hexbear.net comically loses its domain name
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Appreciate the explanation. I've seen some remarks about the instance on passing, I've just never paid close enough attention to how communities have interacted with each other in the past.
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Yeah...
Spend some time in the "I hate reddit and am glad I am never going back but do you think reddit still thinks about me and hey, can I take a picture of your penis and send it to show reddit that my new boyfriend is massive?" communities. LOTS of the folk around here have those "I was banned for absolutely nothing" mentalities.
And it shows with how fast people are to "clown on" folk with just blatant insults.
Those folk aren't at all exclusive to hexbear.
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Heartbreaking: The Worst Capitalist Practice You Know Just Accidentally Picked A Funny Target
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And here I was complaining about cheeseburger.social going down. Our user count was well into the dozens. Dozens!
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Perfect domain for a shitcoin.
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Oh it couldn't have happened to a better bunch!
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Tired: Lenin’s on sale again
Wired: Hexbear is a shitcoin
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(It's a joke/reference, I guess it's not 100% known though. My bad.)
I really do hate "I know what I have so you are going to pay whatever number I set" capitalism though, which is what they do here. These registrars figured out a loophole around the redemption grace period and are, from the start, set up to make you lose the domain and then spend significant money on a completely unfair auction where they have the power to plant fake bids, rather than paying the usual static redemption fees that aren't that excessive.
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Yes... but the meme doesn't work if said practice is barely on the scale.
Because yeah, there are some REALLY sketchy registrars. Working with the "reputable" ones and now taking advantage of a nation's country code for the lulz (see: .ml) keeps you pretty safe.
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