Honestly, the LW fan Discord has a pretty good rundown/timeline of players reacting to everything happening on Santae. That's how I stayed up to date on all the, ahem, crazy things happening over there. I played a lot during the invite-only beta (or was it alpha? I don't remember-) but went on hiatus after the wipe. Glad I didn't spend money on that game because woof. I don't think any changes of ownership or operation would ever get me to play the game seriously again, especially after the whole site closure fiasco. It goes without saying that the actions of the owner were abhorrent, and I won't be discussing specifics here (since I'm honestly not sure if we can).
But yeah. Used to play, won't ever play again. Loved the creature designs and had fun with fetch quests and collecting items, but nope. That site's been ruined as far as I'm concerned. Never seen a pet site go up in flames quite like Santae.