Posted August 20, 2022
To address the banning, which is what a lot of people want to focus on, the mod was uploaded by a sock puppet account (i.e. a newly made account by someone who already has an account on the site) and uploaded under the name "Mike Hawk". It was very clearly done deliberately to be a troll mod. The fact the user needed to make a sock puppet like a coward to upload the mod showed their intent to troll and that they knew it would not be allowed. Had they not been a coward and had they used their main account instead, we would have simply removed the mod and told them that we did not want to host it, only banning them if they reuploaded it again after being fairly warned. The creation of the sock puppet removed any doubt and made it a very easy decision for us. Both the sock puppet account and the user's main account have been banned.
In regards to the replacement of Pride flags in this game, or any game, our policy is thus: we are for inclusivity, we are for diversity. If we think someone is uploading a mod on our site with the intent to deliberately be against inclusivity and/or diversity then we will take action against it. The same goes for people attempting to troll other users with mods deliberately to cause a rise. For our part, we will endeavour to do a better job of moderating our website to this ethos ourselves.
We aren't the authority on what users can and cannot mod. Us removing a mod only means it cannot be found at Nexus Mods, nothing more, nothing less. We also note that we are not the only site that has removed this mod from their platform. As a private business, we have a right to choose what content we do and do not want to host on our platform. Respect this right the same way you want respect for your rights.
https://archive.ph/cJmT7 In regards to the replacement of Pride flags in this game, or any game, our policy is thus: we are for inclusivity, we are for diversity. If we think someone is uploading a mod on our site with the intent to deliberately be against inclusivity and/or diversity then we will take action against it. The same goes for people attempting to troll other users with mods deliberately to cause a rise. For our part, we will endeavour to do a better job of moderating our website to this ethos ourselves.
We aren't the authority on what users can and cannot mod. Us removing a mod only means it cannot be found at Nexus Mods, nothing more, nothing less. We also note that we are not the only site that has removed this mod from their platform. As a private business, we have a right to choose what content we do and do not want to host on our platform. Respect this right the same way you want respect for your rights.
Except they aren't respecting the rights of people who have helped make Mr Scotts business a lot of money in recent years,going by their accounts.
As a business their job is to host the damn mods instead of grandstanding unless they were somehow being coerced into this or blackmailed.
Somehow people on the internet have got this retarded american idea that somehow businesses get to do what they want is ridiculous.Twitch is another example of this way of working except they aren't UK businesses unlike nexusmods.
The BBC has an article now and modDB has jumped on the bandwagon.
He said the upload was removed and its creator was banned from Nexus Mods for violating the company's policies.
These say content which could be considered provocative, discriminatory or abusive towards "any real-world individual or group" may be moderated.
"In regards to the replacement of Pride flags in this game, or any game, our policy is thus: we are for inclusivity, we are for diversity," Mr Scott added.
ModDB, another popular modding site, also deleted similar uploads to its site this week.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62605749 These say content which could be considered provocative, discriminatory or abusive towards "any real-world individual or group" may be moderated.
"In regards to the replacement of Pride flags in this game, or any game, our policy is thus: we are for inclusivity, we are for diversity," Mr Scott added.
ModDB, another popular modding site, also deleted similar uploads to its site this week.
Their actions aren't supported by there terms either.
