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hexbear.net is on sale for auction (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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

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

Not sure what will happen, but seems to be a Fediverselore event for sure

Update: post from hexbear admin on chapo.chat: https://chapo.chat/post/4468531

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

They'll probably stay in chapo.chat, and instance owners will update their blocked lists. A few users lost because they can't be arsed to re-register, instead using .ml. But, past that, not much is going to change, I think.

I'm mildly curious on what's going to happen with their older domain - or, what the winning bidder will make out of it. (Document bad online behaviour? Make it about NATO to rub salt on their wounds? What else?)

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

re-register

Why do you think their old accounts won't work? It's just a different domain name. They didn't lose data.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Except they already said that the same issue will occur with the backup name as well. Unless the additional time allows the original owner to finally reregister it this time, as they (reportedly) claimed to be ready to do for the main one as well. I think they don't trust them anymore:-).

So everyone might move, then have to move again a second time. Not joking btw!:-)

Is it weird that I feel bad for them? Whoever is to blame, a lot of the users are innocent of this. And are also trolls, true, but even so... It would be nice if some people would learn from this that online trolling is one thing, but eventually it's even better to wake up and live in the real world. I want that for them.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I've had that happen to some URLs I own before. Basically, they forgot to renew. Normally you get a grace period but some sketchy domain admins take the lapse as an opportunity to auction off what was originally a worthless address now that it has value.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait, what??? Isn’t this a hugely active instance? What happened?

[–] GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 day ago (36 children)

https://lemmy.ca/comment/14489378

Apparently they didn't pay for their registration renewal. Watch out for a flood of displaced tankies, you can usually find them by saying fuck Putin, or fuck Xinnie the pooh, and they'll just put themselves so you can block them.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world -1 points 19 hours ago

Hope the new boss isn’t the same as the old boss.

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

who needs the CIA infiltration manual when tankies will do it to themselves?

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