Perhaps it is fixed again now, then? It was a long time ago, 1½–2 years ago when that happened. I asked folks on social media sites I was using at the time (this was in my pre-Steemit days) and everyone I talked to reported the same problem on the iOS and Android versions of the app, and everyone I knew on Instagram at the time stopped using it, too, because of that (and because of the increase in "ads" and "suggestions" in the Feed). Now that I am on Steemit, Whaleshares, and Weku, I don't think I want to get back into that Facebook-owned Instagram mess. 🤢
I hear you :) And to a large degree I share your sentiment - but they do reward nicely and I thought it quite a great way to bridge the gap between the people who roam those two worlds - if you know what I mean hehe :)