Yep that’s how it works. Older content past a certain date is cached which is why you can’t comment or post on some old posts.

The problem here is you are asking someone that doesn’t really want an answer or likely to even be fixed they just want to say something loud and blame someone else.

If it wasn’t this it’d be another bigger picture problem blamed one on individual.

There is none. There are some rumors and past allegations but no evidence or confirmation on why he was removed. Not sure why so many people go around spouting random things as facts.