HeyYou Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Why are we catering to list authors? It is MOD authors that provide the content EVERYONE on this site requires. Shall we relegate them to lower importance than a list author? Where is the logic in that?Because it benefits the mod user as much or more than it benefits the list curator. Because the "damage" to mod authors is minor and mostly philosophical. Because every decision Robin has ever had to make about this site has had to balance the needs/wants of the company with the needs/wants of the user and with the needs/wants/rights of the mod author. And this time the balance has moved away from you for the first time in a long time. The damage is "minor"??? Maybe in your opinion. Just taking a quick look around here, it doesn't seem that everyone agrees with you. I would suspect that a good percentage of mod authors do NOT agree with you. Do they disagree enough to actually pull their mods from Nexus? Some are. But, apparently, most are not. The reasons vary, but, here they are, and apparently, here they will stay. Permanently. Regardless of the authors wishes. Nexus needs to change their motto..... "Protecting users from the evil mod authors." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMex477 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Why are we catering to list authors? It is MOD authors that provide the content EVERYONE on this site requires. Shall we relegate them to lower importance than a list author? Where is the logic in that?Because it benefits the mod user as much or more than it benefits the list curator. Because the "damage" to mod authors is minor and mostly philosophical. Because every decision Robin has ever had to make about this site has had to balance the needs/wants of the company with the needs/wants of the user and with the needs/wants/rights of the mod author. And this time the balance has moved away from you for the first time in a long time. The damage is "minor"??? Maybe in your opinion. Just taking a quick look around here, it doesn't seem that everyone agrees with you. I would suspect that a good percentage of mod authors do NOT agree with you. Do they disagree enough to actually pull their mods from Nexus? Some are. But, apparently, most are not. The reasons vary, but, here they are, and apparently, here they will stay. Permanently. Regardless of the authors wishes. Nexus needs to change their motto..... "Protecting users from the evil mod authors." Or they could change their motto to..."Its our website if you don't like it go host it on your own website"But your motto is good too I guess Edited July 13, 2021 by TexMex477 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Robin says in his essay that he acknowledges that this change might be enough for some Mod Authors to decide the relationship is no longer mutually beneficial and leave. Oddly, he didn't make any mention of "evil mod authors". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WileCoyote68 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Protecting users? Really? They only protect their business and part of their future income. For me it seems they don't care about anyone but themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted31005User Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) The damage is "minor"Even if people claim not that many mods will be deleted, the trust that always was here is now gone, we trusted Nexus to do the right thing, to respect author's right to choose if, when and where they will distribute their own creations and have full control over it.Nexus no longer has this trust, they made a 180 in secret and even removed the ability for us to delete 3 days prior even telling us, they have been planning this for 2 years...Always look at the actions, they speak louder than words, why would decent authors even upload on a website that takes control of their own creations they worked years on, for all we know Nexus will just make up new rules and do something like this in the future again, perhaps even worse, and then force it on everyone once more with an ultimatum of "surrender or leave" instead of giving decent options to choose from, or maybe they won't even give an ultimatum next time at all... Trust is one of the most important things in the world, its one of the founding blocks that made Nexus great, we could always rely on them to do the right thing...good old days... Edited July 13, 2021 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMex477 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) The damage is "minor"Even if people claim not that many mods will be deleted, the trust that always was here is now gone, we trusted Nexus to do the right thing, to respect author's right to choose if, when and where they will distribute their own creations and have full control over it.Nexus no longer has this trust, they made a 180 in secret and even removed the ability for us to delete 3 days prior even telling us, they have been planning this for 2 years...Always look at the actions, they speak louder than words, why would decent authors even upload on a website that takes control of their own creations they worked years on, for all we know Nexus will just make up new rules and do something like this in the future again, perhaps even worse. Trust is one of the most important things in the world, its one of the founding blocks that made Nexus great, we could always rely on them to do the right thing...good old days... What makes you think they didn't do the right thing?You still have the right to choose not to host on nexus and delete your mod right now, so I am confused?In fact very few mod authors have done just that deleted their mods. He which pays for the file hosts , the programming of website , the database and bandwidth and everything else gets to make the rules. Edited July 13, 2021 by TexMex477 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WileCoyote68 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 What makes you think they didn't do the right thing? You still have the right to choose not to host on nexus and delete your mod right now, so I am confused?In fact very few mod authors have done just that deleted their mods. He which pays for the file hosts , the programming of website , the database and bandwidth and everything else gets to make the rules. Sailing with the wind is always easier than against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMex477 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) What makes you think they didn't do the right thing? You still have the right to choose not to host on nexus and delete your mod right now, so I am confused?In fact very few mod authors have done just that deleted their mods. He which pays for the file hosts , the programming of website , the database and bandwidth and everything else gets to make the rules. Sailing with the wind is always easier than against it. Nothing worth doing is easy. Edited July 13, 2021 by TexMex477 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WileCoyote68 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Whether it was worth, will still have to show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMex477 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Whether it was worth, will still have to showA feature that encourages people to get premium and makes it easier for people to download and enjoy playing mods that their favorite streamer/youtuber might be playing? Well we might have to wait and see if it benefits the website as whole... just as we have to wait and see if the sun comes out tomorrow but if I was betting man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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