I did a WHOIS on the domain out of boredom, https://ca.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?itc=dlp_domain_whois&domain=kbin.social
But noticed this:
Updated On
2024-10-25T06:27:42Z
Expires On
2025-09-10T06:27:09Z
So even though the site is still down, somebody with access to the domain registrar is renewing the domain for it, and did so just recently.
The king is dead (kbin). Long live the king! (Mbin)
https://joinmbin.org/servers/
https://lemmy.world/comment/12287712