See this post (chapo.chat is an alternate domain name for Hexbear).

Hexbear also has an official Mastodon account, where admins post updates. You can append .rss to the URL to get an RSS feed.

  • TheOtherNakoichi@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 days ago

    It’s at nearly $700 now. I am not one to peddle baseless weirdo conspiracy theories but this seems sus af.

    What we know: The user that previously held ownership of the OG domain has ceased contact and the domain is now up for auction.

    Tinfoil hat time: The deep state is going to start targeting sites and communities like this because we offer a very meager threat to them and much like us they know dissent must be eradicated at its roots.

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      10 days ago

      I really have no idea what a high traffic domain name is worth in terms of revenue from throwing garbage ads up on it. Maybe $700 isn’t out of the ordinary.

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        It’ll just be libs and maybe misguided comrades with too much money thinking the domain name actually matters. It’s not like hexbear gets linked from outside that often. I hope some maligned lib pays $5k for it, realises it’s worth nothing, and starts a journey where they learn to touch grass instead.

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        9 days ago

        What if they train an AI on the old posts and have it continue posting under our old handles and styles in perpetuity, a Chuck-E-Cheese of leftist thought replete with beanis and PPB?