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.

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
      2·
      16 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.comEnglish
        2·
        16 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.

        • Dave@lemmy.nz
          2·
          16 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.