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hexbear.net comically loses its domain name (hilariouschaos.com)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://hilariouschaos.com/post/1077711

Edit: https://chapo.chat/ for the live action drama, sort by new posts.

Edit edit: https://chapo.chat/post/4468531

Welp

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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

This is IMO a risk for many individual owned fediverse instance. Someone has a domain, at a point other admin take over, and the domain owner doesn't renew no matter whether they forget because real life happens or due to some Drama.

Very few instances have a clear legal organizational (like a non profit club) running, which is more flexible when founders step out

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Blaming capitalism for domain names being a nightmare is hilarious, they are insanely cheap its 12$ a year for a .com, that is all, lol.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Not rlly there is a biding ongoing on hexbear.net namedomaine, the highest offer right now is 700 $

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This is just straight up bad planning, they said they have jobs and lives like bro you turn on autorenew you put money in the card, any local business has no issues holding their domain for a decade lol, how do you just not make having it with the person hosting the site a priority.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a way to know who bought it? Did they get it back or is it some rando or is it a known third party?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It is actively being auctioned, see the post body.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Ah... I did not understand the auction link. I thought "expired" meant that the auction ended. I guess it describes the status of the domain.

Thanks

Edit: who tf downvoted me admitting my mistake and thanking for the clarification lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You don't actually "buy" domain names. You basically rent them from a registrar. "expired" meant someone forgot to pay rent / renew the lease so control of the name goes back to the registrar. They can just delete it after some grace period but domain names that has traffic going to them has value so they are usually put up for auction by the registrar nowadays, which is what you see here.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (10 children)

So.... who's outbidding them? Someone from tankiejerk? Or are their being taken over by lemmygrad, to be introduced to Socialism with Dessaline characteristics?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Hard to say, we'll have to wait and see who gets it.

I personally think there's no point for them to try and get it back, they'll most likely come back under a different domain.

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