Instagram 12+

I appreciate the quick responses and corrections for the issues I’ve had. Thank you. I’m very new to the business side of Insta, so I’m not very fluent in the algorithms and how they work. I don’t quite understand how to obtain followers. I don’t like that my profile seems to be categorized with other dog stores which is pointless, because other stores aren’t potential customers. My profile keeps getting tagged with inappropriate pictures, since my profile is linked to the website they upload there too. I’ve changed my settings to prevent that now but somehow they are still there in the background as if they are used to place my profile into a spam server or something, idk. It seems like posts don’t circulate unless you pay, especially on Facebook. Plus paying only gets you false likes, the analytics show down to the millisecond how much time was spent on the site, what page, what products etc. I feel like the clicks are computer generated and aren’t real potential customers. My profile lost 100 followers overnight it seems and now for every follower I get I lose the same number. Although I appreciate the followers I do have, it seems they are from countries in which I don’t sell products, so again pointless. How do I generate followers? How do I prevent the inappropriate tagging? How do I keep my profile from being spammed? What am I missing?

I've been using Instagram since 2013 and every update I've gotten since then has been disappointing. This newest update (version 166.1) is one of the most annoying and ugliest looking updates yet. First of all, why would I want to connect Facebook messenger to my Instagram account?? It's so unnecessary and of course the DM feature on Instagram is basically mutating into Facebook messenger with the message reactions and the different colored messages. Secondly, the shopping feature being on the bottom bar is the absolute worst. I've never shopped on Instagram and never will but I'm stuck with this completely useless button on my toolbar and I always accidentally hit it when I just want to take a peak at the explore page. Thirdly, the reels feature is absolutely awful (I know that was from a previous update) and I hate that I have the reels icon on my toolbar. The toolbar in general is getting way too confusing and too many things are getting added to it. The fact that I can't even post a photo from my toolbar is probably the most annoying feature. I love Instagram and every time I get an update I just say to myself "Well, I guess I'll give it a try" but all of these updates that have happened in the last 1-2 years have pushed me over the edge. Probably going to delete the app because these updates have been nothing but awful ever since Facebook took over. Hate what they've done with it. Stop trying to turn Instagram into Facebook.