Being tenacious, when Damus didn’t work right for me, I just turned to Primal when I saw Jack’s recommendation that it was easiest way to get started. My Damus account still doesn’t work right unfortunately. I was told there was a glitch and I might need to delete it and start it fresh. And, agree with you that it is frustrating.
I clear browser cache or app cache near daily on all apps that I use to get them to work. Most people in the world won't do this besides the people already here.