New mod author comment moderation features and updated terms of servic

[tikarah]

This could potentially become abused. I got here because I got banned from a page. I felt the mod author was being condescending and wrote a post albeit I thank him for the mod and then another posted and I answered back. Although in retrospect I came on a bit strong and so im not overly worried about the ban. But if he starts asking other modders to do the same just because he got upset then it becomes a witchhunt. I can see not allowing another to post if the author feels moody for the day but the whole banning thing seems to be a little over the top. Why implement something of that nature if your going "to wash your hands of it". Banning is a strong rebuttle for what could be considered a minor violation of a modders fragil state. Im sure not allowing someones post is more than enough for most disaggrements and if a ban is needed then have them take the time to state a good reason to the moderators. Edited February 4, 2014 by tikarah

[Eckss]

I had a member post a rude comment on one of my mods so I deleted the comment and banned the member from all my mods. I left the PMs unblocked (as I always do) so that there would be a point of contact should they choose to use it.
That user has now contacted me and apologised and I have revoked the Ban.

The system works!

Thankyou very much. :D

[CapNKirkland]

I had a member post a rude comment on one of my mods so I deleted the comment and banned the member from all my mods. I left the PMs unblocked (as I always do) so that there would be a point of contact should they choose to use it.

That user has now contacted me and apologised and I have revoked the Ban.

 

The system works!

Thankyou very much. :D

 

i only wish i was having issues with you instead of the jerk who banned me from a page that's not even his. at least you keep the PM's open. this guy blocked me from any form of contact entirely before i was even given a chance to apologize.

 

the post above you is right. this threa... sorry, dissolvant of any and all responsibility for the actions of privileged others is just begging to be abused, and already is.

[Eckss]

In response to post #11818095.

Mod authors (and those we choose to give author permissions on our files) need something to help us deal with a small minority of people who, if left unchecked, will drive authors to stop sharing their mods. There are already authors who refuse to share Skyrim mods because of the behaviour of a small minority of rude people.

We share our mods with the community here on Nexus because we love the community, not for privileges and not to abuse others.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and allow that there may have been an overreaction - that's what moderators are in a good position to help with.

Write your apology, then contact a member of staff and ask them to pass it on for you.

[markus242005]

This could potentially become abused. I got here because I got banned from a page. I felt the mod author was being condescending and wrote a post albeit I thank him for the mod and then another posted and I answered back. Although in retrospect I came on a bit strong and so im not overly worried about the ban. But if he starts asking other modders to do the same just because he got upset then it becomes a witchhunt. I can see not allowing another to post if the author feels moody for the day but the whole banning thing seems to be a little over the top. Why implement something of that nature if your going "to wash your hands of it". Banning is a strong rebuttle for what could be considered a minor violation of a modders fragil state. Im sure not allowing someones post is more than enough for most disaggrements and if a ban is needed then have them take the time to state a good reason to the moderators.

 

The main issue I take with your comment is that it appears you believe that the Nexus and it's staff have the right to decide who uses someone elses content. The mod authors here should be praised for all the time and work they put into creating completely FREE assets for users to use and many give authorization to freely use in your own modding adventures if you decide to delve into that end of the pool. Mods are intellectual property, it's a mod authors choice to ban someone. Regardless of whether you think they're being moddy, unreasonable, or completely justified in their response. It's THEIR work. It's THEIR property. It's THEIR decision who gets to use their "stuff". It couldn't be more plain and simple than that.

[blove]

There is nothing plain and simple about it. The only decision that they should have is whether or not to post their work. You do not see Amazon enforcing book bans of individuals that an author does not like.

[Oubliette]

 

This could potentially become abused. I got here because I got banned from a page. I felt the mod author was being condescending and wrote a post albeit I thank him for the mod and then another posted and I answered back. Although in retrospect I came on a bit strong and so im not overly worried about the ban. But if he starts asking other modders to do the same just because he got upset then it becomes a witchhunt. I can see not allowing another to post if the author feels moody for the day but the whole banning thing seems to be a little over the top. Why implement something of that nature if your going "to wash your hands of it". Banning is a strong rebuttle for what could be considered a minor violation of a modders fragil state. Im sure not allowing someones post is more than enough for most disaggrements and if a ban is needed then have them take the time to state a good reason to the moderators.

 

The main issue I take with your comment is that it appears you believe that the Nexus and it's staff have the right to decide who uses someone elses content. The mod authors here should be praised for all the time and work they put into creating completely FREE assets for users to use and many give authorization to freely use in your own modding adventures if you decide to delve into that end of the pool. Mods are intellectual property, it's a mod authors choice to ban someone. Regardless of whether you think they're being moddy, unreasonable, or completely justified in their response. It's THEIR work. It's THEIR property. It's THEIR decision who gets to use their "stuff". It couldn't be more plain and simple than that.

 

 

So basically:" I wrote this book. I published this book. But you can't read this book. It's my book and I don't like the way you said it could be better if I only removed extraneous character F. So no book for you."

 

Makes perfect sense :no:

 

It hurts me as the writer to restrict access to my work for just about any reason because that lowers the number of people who can enjoy my work and pass on that enjoyment to other people. Even if one of those people doesn't like my work and makes that known in a manner that's a cross between the linguistics of a five year old and someone who eats nothing bug rotten garbage, restricting their access to my work because they hurt my feelings does more to diminish my work than ignoring it does.

 

Of course I always have the option of saying: "hey that book I wrote is still all mine baby! I'll just take it back and put it on my shelf so only I can read it."

 

That is always an option and it's not like I wrote the thing so that other people would read it and enjoy it, I wrote it because I wanted to. I'll keep writing because I want to, or I'll wake up one day and realize I'd rather be a carpenter and that's it for the writing! Except that's not a great option either because though I'm not writing for someone else it kind of sucks to work so hard on something and then not let anyone else see how awesome it is. I suppose that's why some modders who are banned here, don't ask to have their mods removed and some that do - find ways to have their mods reuploaded here, usually through a proxy uploader.

 

But I'm not a mod maker and I certainly don't endorse the attitude that modders should take any and all kind of flak when they're really already being pretty awesome sharing things they don't have to share with the rest of us. I just thought the above argument was flawed enough to need a light shinned on those bits.

[diyeath]

Didn't want to create a thread for something that's already been discussed to death. Just another side of this: mod authors can use this to block reports of bugs which would otherwise drive their player base away. There's definitely some room for abuse here, I hope you guys have a way to sort that out if it ever becomes a problem. Edited June 16, 2014 by diyeath

[TheVampireDante]

Yeah, we do.

 

The author gets slapped with a warning for abuse of the system. Same as if someone was abusing the comments section.

[diyeath]

In response to post #15643660.

That's really good to know. You rock Dante, as always!