Oh man I’m fully with you on this one dude! I love the favorites feature but it is indeed a huge PITA when it doesn’t work.
One thing I have done out of necessity is trim my following list. I don’t love to do it but I have to be realistic - do I spend time interacting with this person on a weekly basis? Monthly basis? If not then off your head goes in terms of my following list! It has helped quite a bit of clutter reduction.
Good to know that it is a piece of software causing this whole scuffle. Hopefully the witnesses can get that sorted out! I would perhaps cross post this into the Hive dev community or ask the hive as that’s where a lot of people have their attention on.