Just to add onto this, there's a whole field of people who design things with human psychology in mind. For example, when you got onto Twitter, they _could_ show you how many notifications you have right away, but they implemented an artificial delay so you stare at it intently and when it finally shows you feel gratification [1].

So while a design may not make sense right away, there may be other factors at play.

[1] https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/vv5jkb/the-secret-ways-so...