+          optimistic: true
         })
       }
     }
diff --git a/components/item-act.js b/components/item-act.js
index 477cf459..3254357b 100644
--- a/components/item-act.js
+++ b/components/item-act.js
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ function modifyActCache (cache, { result, invoice }) {
         }
         return existingBoost
       }
-    }
+    },
+    optimistic: true
   })
 }
 
@@ -228,7 +229,8 @@ function updateAncestors (cache, { result, invoice }) {
           commentSats (existingCommentSats = 0) {
             return existingCommentSats + sats
           }
-        }
+        },
+        optimistic: true
       })
     })
   }
diff --git a/components/pay-bounty.js b/components/pay-bounty.js
index 35c5ebe6..b434b925 100644
--- a/components/pay-bounty.js
+++ b/components/pay-bounty.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export const payBountyCacheMods = {
         bountyPaidTo (existingPaidTo = []) {
           return [...(existingPaidTo || []), Number(id)]
         }
-      }
+      },
+      optimistic: true
     })
   },
   onPayError: (e, cache, { data }) => {
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ export const payBountyCacheMods = {
         bountyPaidTo (existingPaidTo = []) {
           return (existingPaidTo || []).filter(i => i !== Number(id))
         }
-      }
+      },
+      optimistic: true
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/components/poll.js b/components/poll.js
index 34276047..d0228333 100644
--- a/components/poll.js
+++ b/components/poll.js
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ export function usePollVote ({ query = POLL_VOTE, itemId }) {
           poll.count += 1
           return poll
         }
-      }
+      },
+      optimistic: true
     })
     cache.modify({
       id: `PollOption:${id}`,
@@ -131,7 +132,8 @@ export function usePollVote ({ query = POLL_VOTE, itemId }) {
         count (existingCount) {
           return existingCount + 1
         }
-      }
+      },
+      optimistic: true
     })
   }
 
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ export function usePollVote ({ query = POLL_VOTE, itemId }) {
           poll.count -= 1
           return poll
         }
-      }
+      },
+      optimistic: true
     })
     cache.modify({
       id: `PollOption:${id}`,
@@ -162,7 +165,8 @@ export function usePollVote ({ query = POLL_VOTE, itemId }) {
         count (existingCount) {
           return existingCount - 1
         }
-      }
+      },
+      optimistic: true
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/components/reply.js b/components/reply.js
index 71427b47..752c7316 100644
--- a/components/reply.js
+++ b/components/reply.js
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ export default forwardRef(function Reply ({
               })
               return [newCommentRef, ...existingCommentRefs]
             }
-          }
+          },
+          optimistic: true
         })
 
         // no lag for itemRepetition
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ export default forwardRef(function Reply ({
               ncomments (existingNComments = 0) {
                 return existingNComments + 1
               }
-            }
+            },
+            optimistic: true
           })
         })
 
diff --git a/components/subscribe.js b/components/subscribe.js
index 32023c85..c800f381 100644
--- a/components/subscribe.js
+++ b/components/subscribe.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export default function SubscribeDropdownItem ({ item: { id, meSubscription } })
           id: `Item:${id}`,
           fields: {
             meSubscription: () => subscribeItem.meSubscription
-          }
+          },
+          optimistic: true
         })
       }
     }
diff --git a/components/use-item-submit.js b/components/use-item-submit.js
index f460c51a..0135113e 100644
--- a/components/use-item-submit.js
+++ b/components/use-item-submit.js
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ export function useRetryCreateItem ({ id }) {
               `,
               data: { bolt11: response.invoice.bolt11 }
             })
-          }
+          },
+          optimistic: true
         })
         paidActionCacheMods?.update?.(cache, { data })
       }