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
Their instance seems to be back up again. A sad day for us all.
New update for those of you following this story
We have established contact with the previously-AWOL owner, and after much discussion, we have determined that while there was an error in the auto-payment initially, the renewal funds were transferred manually to Sav and the auction continues despite that. We are currently appealing to Sav support with our domain credentials. We are also looking into whether an ICANN-compliant grace period was implemented prior to the rescinding and auctioning of the domain.
Auction you say?
I think it’s hilarious that there is a bidding war that has been driving the bid up.
j_s_0e6b87 is an absolute madlad. They’re wasting their money, in my opinion, but a madlad nonetheless
Honestly, I kinda respect the Hexbear folks for not really going after the domain and telling people to redirect the money to mutual aid.
Hope the new boss isn’t the same as the old boss.
