It was the result of people posting "check out this dope ass bear" and viola the hexbear was born.

this is the original six-sided bear, it was a popular image in the old chapotraphouse subreddit shortly before it was shut down

it was chosen because the admins wanted a new name for the site and nobody came up with anything that resonated better with the community

im still a little salty it's not lib.rehab

The admins were embarrassed to be associated with a podcast and picked a meme they liked

I've wondered if there is a connection to Easy Anti Cheat that also has used a hexagon bear logo. Like as a way to troll Epic perhaps?

One thing that I'm surprised is being left out is that the admins were doing outreach to various leftist groups, and they were able to get into a conversation with at least a chapter of was one of the more substantial ones (maybe PSL?) who then refused because of the website referencing El Chapo. They rightly decided it would be better for the site's public image to not have that name, and the site had somewhat grown apart from the podcast anyway.

hexes are the shape honeycombs are, bears like honey : winnie the pooh likes honey, and puts htem in a honey pot. Hexbear is a honeypot

should have just stayed chapo chat but the mods are AUTHORITARIANS

I heard it came from a hexadecimal interpretation of The Quran, which was first done by an important wahhabi scholar who may have played a part in 9/11, and then some El Chapo trap-house picked up on that because he hates America and the Russian bear is America's nemesis and everyone here gets paid Putin bucks on the side, or so I've been told.