Also, I have on several occasions been advised in my 'Who to follow' suggestions to follow myself, which is impossible.

When a logical system suggests an action which is, according to the logical rules of that same logical system, an impossibility, you know it's been coded and/or tested by an idiot.

And if you assume that the same person/team is also responsible for other fundamental elements of the platform, then you have to believe that everything is inherently faulty.