Lmao, good thing I was still using the same chapo.chat bookmark from 5 years ago ๐
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5 years?!?!?!?!
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Hexbear Proposals chapo.chat matrix room.
This will be a place for site proposals and discussion before implementation on the site.
Every proposal will also be mirrored into a pinned post on the hexbear community.
Any other ideas for helping to integrate the two spaces are welcome to be commented here or messaged to me directly.
Within Hexbear Proposals you can see the history of all site proposals and react to them, indicating a vote for or against a proposal.
Sending messages will be restricted to verified and active hexbear accounts older than 1 month with their matrix id in their hexbear user profile.
All top level messages within the channel must be a Proposals (idea for changing the site), Feedback (regarding non-technical aspects of the site, for technical please use https://hexbear.net/c/feedback), or Appeals (regarding admin/moderator actions).
Discussion regarding these will be within nested threads under the post.
To gain matrix verification, all you need to do is navigate to my hexbear userprofile and click the send a secure private message including your hexbear username.
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Hello users of hexbear, or shall i say chapo.chat, we fucked up, and i fucked up like three times making this post.
Yes, hexbear.net has expired. Yes, we were aware of this possibility. We have gradually lost contact with the access owner (prior admin) for the domain registration. We attempted to make a migration plan, but we were disarmed by the reappearance of the party in question in September 2024 and repeated assurances that they would a) transfer credentials and b) continue payments until they were able to do the former.
We accept full responsibility for this. We should have been more aggressive about this and continued our alternative despite these reassurances. This is our fuck up, and we can't offer anything besides our continued apologies and our plan of action going forward and an explanation of what happened:
Over the time of chapo.chat and hexbear.net the admins that purchased the domain, established the donation accounts, and the server accounts have left. One of the primary admins has gone inactive and returned many times, over a year ago some of the newer admins began asking the older admins to give full access to the domain, servers, and donations. These requests were not met, despite warnings of this exact event.
At the moment we do not have access to hexbear.net and there is a strong chance we will not get it back without participating in the auction, which is already over $300. Choosing to abandon the hexbear.net domain will cause federation problems and considerable technical issues which would lead to potential extended downtime.
During this downtime we would be reestablishing access to the new domain (or hexbear.net if we win the auction), access to server ownership, and donation accounts. This would be distributed among a number of admins so that we can prevent this from happening again.
Chapo.chat has the same access problem that led to the current state of hexbear.net so it is to be considered temporary.
I will do my best to answer questions
This is so fucking funny.
Visit hexbear.net everyone
Just in case this is the end for Hexbear.net and for this account of mine, I want to finish by saying it was an honor and a pleasure to be counted among you. :stalin-heart: :fidel-salute:
Death to capitalism. Long live the dope ass bear.
The agreement that any money spent on the bidding war for the domain would be better spent on mutual aid is why I love this site :visit-hexbear.net-heart:
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Just in case where is our backup contact point. Like if this site breaks where to I look for the new one? Like... true anons reddit?
this is unfortunate
Thank you for contacting Sav support and using our services.
I understand the urgency and concern regarding the domain hexbear.net, especially given its importance to your site's users and the potential security risks involved. It's clear that the situation is challenging, and I empathize with the difficulties you're facing due to the previous domain holder's absence. Upon checking, the domain you mentioned is currently in an expiring auction, as it has exceeded the grace renewal period. But don't worry! You have a chance to get the domain by participating in the auction on the following link: https://www.sav.com/auctions/details/7073489/hexbear.net. If you win, the domain will be renewed for one year and transferred directly to your account. Please note that it's not possible to intervene or cancel the active auction. We encourage you to participate in the auction to secure the domain before it ends. I hope this information helps you in securing the domain and ensuring the continued safety and accessibility of your site.
Best Regards,
Scott
Seems like the auction can't be stopped
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Hexbear.lgbt let's gooo
You fucked up
chachabros.... we're so back 
A brand new type of completely unforced error. Exactly what I expect here
damn owned, this is just like how everyone in the USSR had to share the same toothbrush