Even if you only blamed them for incompetence, they've been around long enough that they should have fixed this by now. At this point they should have the most polished web client out there. But still, up to almost a third of notifications don't come through, other clients show almost twice as many replies to your notes. You're literally missing a huge chunk of people commenting on your notes. And apparently Primal can show follower counts because of the caching server, while other clients show much more realistic numbers. It's like that from the beginning. This thing probably isn't even in alpha yet, let alone something you'd recommend to beginners. And that's with a team and funding.