10 years

[GeneralHankerchief]

In addition to the above, here's a choice Watchtower thread from several months after the issue.

As somebody who was an active staff member at the time this went down, I'm going to respect the rules of not discussing what went on behind the scenes, but a couple of quotes from the linked thread do a good job of summing it up:

Some people see the org as a place where they hang out and chat with other people they like chatting with, and see the rules as being useful to the extent that they allow this to happen without much fuss. Other people imagine that the whole business of who broke a rule and whether there is fairness or bias etc is extremely important and worth pages and pages of internet drama, with accusations and demands for apology and orgies of hand-wringing. These people are usually not the most frequent posters in the backroom and so don't really care if people get fed up with silly drama and stop posting.

"Louis-gate" in a nutshell.

Hmmm. It's not quite as simple as that, Strike. Louis had several opportunities to defuse the situation, and he didn't take them. It was a classic "this could have been sorted out with an apology and a laugh" kinda escalating, cascading event. Actually, thinking about it, Louisgate kinda resembled a classic tragicomedy in that way, lots of people making marginal calls that add up to a big, painful dénouement.

As well as everything Andres posted in the thread as well.

Some of the trolls who actively contributed to the loss of these members posting in this very thread (not you ACIN) to celebrate their demise has been an absolute hoot though, so this has been fun.