there’s a lot of random funny hexbear lore out there, like rock stacking, but that’s not what I’m asking about. I’m more asking about the really huge stuff, like the transphobe purging or the r/vcj onboarding that apparently almost ended the site. has anyone done any good writeups on those? really hoping for one about the r/vcj onboarding but I’ll take any i can get my hands on

  • HexBeara [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    6·
    20 days ago

    What was the main reasoning of the Chapo vs hexbear naming debacle? To get away from the pod or to not meme el Chapo and glorify drugs? I was lurking then but more focused on the funnis than paying attention to drama…

    • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      20 days ago

      To get away from the pod

      Pretty sure it was this one. I will never forget that one user said we should have renamed the website to Lib dot Rehab. I think at the time most people kinda tired of the podcast and the people that didn’t even knew there was a podcast were confused by the website name.

      • destroyamericaOPEnglish
        6·
        20 days ago

        still never seen a reason for why hexbear of all things was chosen lol, it actually did come back to bite the site in the ass a little tiny bit because it shares a name with cryptocurrency so its dns banned in China xi pointing at the screen

        • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          5·
          20 days ago

          Pretty sure Hexbear always was the Chapochat Mascot. And yeah, it’s pretty funny theres a cyptocoin with this name. Once a youtuber came here, I think it was internet etiquette guy (Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik, I believe) and he basically joked saying that we were trying to sell him cypto.