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
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Pinning @piggy@hexbear.net comment:
True Hexbear Fedayeen have hexbear hard coded in their hosts file and are currently enjoying their
On OSX/Linux just add
37.187.73.130 hexbear.netto the bottom of/etc/hostsand you’ll get your back.On Windows its at
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hostsOn Phones it’s much harder so all your
are lost.IP address is wrong: it should be “37.187.73.130” according to Cloudflare DNS
They just missed the first octet.
Ya I paste like a moron sometimes. My bad.
No worries
I’m in talks with IANA rn to obtain the 37/8 block :3
That made me laugh so hard I scared the dogs
8·3 months agoYou what???
We just did a little coup on IANA, they are now known as JDPON-IANA and 16777216 imperial core treatlerites will have to give up their IPv4 addresses for us
spoiler
This is a bit
It’s okay, I’m sure the US DoD will be happy to give up one of their /8s to replace it :3
Why yes we do own 1/256th of the internet. That’s 1/256th of the way to communism.
I’d like to reignite the
struggle session to cover for CARCOSA on this oneTHERE IS TOO MUCH BEANISPOSTING ON THIS SITE
I’m fuckin back babyWhy don’t some emoji work?
yay it worked. Had to close the browser completely afterwards
edit: ok nm mostly works but still have random emojis turning into 'visit hexbear.net"
but at least i can see some and everybody’s beautiful pfps
Thank you, I can see images again. :)
Adding a static DNS entry on your router also works.
Call me silly, tell me to touch grass, but hexbear has been a big part of my life for a few years now.
I don’t want to see anyone go away, and i have faith we’ll be back up in whatever form before long. Yall have given me so much over the years, and been by my side as I grow, through all my ups and downs.
Idk, feels like i had more to say, but lost my train of thought. Outside hangin with the corgi rn.
I love you all, and can’t wait until we’re back in whatever form.
O7
I couldn’t agree more. This site has such a palpable culture of solidarity permeating even the silliest bits and struggle sessions. It’s a safe space on an internet that largely lacks them, and a social site without the corporate overlords breathing down our necks. I love this place and hope it makes it <3
Please reply to this comment with name suggestions in the event we have to change from hexbear.net
Hexbear.chat
Yeah I’d rather the site stay hexbear. Almost any tld is fine.
Some has already taken it!
Created: 2025-02-11 21:24:22 UTCIt was taken by one of us on the mod team, so it’s safe.
dialectics
Actually not bad
i’m with the folks wanting different variations of hexbear (.zone/.space/.chat/.red)
Would make it a lot easier for people, who are currently in the dark about current events, finding this place again.
FINALLY! Finally it is time for hereshowberniecanstill.win
Do we not have the other half of the meme? Something we should rectify on the new raebxeh.net
hexbear.zone
Someone here already registered hexbear.gay that redirects to a community here, if getting access is an option. Fits with the majority of the userbase.
I like it
They tried to take us down but they only made us stronger
Chuds: Heh I’ll show those stupid hexberians, “hexbear.GAY”
Bear Site Folks: Cool, thank you!
Obvious option would be hexbear with an alternative to .net, like .su or something. Although sometimes .su gets auto flagged as malicious since there isn’t a Soviet Union anymore, idk
we could maybe get a cn or hk domain that may get us unbanned in china
.su requires a Russian passport AFAIK.
Any passport works, it doesn’t have to be a Russian one. They started requiring valid documentation after the it started becoming a hot bed for crime rings since it has almost no moderation. The downside is that the domain is registered under someone’s real name and even though WHOIS protection is avaliable for the .su TLD, I’m not sure that I’d trust any registrar to not get socially engineered into handing over who registered/owns a domain registered with them to a malicious actor.
Kinda off topic but I highly rec this network of websites: https://sovnet.su/ for any other .su enjoyers who want to see a good “What if the USSR survived into the late 90s internet age?” LARP :3
You can also get registrations at the third level of .su without a passport, I think some of them are even under the original second level domains that were set up when the USSR/RSFSR/whatever-the-Russian-Federation-was-doing-up-until-1993-lol connected to the internet which is kinda cool :3 Like we could get something like hexbear.exnet.su or similar but idk if we wanna do that
I have a friend who is willing to help us get hexbear.su. I don’t have a Russian passport, so the stability will be an issue, but we could get it for the bit. Should I pursue this?
