Download speed cap increase for Supporters and non-Adblockers

[TheOriginalEvilD]

After 10+ years of being a member and using this site, I just recently bought a premium membership. It just never occurred to me to do so before I guess. I think it was around $100 or so, which sounds like a lot but I figure I've probably downloaded a thousand mods off here over the years and we blow our money on worse things than supporting a site that has given us so much. If you want places like this to stick around, you need to support it. Someone has to pay to keep the lights on. My only regret is not paying for a membership 10 years ago.

[LadyChaomii]

In response to post #64137331.

thetag wrote: I honestly think that 1MB/s for users with Ad-blockers is VERY generous.
On most download sites, free users are capped at 128kbps ~ 256kbps.

Or, more often than not, the site restricts your ability to navigate or view the website until you turn off ad-block.

And then when you decide to be nice for once and turn off Ad-Block, they bombard you with pop-up ads that try to redirect you to porn sites or give you viruses.

[Deleted57297177User]

nice i dont block any ads on nexus mods so this is cool

[DeathClawDC]

In response to post #64087966. #64088311, #64089056, #64092636, #64102471, #64102756, #64103211, #64113171, #64129041, #64142976 are all replies on the same post.

silencer711 wrote: @Dark0ne, @Nexus Staff -- Have you guys considered:

1. Lifetime + PLUS :D ($1-5/mo)
2. Supporter + PLUS :) ”Pay What You Can”

These are options that can allow supporters to keep supporting while granting cosmetic incentives or special recognition within the community, such as:

1. Badge of Honor (Community / Author)
2. Title (Community / Author)

*Also for those who have subscribed to Premium + in timed increments (like 1/2/6/12mos)?

As a lifetime member myself, (and a bit of a ”shiny new things” hoe) I would donate even more of my time and wallet to support Nexus Mods. Just throwing some ideas out here for consideration. <3

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Kaebus wrote: I would second this, especially for those of us who want to support the site beyond our lifetime subs. At the moment, the only way to do so (as far as I know) is in the long run by voluntarily paying monthly until we have passed the lifetime listed price lol

silencer711 wrote: Another site I use (not a modding site) offers that option and its something that I would endorse for Nexus Mods. I see a high potential for Community Funding via small membership bonus tiers like this.

I'm just one out of many people who would gladly support Nexus Mods beyond our lifetime memberships -- a ”plus” bit on top of what we've already paid for would be our way to consistently show our appreciation for everything Nexus stands for, while simultaneously providing recurring monthly ”income” toward Nexus Mods maintenance and upkeep costs.

LeonidasNerevar wrote: I'd like to third this idea. Without turning it into Fortnite, I'd be fine with seeing some cosmetic and title rewards for "Plus" supporters of the site. I'd be fine with giving $1/month for this upgrade. Perfectly fine idea.

silencer711 wrote: Bump :)

lyoko1 wrote: This may be a good idea for life timers, but not for normal premium.
It can be like "Active Premium" and "Pasive Premium" active meaning you are paying monthly, either by having a "not lifetime" premium or by having a lifetime premium and paying a plus, like 1-5$/mo as you said, and "Pasive premium" being a member that has the lifetime premium but chooses to not pay a plus monthly, still premium, but not supporting the site in a "active" way, maybe mod authors should be given the "active premium" whitout a extra fee(if they aleardy have lifetime premium) if they are updating their mods and publishing new ones? of course still allowing them to pay the extra fee if they want, reason being because in a indirect way a mod author is supporting the site by publishing new mods and updating old ones whitout paying.
Of course in any case this would be only cosmetic and more of a option to extra support if you have the lifetime premium membership aleardy.

Sorry for my Engrish, im not used to write in English that much.

silencer711 wrote: @Lyoko1: I agree with your input. Perhaps Lifetime PLUS ($1-5 /mo) is the better option here, considering that Premium is in its own category altogether.
I’ll also add that the option to “Pay what you can” (choosing between 1/2/3/4/or $5 a month) is up for consideration too.

silencer711 wrote: Bump :)

Pickysaurus wrote: You have some interesting thoughts here Silencer.

