Thanks for reporting this and sorry for your inconiencence in losing following list. This issue has been reported and happens when we are not able to connect to one or more paid relays. Do you happen to connect to paid relays?
Oh man. It’s even worse than that. Seems like I accidentally deleted most of my following list in the process of trying nostr:npub1current7ntwqmh2twlrtl2llequeks0zfh36v69x4d3wmckg427safsh3w. And now I zapped myself as well. I’m an elephant in a china store. Take care when trying new apps. Perhaps start with burner accounts 😅