Niantic Social sluggishly useless when zoomed out, then freezes app

GorillaSapiens

Android 12

Pixel 6 Pro

Ingress 2.92

Open Niantic Social from the Ingress app

Zoom out to view about half the united States

Tap "Communities" in the lower left corner

Wait for a bunch of communities to popping up.

Try to pinch zoom in, or scroll the map. Map is sluggish to the point of uselessness, taking 30 seconds or more to respond to any user input.

Press the back button to get back to Ingress Scanner

A blue and white "progress" circle appears above the "Niantic Social" button, and spins forever. Why? User has no idea. Pressing on buttons ("attack", etc...) is unresponsive.

Must force quit and restart ingress app