I am not writing this to shit on them, but I have to appreciate the irony in the situation. Something about a communist community getting messed up by lapses in individual responsibility, or an authoritarian leaning community getting messed up by fuckups in leadership.

New update for those of you following this story

We have established contact with the previously-AWOL owner, and after much discussion, we have determined that while there was an error in the auto-payment initially, the renewal funds were transferred manually to Sav and the auction continues despite that. We are currently appealing to Sav support with our domain credentials. We are also looking into whether an ICANN-compliant grace period was implemented prior to the rescinding and auctioning of the domain.

It's up to $1921 now lol

I think it's hilarious that there is a bidding war that has been driving the bid up.

My 3 favorite proposed alternative urls are tank.ie hexbearmoretankie.net and infinity.ai

Auction you say?

It should probably go to furry coders.

Their instance seems to be back up again. A sad day for us all.

Oh wow, this post reminded me to renew some domains I use.

yep this is a downside to being on a federated server run by some rando.

Stop giving them attention. That's the only thing they care about. If a tankie wants to have a 'debate' with you just say 'ok' and move on.

They have no power or any effect on anything. By making them seem bigger than they really are (some niche leftist nutjobs) you only attract new cultists looking to sate their moral superiority kink.