hexbear.net comically loses its domain name
cross-posted from: https://hilariouschaos.com/post/1077711
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Edit edit: https://chapo.chat/post/4468531
Welp
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Is there a way to know who bought it? Did they get it back or is it some rando or is it a known third party?
It is actively being auctioned, see the post body.
Ah... I did not understand the auction link. I thought "expired" meant that the auction ended. I guess it describes the status of the domain.
Thanks
You don't actually "buy" domain names. You basically rent them from a registrar. "expired" meant someone forgot to pay rent / renew the lease so control of the name goes back to the registrar. They can just delete it after some grace period but domain names that has traffic going to them has value so they are usually put up for auction by the registrar nowadays, which is what you see here.
