Can not see my connections activity even when my connections have set it to public

I am unable to see any of my connections' activities even though they have their activities set to be visible by connections. They are able to see my activities.
I have seen their settings and the already set it to my connections (even public), but I still can not see their activities. Frustrated. 
Any idea how to fix this? I've searched for a setting that would change that but can't find anything. Thanks!