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Ulrich, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
@Ulrich@feddit.org avatar

They didn’t say anything about a sale…?

hal_5700X, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

So are they going to stop banning mods? Also we need more modding sites.

Crankenstein,

There are plenty, they just aren’t as big or as well designed because they are just small forums, and most are usually game specific.

Nexus was unique in that it was a hub for the modding community, made specifically because people didn’t want to have to browse hundreds of different forums to get their mods that may or may not be compatible with each other. It was a nice convenience while it lasted.

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited ) do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community
SeventySeven,

Can’t even view r*ddit links anymore because they hate VPNs…

DoucheBagMcSwag,
Elevator7009,

Content of the Reddit post follows:

See the original post here. reddit.com/…/nexus_mods_was_acquired_by_chosen_a_…

People on Restera did some digging: www.resetera.com/threads/…/post-141554013

Site of the company itself: wearechosen.io

Here is a monetization “cheat sheet” that the CEO posted on LinkedIn which is linked on Chosen’s main page if you scroll down: i.imgur.com/ztjS4K7.jpeg

In the CEO’s LinkedIn profile it says this:

Working closely with teams at NexusMods and beyond to build meaningful, sustainable experiences

If I had to guess the acquisition details are under some sort of NDA right now

Demdaru,

That cheat sheet is weirdly coherent. Human, almost. Weird.

AugustEast,

Really? I onyl use VPN for reddit and don’t have an issue. But then again there is a lot of VPN’s out there, they would have to find each endpoint to block.

Ashtear,

Ouch. Even selling it to Fandom would have been better than this.

Crankenstein,

Welp, abandon ship.

Coelacanth,
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

Yeah that’s about what I expected. Fucking hell.

MetalMachine, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

Ooof. We need a new place now.

unit327,

A new website will suffer the same fate eventually. The best solution I’ve seen is CKAN for kerbal space program mods. Each mod just hosts its own releases for free on github or wherever they like, and the whole mod index is just another github repo.

github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN?tab=readme-ov-file#whats…

Nalivai,

The problem with that it’s not “wherever they like”, it is github 99% of the time. It is easier to fix when github enshitifies completely, but it will still require fixing

kiagam,

If it works with any git platform, you have several alternatives + self hosting.

The chokepoint is the index, but if the mod repo is up and you have the url by some other way, it should work

Nalivai,

It does but it does so far as someone updates indices. It’s easier with git, but someone still needs to do all of it.

unit327,

In the case of KSP, mod authors themselves submit Pull Requests to update the index when they release a new mod or a new version of it.

JustARaccoon, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

To add to the conversation, one of the two new owners has replied to some questions: www.nexusmods.com/news/15301?comment_id=155643499

TheOakTree, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

Welp. Almost all of the conversations I’ve read about this change have devolved into “hopefully the new owners don’t enforce their political views.”

They always say shit like “if you don’t like a mod, don’t use it,” but they can’t wrap their heads around the idea that if they can’t tolerate the (ex-)site owner exercising his own moral beliefs, they can find a different platform.

Fun.

ipitco,

Pretty much all platforms do this. It’s not a bad thing to want a big and established uncensored platform

Soggy,

Nobody should be obliged to host bigotry. That’s not “censorship” in a way that matters.

ipitco,

Oh yea of course they’re not, and I would say bigotry was not my aim with my comment. The company can do whatever the fuck they want and it’s probably better this way.

I do get that some people might want extreme free speech where nothing gets censored. It allows for other non conventional ideas to spread. For better, and for worse. Yea nowadays it’s often for worse but hey, there’s still a chance. All of this is really subjective.

I just don’t believe that a mod that changes Voice 1 and Voice 2 to Women voice and Men voice is bigotry. Removing pride flags in a game is… well it says a lot of the person, but it doesn’t harm anyone directly and it’s something you have to actively add to your game if you want it. There could be criticism of pride which can be valid as well but that’s beyond my point.

Having this kind of content hidden and with trigger warnings is still more or less doable depending on the content, and can allow for more expression than classical rules, and not only bad expression.

Shitty mods like Crack Life for half-life are super offensive but funny as hell if you take it with a grain of salt. Knowing that could be banned sucks.

TheOakTree,

But if their argument is that you can simply ignore mods you disagree with, then those individuals should stop brigading against and whining about, say, a mod that enables queer relationships. As their own arguments imply, they can simply ignore those mods.

They should really pick a side instead of cherrypicking what’s convenient for them.

ipitco,

I would personally be for that

The offensive mods should be hidden by default or similar, with a trigger warning on the mod asking to move on if you don’t agree instead of crying in comments. Same for LGBT… stuff, but we can show by default because it’s not offensive, but have a way to hide it so that those that hate social progress won’t cry as well

And there you go. A platform for everyone. You won’t agree with everyone, but you can make the experience tailored to what you want or don’t want to see

stevedice,

1000031591

I’m sure all they’re concerned about is censoring and it has nothing to do with anything else.

ipitco,

Spicy point of view that I don’t agree with, but you’re straw manning here.

I’m concerned about it but not for bad reasons. What stats do we have on the different reasons?

Sorting people with “I’m sure they’re all bigots” is a great way to avoid any debate, but very manipulative

stevedice,

No. What’s very manipulative and a great way to avoid any debate is excusing bigotry under the guise of “not ALL of them”. And yes, you’re a bigot.

Edit: Here’s my evidence of you being a bigot before you try to sealion your way out of this.

I just don’t believe that a mod that changes Voice 1 and Voice 2 to Women voice and Men voice is bigotry.

ipitco,

Wow massive bigotry right there. I should be banned for this, really.

You didn’t find anything better, really? Laughable

stevedice,

Yes. Perpetuating sexist and transphobic gender roles is massive bigotry. You are a bigot.

ipitco,

What are you on? Because I want some

stevedice,

Yes, very original.

inconel, (edited ) do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

80lv (3D industry news media) reports some digging on the company bought Nexus Mod. 80.lv/…/exclusive-nexus-mods-was-apparently-bough…

Not exaxtly noteworthy info there though, it’s just some no name, 6 month old, likely VC-funded company with zero transparency.

stevedice, do games w Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community

Friendly reminder this is the average “stop banning mods” commenter.

1000031577

Jolteon,

Stop banning mods except the ones I disagree with.

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