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.

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    17 hours 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@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 hours 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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        17 hours 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.