• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    14 days ago

    Relevant to note that every other bid comes from the same bidder, j_s_0e6b87. Here’s what I’m guessing about them:

    • They likely know about Hexbear, since they were bidding on the address right off the bat.
    • They aren’t a domain squatter. A domain squatter would try to minimise the amount of money spent on a domain; and yet they’re bidding too early, too frequently, and values considerably higher than the necessary to be the top bidder.
    • They aren’t using automated tools, since the the times and values between the others’ bids and theirs are too erratic.
    • Either they don’t plan to actually win the bid, OR they have lots of money (to the point that US$710 is pocket change for them) and really, really bad blood against Hexbear.
        • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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          14 days ago

          Nah, there are plenty of people on unfederated instances who still obsess endlessly about hexbear.

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                They’re exaggerating. Hexbear didn’t threaten to kill at all, it was just a warning to class traitors and other would-be counterrevolutionary protesters. The vast majority of the proletariat would never put themselves in such a position.

                It’s a complete nothingburger.

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                The said I was going to “get the wall” when they started their revolution, as in they were going to execute me with a firing squad. They also followed me around and down voted everything I posted, so I had to abandon that account.

                I’m dead serious about it and also dead serious about hating them for threatening my life. Fuck them.

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      14 days ago

      The other possibility is that its 2 hexbearites who are trying to save the site, not realising they are bidding against each other. Would be pretty silly if that was it.

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        I went and read the hexbear thread on this. Here’s some summary from over there:

        • Current hexbear admins lost the domain because the registration was controlled by a single inactive / flaky admin.
        • hexbear admin stated an intention to bid in this auction to get their name back.
        • chapo.chat is a temporary domain solution only.
        • they are also deciding on backup names if they don’t win the auction
        • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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          14 days ago

          hexbear admin stated an intention to bid in this auction to get their name back.

          “If someone claims something happened on the fediverse without providing a link, they’re lying.”