A bit frustration coming from an infrequent user of this site

[kgptzac]

I last logged into Nexus Mods over a year ago, and to log in today I have to reactivate my account, manually go to the email service which normally would forward all mails to my Gmail account because that service flagged Nexus Mods account reactivation emails as spam.

 

As Nexus Mods is not a banking website or a major social media service, I believe this kind of security regime is beyond draconian and poses a very unnecessary inconvenience of users like myself, who mainly stay on Steam Workshops and rarely venture here. I can understand for financial viability and network stability of the website that all downloads are gated behind a free account, but the very little tangible amount of extra security does not justify this kind of inconvenience for a borderline throwaway account that has never subscribed to premium or never posted a mod on this website.

[HadToRegister]

You used it once since last year, I could see your point if you were having to do this every single day, but this is the very first time you had to do this, so I'm confused as to why this was such a problem?

[gnarly1]

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So it's Nexus' fault because Gmail's algorithm gave a false positive, which it often does.

 

Logic fail.

[kgptzac]

I vaguely remember having to do this last year as well as my account, if memory serves me correctly, is much older. I actually don't know how long is the "inactive timer", and it is not my intention to overstate the severity of this inconvenience. My apology if my tone was a bit harsh, as the sole purpose of making this thread is I want to make a suggestion on that I don't wish to be subject to this kind of security regime, because well, an inconvenience is an inconvenience no matter how small it is, and I don't like to come up with a new password every time (if this is the case) that has a higher complexity requirement than my Twitter account :)

[HadToRegister]

I vaguely remember having to do this last year as well as my account, if memory serves me correctly, is much older. I actually don't know how long is the "inactive timer", and it is not my intention to overstate the severity of this inconvenience. My apology if my tone was a bit harsh, as the sole purpose of making this thread is I want to make a suggestion on that I don't wish to be subject to this kind of security regime, because well, an inconvenience is an inconvenience no matter how small it is, and I don't like to come up with a new password every time (if this is the case) that has a higher complexity requirement than my Twitter account :smile:

 

 

OK, still harsh words "Security Regime", yet in two years, you've had to deal with this ordeal TWICE now.

 

Again, I could see if this was a regular thing, but to call it a "Regime" and complain that it's "Draconian" when you've only had to deal with it twice in a span of two years is kind of taking this to an extreme don't you think?

[BigBizkit]

We require users to reactivate their accounts by clicking a link in an email after 6 months of inactivity. So at worst you'll have to click a link once every 6 months. This is pretty standard and we believe it is a reasonable trade-off between security and convenience. You might not care about your account, but other users do - so I don't think this is a good argument against the system.

 

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