So sorry to hear how long it's been for you & many others. As you said, all new events should be put on hold until this problem is fixed!. Now a new event for Thursday was just posted in the Sneak...
Well, here we go! Stuck on 19/20 even though my 20th response shows up on my news feed. Numerous force closing & still not counting after an hour. I sent a request to Stormie when I first saw it...