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Chronicle the life and tale of the fediverse (+ matrix)

Largely a sublemmy about capturing drama, from fediverse spanning drama to just lemmy drama.

Includes lore like how a instance got it's name, how an instance got defederated, how an admin got doxxed, fedihistory etc

(New) This sub's intentions is to an archive/newspaper, as in preferably don't get into fights with each other or the ppl featured in the drama

Tags: fediverse news, lemmy news, lemmyverse

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverselore@lemmy.ca

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Update: it’s now US$1921.00

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 99 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (46 children)

Relevant to note that every other bid comes from the same bidder, j_s_0e6b87. Here's what I'm guessing about them:

They likely know about Hexbear, since they were bidding on the address right off the bat.
They aren't a domain squatter. A domain squatter would try to minimise the amount of money spent on a domain; and yet they're bidding too early, too frequently, and values considerably higher than the necessary to be the top bidder.
They aren't using automated tools, since the the times and values between the others' bids and theirs are too erratic.
Either they don't plan to actually win the bid, OR they have lots of money (to the point that US$710 is pocket change for them) and really, really bad blood against Hexbear.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Could be some crypto bros. Apparently they share name with some crypto currency

[–] airportline@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Huh. Hexbear, the instance, gets its namesake from this photograph:

I wonder how the cryptocurrency ended up with the same name.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

That's on brand, they do love their shitposting

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