If any users have purchased domain names they can transfer to us now, or share the account credentials for the domain host please message me so i can add the domain you have to the list of options for a domain change.

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

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    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

            • unperson [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              7·
              1 year ago

              It’s fairly normal for expiry warning emails to get lost. Even more on the first renewal. They know this happens, that’s why they keep it working right until the point where they can charge you thousands of dollars to keep your business running. The normal thing used to be that the domain goes to a parking page during the grace period so it’s unmissable, not to keep it up and then immediately auction it.

              • blame [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
                5·
                1 year ago

                yeah i dont know why we have people here defending the registrars. The first thing these fuckers do is park a domain that expires because they know someone wants it.