hey there, returning to lemmy after checking it out like 2 years ago. does it matter what instance i use? currently just using the account i previously made.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 days ago

          It’s really not clear that’s what happened. A direct question and there’s no real answer: https://hexbear.net/post/4470506

          In the original thread about it there were people joking that the domain renewal didn’t get paid after DOGE cut funding.

          But it’s just suspicious enough that if I were a user I’d not share any personal info and connect via a VPN…

          • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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            28 days ago

            What happend was:

            Someone posted about them going down.

            I checked their domain, it was down.

            Then someone said they moved to chapo.chat

            I checked and, indeed, they are up and running on the new domain.

            Then, today, I was informed that chapo.chat now redirects to hexbear.net, and hexbear.net is up again.

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              18 days ago

              Yes. But why? I wasn’t able to find anything confirming the chain of events that led from an auction at over $2000 with the registration company refusing to cancel it, to Hexbear suddenly having their domain back and everything back to normal.