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Hexbear.net now at 710$ (Update: it’s now 2345$) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverselore@lemmy.ca

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https://www.sav.com/auctions/details/7073489/hexbear.net

Update: it’s now US$1921.00

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 95 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (43 children)

Relevant to note that every other bid comes from the same bidder, j_s_0e6b87. Here's what I'm guessing about them:

They likely know about Hexbear, since they were bidding on the address right off the bat.
They aren't a domain squatter. A domain squatter would try to minimise the amount of money spent on a domain; and yet they're bidding too early, too frequently, and values considerably higher than the necessary to be the top bidder.
They aren't using automated tools, since the the times and values between the others' bids and theirs are too erratic.
Either they don't plan to actually win the bid, OR they have lots of money (to the point that US$710 is pocket change for them) and really, really bad blood against Hexbear.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The other possibility is that its 2 hexbearites who are trying to save the site, not realising they are bidding against each other. Would be pretty silly if that was it.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I went and read the hexbear thread on this. Here's some summary from over there:

Current hexbear admins lost the domain because the registration was controlled by a single inactive / flaky admin.
hexbear admin stated an intention to bid in this auction to get their name back.
chapo.chat is a temporary domain solution only.
they are also deciding on backup names if they don't win the auction

[–] Heyting@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago

No one on hexbear is wasting money on the domain. The consensus is that the money is much better spent on mutual aid.

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