I was there too - I didn't "miss a lot", I just ignored it. The community was still vibrant, helpful, and the language/tools were developing nicely. So some people with big egos (ZS, DHH etc.) were causing waves. Who cares. I don't get swept up in that sort of thing. Not letting it affect you is different from not being aware of it, it just means not getting involved with it.

I'm still very happy with Ruby itself, and how it's developed, and Rails too. While I haven't used it professionally in a while, it's still the language I most enjoy working in. I also used it to get my daughter (now finished college and working as a SWE) into programming when she was a child, and currently using it to introduce my 9 yr old son to coding.

> I didn't "miss a lot", I just ignored it.

Yes, so did many others and now it has blown up.

> Who cares.

I think Ellen Dash, André Arko, Samuel Giddins, Martin Emde, and even Mike McQuaid could be proposed as individuals who care. In addition to the hundreds of people commenting here.

> While I haven't used it professionally in a while, it's still the language I most enjoy working in.

Perhaps now that you're up to date on some important issues in the Ruby community, you can get involved and help right the ship so the language you love will exist in a few years.