Never mind, I didn’t realize that an Amerikkkan passport works for .su
Would it be possible to contact the toots.matapacos.dog people and agree to share a second-level domain with them? So Hextube would become live.matapacos.dog, Hexbear could become… I’m not sure. It could take over matapacos.dog — which is currently just a static image of Matapacos that redirects to readsettlers.org after a few seconds — or Hexbear could take on any number of subdomains under matapacos.dog.
Put simply, with this approach we’d sort of pull a blahaj.zone vs lemmy.blahaj.zone and have two distinct fediverse instances sharing a “brand” without actually being the same site per se. When these two instances already have such close ties, I don’t see why we shouldn’t try to pool more resources, up to and including sharing a second-level domain, right?
…Or maybe this is a terrible idea and I’m just talking out my ass.
I think the best option is some variation of hexbear as opposed to a whole new name. The only problem I could see from that is if whoever ends up buying the original domain redirects it to something horrible. Probably wouldn’t want a similar domain name in that instance.
hexbear.red
donothing.win
Chapo.chat
this domain name has the same issue that caused the hexbear.net outage
communismwill.win
hexbear.xyz is a cheap stopgap. If we prefer to take the opportunity to change the name, a number of more explicitly communist domains are available, such as red.forum joke options: thebigcommunism.builders chinese.bot
IMO, the thing I like about chapo.chat and hexbear is that they’re not explicitly communist themed.
Anything in the
.cn,.vn, or.lanamespaces would be funny, for obvious reasons..cnis quite expensive, about $32/year, and requires you to either prove your identity or use a registrar (like 101domains) who will register it under their contact information for you..vnand.laare much cheaper and are available to anyone.Pick your path, we’re either Chinese, Vietnamese, or Laos bots.
—So are you Chinese or Vietnamese?
—We’re Laotian.
—The ocean? What ocean?
I got hexbear.net.cn for pretty cheap and it does appear they want you to provide ID that matches the registration info. I’m not gonna do that, but I’d be happy to pass it onto someone else who could make use of it.
Is .su available?
Yes, but it requires you to verify your identity with pictures of your passport which I’m sure no one wants to do for security reasons.
beanis.chat
stacking.rocks
What about hexbear.ml?
hexbear dot
chapo dot chat
- littleredbook.shop
- littleredbook.exchange
- littleredbook.study
hexbear.zone
I don’t have a specific rec, just want to share a couple thoughts.
I like the idea of an .su domain, but that’s not so important, if it wasn’t something like .su then I like the idea of .lgbt. My more crucial point is that I personally want to avoid chapo related names. I’ve never listened to the podcast and I joined this site almost a year ago. I feel like I’m not one of the only post-chapo people, and I think that the name of the site and its communities should refect its growth beyond a subreddit. Emojis and such are fine, but I don’t feel like any sort of return or reference is needed. Essentially a vote against chapo.(whatever) plus reasoning.
exbear.netis available and you could make ith.exbear.netHexbear dot Chat
ursusfront
Hasanabifan.site
Hexbear.lgbt
hexbear.social
exbear.net septbear.chat hexchap.chat
Hexbear dot io is a bitcoin website btw.
- zheleznogorsk.net
- honeybear.space
- honeybear.site
- hexbean.net
With honeybear, honey.tube could be bought for around $100 but the yearly cost will be around $22.
Are we able to use .SU?
netbear.hex
sickobear dot net
Hear me out… icosahedronbear.net
i don’t have a specific name in mind, but what about something to do with orcas?
there is already a lemmy instance orcas.enjoying.yachts
it’s a shame the .baseball domain hasn’t launched yet that would have been kinda funny
reposting my comment here
I genuinely think Hexbear is pretty shit of a name (and always have sorry) especially since we share it with a shitcoin. But tbh if the name is so important to federation, surely we could crowdfund the $300 or whatever the registar’s trying to squeeze out of us for the domain. MutualAid has led me to believe this could work. edit: nevermind I see the auction is now up to $505.00 which is insane but who knows maybe this is one of our comrades doing their part to secure the domain for us!