A way you can support us on top of the Premium Membership currently would be to contributing our Mod Author Donation Points fund via the Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/nexusmods). This is, of course, completely optional. And the funds all go back into supporting our Mod Authors.

As far as "enhanced" membership options go, it's not something we've got any plans for at the moment.

fftfan wrote: That's a good idea. I think the DP system is pretty ingenious.

feels like a deviantart thing

[DaedalusMachina007]

In response to post #64087966. #64088311, #64089056, #64092636, #64102471, #64102756, #64103211, #64113171, #64129041, #64142976, #64155221 are all replies on the same post.

silencer711 wrote: @Dark0ne, @Nexus Staff -- Have you guys considered:

1. Lifetime + PLUS :D ($1-5/mo)
2. Supporter + PLUS :) ”Pay What You Can”

These are options that can allow supporters to keep supporting while granting cosmetic incentives or special recognition within the community, such as:

1. Badge of Honor (Community / Author)
2. Title (Community / Author)

*Also for those who have subscribed to Premium + in timed increments (like 1/2/6/12mos)?

As a lifetime member myself, (and a bit of a ”shiny new things” hoe) I would donate even more of my time and wallet to support Nexus Mods. Just throwing some ideas out here for consideration. <3

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Premium PLUS ($1-5 /mo)

Kaebus wrote: I would second this, especially for those of us who want to support the site beyond our lifetime subs. At the moment, the only way to do so (as far as I know) is in the long run by voluntarily paying monthly until we have passed the lifetime listed price lol

silencer711 wrote: Another site I use (not a modding site) offers that option and its something that I would endorse for Nexus Mods. I see a high potential for Community Funding via small membership bonus tiers like this.

I'm just one out of many people who would gladly support Nexus Mods beyond our lifetime memberships -- a ”plus” bit on top of what we've already paid for would be our way to consistently show our appreciation for everything Nexus stands for, while simultaneously providing recurring monthly ”income” toward Nexus Mods maintenance and upkeep costs.

LeonidasNerevar wrote: I'd like to third this idea. Without turning it into Fortnite, I'd be fine with seeing some cosmetic and title rewards for "Plus" supporters of the site. I'd be fine with giving $1/month for this upgrade. Perfectly fine idea.

silencer711 wrote: Bump :)

lyoko1 wrote: This may be a good idea for life timers, but not for normal premium.
It can be like "Active Premium" and "Pasive Premium" active meaning you are paying monthly, either by having a "not lifetime" premium or by having a lifetime premium and paying a plus, like 1-5$/mo as you said, and "Pasive premium" being a member that has the lifetime premium but chooses to not pay a plus monthly, still premium, but not supporting the site in a "active" way, maybe mod authors should be given the "active premium" whitout a extra fee(if they aleardy have lifetime premium) if they are updating their mods and publishing new ones? of course still allowing them to pay the extra fee if they want, reason being because in a indirect way a mod author is supporting the site by publishing new mods and updating old ones whitout paying.
Of course in any case this would be only cosmetic and more of a option to extra support if you have the lifetime premium membership aleardy.

Sorry for my Engrish, im not used to write in English that much.

silencer711 wrote: @Lyoko1: I agree with your input. Perhaps Lifetime PLUS ($1-5 /mo) is the better option here, considering that Premium is in its own category altogether.
I’ll also add that the option to “Pay what you can” (choosing between 1/2/3/4/or $5 a month) is up for consideration too.

silencer711 wrote: Bump :)

Pickysaurus wrote: You have some interesting thoughts here Silencer.

A way you can support us on top of the Premium Membership currently would be to contributing our Mod Author Donation Points fund via the Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/nexusmods). This is, of course, completely optional. And the funds all go back into supporting our Mod Authors.

As far as "enhanced" membership options go, it's not something we've got any plans for at the moment.

fftfan wrote: That's a good idea. I think the DP system is pretty ingenious.

