The official post is up and I hope that would explain most(if not all) of your questions.

I believe that this situation is pretty similar to the hive exclusion list event - as you wrote, it is difficult to find who is/are the practical points of contact. Also, in both cases the performing parties argue that the lists are produced by "purely mechanical, decided by objective rules".

While I am not the one who may speak of the 8888, I do understand your frustration (been there, basically). Let me know if there is anything that I can do for you (please dm me on discord).