hexbear

So how are we going to contact everyone that's still using the old domain and has no idea what's happening? There are people that rely on this website for funds to survive in Palestine, and we have homeless users and users struggling to make rent that also rely on us. It would be terrible if they just thought that we dropped off of the face of the Earth and were left stranded.

If we end up with a new domain, does that mean we can federate with the lib instances again and go back to dunking and general joy?

Are you kidding me... welp

Is the party in question TransComrade69?

oh, so that's why hexbear.net leads to a domain selling site.

how did you guys find out the full story? i used lemmygrad.ml

This is a half-serious question, but would it be possible to host hexbear on the TOR network? I don't think Lemmy was designed with TOR in mind, but it would be a neat option for people in case there is a mass IP banlisting of leftist sites in certain countries, particularly of the global northern persuasion.

The downtime will affect people in mutual aid the most so I don't think bidding for the domain name would help anyone. If it does get hijacked by some reactionary chud and links to Tinyman square or something that would only be more of the same publicity this site has always gotten.

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The agreement that any money spent on the bidding war for the domain would be better spent on mutual aid is why I love this site :visit-hexbear.net-heart:

how is it that I got here with no issue and can read this post? was the outage just an initial DNS issue related to the expiry?

How long was the admin team aware of this imminently happening?

Thank you for contacting Sav support and using our services.

I understand the urgency and concern regarding the domain hexbear.net, especially given its importance to your site's users and the potential security risks involved. It's clear that the situation is challenging, and I empathize with the difficulties you're facing due to the previous domain holder's absence. Upon checking, the domain you mentioned is currently in an expiring auction, as it has exceeded the grace renewal period. But don't worry! You have a chance to get the domain by participating in the auction on the following link: https://www.sav.com/auctions/details/7073489/hexbear.net. If you win, the domain will be renewed for one year and transferred directly to your account. Please note that it's not possible to intervene or cancel the active auction. We encourage you to participate in the auction to secure the domain before it ends. I hope this information helps you in securing the domain and ensuring the continued safety and accessibility of your site.

Best Regards,

Scott

Seems like the auction can't be stopped

I sent a message to SAV explaining the situation to see if there's anything they can do.

There has recently been a lapse in domain registration for the site hexbear.net and said domain has entered the auction phase.

This domain is currently hosting an active site with many daily users, the previous domain holder has vanished and the lapse in payment was not something the current administration team was able to rectify without their information.

Currently, the site has been redirected to chapo.chat, but losing the hexbear.net registration will pose a large security risk for users of the site as a malicious actor could MITM them.

If there is any way we could transfer domain ownership to someone affiliated with the current site's administration team, possibly paying a fine for missed payment and ending the auction it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Hate to say it but this is the problem with everything online

The revolution will not be televised and all that (for various reasons)

Pour one out for hexbear, I had to load chapo.chat. End of an era.

lol, lmao even

Forgive my ignorance but are there any opsec implications that come from losing the domain? Just a lil paranoid

I hate that my new computer doesn't have my saved url of Chap chat. I made sure to never switch back in the day

edit: also the twitter account has been inactive for a long time, if we still have access please put up an update. That was the first place I checked. I had to google search last 24 hours "hexbear" to find my way back

all the emojis, gone (emoji of the all my apes guy here)

Is this a sign that the zoomer takeover is imminent? Fuck do I have to start talent scouting on regretevator servers already

When a new domain is a thing do women have any way of letting users know what it'll be ahead of time and when it'll be up and running? I understand downtime, just wanna be sure I can find the place after

Emotes and images are broken for me

we fucked up

Story of Hexbear's life

The fuck am i supposed to do at work now

Goofy mistake that could have been avoided, but the site as a whole isn't going to die from it so hopefully people get over that relatively quickly. So long as new processes are put into place to prevent it from happening again we'll be fine and I have no grudge.

For the record,as far as a new name is concerned I vote we lean into the :fibonacci-bear: bit

As an aside, this site has a way better layout and interface than all the other lemmies. Seriously the most comfortable way to browse and it even works well on mobile.

An now our only hope is for Elon Musk to buy the domain for $500. Ugh, fine, I'll give him a call.

I was always set to auto log in , but my password didn't save on chapo.chat and it was an esoteric mishmash of numbers and letters that I have no way of remembering. I didn't attach a recovery email for opsec (paranoia), so I can't recover it. this is the universe telling me to make a new account. time to think of an even funnier bit name.