Dipanjanc33 wrote: feels like a deviantart thing

Thank you for not punishing those who use ad blocking. I uphold my right to block ads on the basis of security concerns. Ad networks have zero oversight and are frequently compromised and then everyone who saw those ads runs the risk of having browser-based malware mess up their computer. Blame the garbage ad networks, not the users.

As far as other concerns, I'm ok with Google's 'acceptable ads' system:
https://acceptableads.com/

Autoplay video ads are the absolute bane of my internet browsing experience. Absolutely bugger off with that garbage on ANY site. I literally don't read Forbes anymore because of that trash. I dislike autoplay so much I have an extension that blocks it and requires a manual mouse click to activate.

That said, when advertisers are subject to actual federal govt regulation on the internet then I'll start caring about whitelisting them.
They urinated in the pool and now they have to drink from it. Too bad.

Nexus needs to start doing a bit more cross-promotional stuff with places like Humble Bundle (Humble Monthly referrals) and other legit gaming-related sites (maybe even support some indie devs) to generate additional revenue. Put up Amazon referral links. Also NewEgg, TigerDirect, and so on. Have it easily-accessible so people know about it. Disclose that you all get a commission from those links. Bingo. Done. Edited October 6, 2018 by DaedalusMachina007

[DaedalusMachina007]

In response to post #64137331. #64154081 is also a reply to the same post.

thetag wrote: I honestly think that 1MB/s for users with Ad-blockers is VERY generous.
On most download sites, free users are capped at 128kbps ~ 256kbps.

LadyChaomii wrote: Or, more often than not, the site restricts your ability to navigate or view the website until you turn off ad-block.

And then when you decide to be nice for once and turn off Ad-Block, they bombard you with pop-up ads that try to redirect you to porn sites or give you viruses.

This, so much this. LadyChaomii hit it head on with her post.
Blame the filthy disgusting advertisers that have ever thought that those kinds of advertising were ever acceptable (on any site) and have done so with complete impunity and legal immunity with zero oversight or regulation.

You want me to turn off adblock? Then I need strong enforceable legal remedies against the bastards that ruin my computer with their malvertising.

[TEGESFS]

so, i dont use any adblocker, how do i get the cap increase?

[BlindIo]

Just don't remove anything from people who have already bought lifetime memberships and we won't have any problems.

[Zardoz127]

In response to post #64087931. #64088356, #64092586, #64103331, #64134186, #64141921 are all replies on the same post.

Tomoxx02 wrote: Welp its a lie I still have 1mb limit on NMM

Kaebus wrote: It does say "starting this week" in the first paragraph of the article, so it may not be implemented for a couple days. Patience.

LeonidasNerevar wrote: "This speed cap increase is live now for manual downloads and will be rolled out to Vortex within the next two weeks." Manual only. NMM doesn't seem to be supported.

Tomoxx02 wrote: RIP, is Vortex pretty good and stable? I tried to switch some months ago but I found it pretty complex to do the switching, I have tons of mods in my NexusMM

Yggdrasil7557 wrote: Vortex is quite a bit more stable than NMM from my experience with it over the last year. it consistently gets updates that make it even more stable as well.

ServerWarningDDOSattack wrote: NMM IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY NEXUS
move to vortex its better

Same 1mb limit cap with me using "manual download".

I bought the "supporter" grade yesterday after reading the news article. Cannot blame any download manager as I only ever use manual downloads then integrate them into whatever mod manager happens to work best (for me) on that particular game. No change whatsoever. Logged out and back in a few times, in case it had not registered. But "supporter" flag was clear in my profile settings when I checked there. Tried a few more downloads today, still the same 1mb cap. :-/

So, while I am happy to contribute is what small way I am financially able to, considering how worthy and wonderful this website is (this is a new account but I have actually been here since well before the days of Dragon Age Origins), at this stage it seems that all I purchased was a nice little green "supporter" membership title, lol

[PaddyM]

I'd like to be able to switch on ads regardless of the fact that I'm a supporter. Is that possible?