Mod Browsing Overhaul Discussion

[HeyYou]

  19 hours ago, AnakinTheWeird said:

Ok. What action do you suggest?

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And therein lies the problem. Simply do to the size of this place, the folks participating in this particular thread, have all of zero power to affect any change at all. At least, nothing beyond minor tweaks to what we are being force-fed.  There might be a couple hundred (being generous) folks in here, but, nexus has over what? 30 MILLION members??? We aren't even a drop in the ocean.... Even if EVERYONE in this thread canceled their premium subscription, I doubt it would even be a blip on the balance sheet. So yeah. Robin can ignore everything we have to say, and be confident that any consequences, will be minor at best, but, most likely, not even noticeable.....

[HadToRegister]

  20 hours ago, jmharris said:

We're adding a preference to allow users to choose their default quick search, expect it to land in the next week or so.

Please don't bombard me with "sure but what about X?!" 

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I REALLY hope this means what I think it means.

[carsonzhang]

  19 hours ago, HeyYou said:

I am admin on another mod hosting site, and we aren't anywhere near this size......

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that's because nexus virtually has a monopoly on modding, which puts them in this position where they're able to push a universally hated UI update no one wants and get away with it on top of the snark and rolling of eyes from members of staff that everyone isn't hyped on this terrible redesign. modding would be better off if nexus died. you would have more competition and choices in where to host/download mods and wouldn't have to go through all this again.

once they win with the UI stuff it's a race to the bottom, implementing ads an other things no one wants. it's only going to get worse from here.

[UX99]

  20 hours ago, jmharris said:

We're adding a preference to allow users to choose their default quick search, expect it to land in the next week or so.

Please don't bombard me with "sure but what about X?!" 

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Sure but what about X?!

 

 

Sounds good. Thanks.

[HeyYou]

  19 hours ago, carsonzhang said:

that's because nexus virtually has a monopoly on modding, which puts them in this position where they're able to push a universally hated UI update no one wants and get away with it on top of the snark and rolling of eyes from members of staff that everyone isn't hyped on this terrible redesign. modding would be better off if nexus died. you would have more competition and choices in where to host/download mods and wouldn't have to go through all this again.

once they win with the UI stuff it's a race to the bottom, implementing ads an other things no one wants. it's only going to get worse from here.

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There are already ads. I use an ad-blocker though, so, I don't seem 'em. (that, and I *think* "supporters" aren't supposed to be served ads as well..... nor are premium members.)

Bear in mind, Nexus wasn't always the juggernaut it is today. There was LOTS of competition at one point. Most of those sites were larger, and better funded than Nexus at the time as well. Please take note whom is still standing, after all the larger companies have faded from the scene.....

[Killerburgr]

  19 hours ago, HadToRegister said:

I REALLY hope this means what I think it means.

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God I hope so. I just want my quicksearch back lol. Oddly enough my favorite part of the site.

[showler]

  19 hours ago, HeyYou said:

And therein lies the problem. Simply do to the size of this place, the folks participating in this particular thread, have all of zero power to affect any change at all. At least, nothing beyond minor tweaks to what we are being force-fed.  There might be a couple hundred (being generous) folks in here, but, nexus has over what? 30 MILLION members??? We aren't even a drop in the ocean.... Even if EVERYONE in this thread canceled their premium subscription, I doubt it would even be a blip on the balance sheet. So yeah. Robin can ignore everything we have to say, and be confident that any consequences, will be minor at best, but, most likely, not even noticeable.....

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It would require 23000+ people to cancel their subscriptions before it would even start affecting the site's actual revenue.  Until then, it only eats into the $300,000+ a month they donate to mod authors.

[showler]

  19 hours ago, Killerburgr said:

God I hope so. I just want my quicksearch back lol. Oddly enough my favorite part of the site.

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It means you can choose if you want to search "everything", "mods", "games", "users", etc. by default without having to click the button to choose which search you want.

[HadToRegister]

Why are DOWNLOADS represented by an UPLOAD icon?

 

 

[SartenSO]

Not really a fan of the new design, but it is what it is.  Things change because "it's better".  “If it isn’t broken, we must fix it until it is.”  we will get used to it.