Chapo.chat will probably be cheaper when it expires so honestly my vote is to reclaim chapo.chat using crowdfunding
BernieCanStillWin.org is my backup vote.
What if we named it after Hank, the rotund female black bear that was posted a couple days ago? Keeps with the bear image, and embraces queer/trans folk.
hexbear.chat
hexbear.zone
RentFr.ee
USAID funding gets slashed
Hexbear mysteriously loses access to the site owner
hmmm
I don’t think it’s really a big deal beyond the work it’ll take to fix things, honestly don’t let yourselves get dragged into a bidding war with some lib or something that wants to fuck with us.
that is my personal stance, and i want to see what the community wants to be named
I propose hasan.lib
here are some domains that are unregistered:
hexbear.xyz hexbear.chat hexbear.red hexbear.space hexbear.club hexbear.love hexbear.lol hexbear.earth hexbear.farm hexbear.fun hexbear.gg hexbear.land hexbear.life hexbear.quest hex.horseIf it becomes hex.horse I’ll photoshop a hexagonal horse. This is my pledge to the community.
A potential side effect of a new domain would be being unbanned in China, right? Because we’re only banned there because they thought hexbear.net was related to some crypto scam by the same name?
correct
Would be a fun twist
I grabbed hexbear.zone if anyone wants to have that.
Edit: I also noticed when I was looking that beanis.zone is available as well.
are most or all the participants in the auction outsiders?
as far as i know
Personally the name hardly matters to me at all, we just need to move on quickly
Well, here’s a few of my suggestions :)
https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/351941ba-c4cd-42d9-9ec7-12802d1d9d4f.png
- honeybear.space
- honeybear.site
- hexbean.net
With honeybear, honey.tube could be bought for around $100 but the yearly cost will be $22.
honeypot.fed
Lib.vote
Oh that flag is cool as hell
I love the flag but I am way too Spanish and English brained to remember the name zheleznogorsk lol
can dirt.owl be a domain?
I dont think .owl is a thing
dirto.wl
I mean, perhaps if the domain is cheap enough, just wait until the last minute to snipe it.
its currently at 300 dollars so it would be a costly one
Lotta folks who will find it very funny to redirect the bear to whatever, and I can’t say I blame them.
DNS registrars can face the wall
Doesn’t seem worth it to buy the domain again and it sounds like we’re looking at downtime no matter what.
On the bright side we have the opportunity to absolutely lose our fucking minds over renaming the site again.
Personally fond of onesixone (numeric abbreviation for anti-fascist action in case yall didn’t know) as a name. Just goes hard imo
On the bright side we have the opportunity to absolutely lose our fucking minds over renaming the site again.
I still remember making my account intended as a bit campaigning for the site name to stay chapo and then just never making another account
There’s one thing I’m sure of, when this is all over, “visit hexbear.net” is going to be added as an emote
We finally know what :mystery-emote: is supposed to look like:
At least we outlived kissinger
lmao
Genocide Joe’s presidency and Kopmala’s kampaign too
Please don’t spend a single cent recovering the domain. The closing bid is probably going to be >$1000, which most of you probably couldn’t afford anyways. What’s done is done.
The way forward is to accept the lost of the domain name, come up with internal processes to make sure that retiring admins have to fork over the credentials, and either come up with another site name or reuse chapo.chat. Please don’t try to attempt to outbid these libs and definitely do not make some humiliating backroom deal with those libs over the administration of this site for the sake of getting the domain back.
chapo.chat has the same lack of access problem that hexbear.net has so i do not want to rely on it
When this happened did you say “oops” as that’s what I’d do
I’d also consider a ruh r’oh raggy
collar tug while saying yikes
D’oh!
I would personally have done the Macaulay Culkin Home Alone scream
letting the domain expire as a joke was not ok
It kinda was
lmao, I guess it’s time for bean dot is
Biggest struggle session ever incoming.
Letting the hexbear domain ownership expire as a joke is not OK
😔
pouring one out for all of the hexbears who don’t know how to reconnect with the site
hope they find their way back to us some day
when the site gets back up and running, please make the “visit hexbear.net” textbox that’s replacing all the emojis rn into an actual emoji. maybe called like “:we-fucked-up:” or something
