Nexusmods Changing Policies on Adult Content

[Count Chocula]

13 hours ago, Joosh2021 said:

Nexus doesn't have to comply with U.K. and E.U. laws if they just block the U.K. and E.U. They are only complying because they still want people in the U.K. and E.U. to have access to their site without using a VPN.  

I was speaking from the perspective of users. not the sites themselves. A site would simply block rather than comply only if complying were more trouble than it's worth in terms of lost traffic. "More trouble than it's worth" comes in at least two flavors I can think of: money from users in that region is less than it would cost to comply, or the laws are so vague or overbroad it would be too difficult to be assured of compliance. For example, for whatever reason, pornhub has chosen to block French IPs, but UK IPs can get access by complying.

 

The sites are not forcing anything on anyone. What would Nexusmods' or Loverslab's reason be for simply blocking access from UK IPs rather than complying? You don't know and I don't know. But you seem to be implying "They should do it just because."

[notarobot007]

On 9/6/2025 at 2:53 PM, Grey Cloud said:

I challenging the mis- and disinformation

Then stop dropping the most generic, most stereotypish replies someone can think of. Seriously, I can hear brain cells getting roasted every time people start to talk about some right/left-wing BS. I need to take ONE SINGLE look at Google Trends to know what people like you will write tomorrow, whether you notice or not.

Its like Godwins Law in full effect:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving right or left wing BS approaches 1. 
 

[Grey Cloud]

41 minutes ago, notarobot007 said:

Then stop dropping the most generic, most stereotypish replies someone can think of. Seriously, I can hear brain cells getting roasted every time people start to talk about some right/left-wing BS. I need to take ONE SINGLE look at Google Trends to know what people like you will write tomorrow, whether you notice or not.

I've already explained why I referred to 'right-wing'.

Reform UK are a right-wing party so there there is nothing stereotypical about naming them as such. I have not mentioned Hitler or Nazis so Godwin's Law does not apply.

I neither know nor care what Google trends is but my politics are consistently left-leaning and have been for more than half a century.

Edited September 8, 2025 by Grey Cloud

[notarobot007]

1 hour ago, Grey Cloud said:

I have not mentioned Hitler or Nazis so Godwin's Law does not apply

It's the exact same. Literaly. The most stereotypical thing to do. Scrap "Right Wing" and add "Nazi/Hitler" and its exactly Godwin's Law. And there is not even room for interpretation.

Bottom Line is: I'd wish people would stay away from dropping this and its nothing but a request to not resort to this at any given time. 

But whatever, I hope UK/EU people can find a way and it wont be too bad for them. After all we all here for the same reasons, regardless of their political view.
Luckily my account is more than 10 Years old over at Nexus so it wont affect me.

 

 

Edited September 8, 2025 by notarobot007

[Grey Cloud]

41 minutes ago, notarobot007 said:

It's the exact same. Literaly.

How is it the 'exact same. Literally' when I didn't mention Hitler or the Nazis. Reform UK are right-wing, I have not made that up. The Conservative Party are also right-wing.

 

43 minutes ago, notarobot007 said:

Scrap "Right Wing" and add "Nazi/Hitler" and its exactly Godwin's Law.

Right-wing and and Nazi are not synonymous.

 

Specifically, the law reads: “As an online discussion continues, the probability of a reference or comparison to Hitler or Nazis approaches one.”

https://politicaldictionary.com/words/godwins-law/

[notarobot007]

Holy shit...

Just dont do it. Thats all. Everything else seems to be beyond you.

Edited September 8, 2025 by notarobot007

[davisev5225]

On 9/6/2025 at 5:17 PM, Joosh2021 said:

Why not just no longer allow people in the U.K. and E.U. to visit the site instead of forcing this shit on people? It's not like people in the U.K. and E.U. wont have access to a VPN... 

 

I've been avoiding this thread because of all the absolute nonsense being thrown about by both sides, but this specific question has a pretty straightforward answer that no one seems to have provided.  Nexus Mods is a business that relies primarily on advertising revenue, with a secondary income stream via subscriptions ("premium").  Advertisers, in turn, only pay for "impressions" (ad views) and "conversions" (people clicking on an ad and spending money on the advertised product or service).

 

Why would Nexus deliberately block a large portion of site visitors that can generate those "impressions" and "conversions" when their primary revenue model relies on them?  Enough users will comply with the age verification requirement that it makes more sense as a business to implement such than it does to just block an entire country or region in order to appease a vocal minority.

Edited September 8, 2025 by davisev5225

[Grey Cloud]

7 minutes ago, notarobot007 said:

Holy shit...

Just dont do it. Thats all. Everything else seems to be beyond you.

Don't do what? Allow you to change the wording of what I wrote? I did not use the words Hitler or Nazis.

What is beyond me is why you have a problem with me calling Reform UK right-wing.

 

Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_UK

 

Reform are on the right of the Tory party and are mainly focused on cutting immigration.

https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-the-reform-party-where-did-they-come-from-and-what-are-their-policies-13056985

 

 

[Count Chocula]

On 9/8/2025 at 8:51 AM, davisev5225 said:

 

I've been avoiding this thread because of all the absolute nonsense being thrown about by both sides, but this specific question has a pretty straightforward answer that no one seems to have provided. 

I mentioned this exact thing six posts above yours. And someone else might have mentioned it before me.

[davisev5225]

45 minutes ago, Count Chocula said:

I mentioned this exact thing six posts above yours. And someone else might have mentioned it before me.

 

You sort of mentioned it, but you were quite vague and really danced around the money/advertising issue altogether.

[Count Chocula]

2 hours ago, davisev5225 said:

 

You sort of mentioned it, but you were quite vague and really danced around the money/advertising issue altogether.

Now that's some GreyCloud-level hairsplitting. Congrats.

[Demonwise]

Reading this topic has been both as exciting and welcome as an anal fistula.

[Count Chocula]

1 hour ago, Demonwise said:

Reading this topic has been both as exciting and welcome as an anal fistula.

Does that mean you periodically agree to experience an anal fistula for no reason other than to experience it?

[Demonwise]

38 minutes ago, Count Chocula said:

Does that mean you periodically agree to experience an anal fistula for no reason other than to experience it?

 

No, it's more like there is a bizarre fascination to reading this thread in the same way everyone pauses driving past a car crash hoping they'll see a body or some red paste all over the road.

[davisev5225]

9 hours ago, Count Chocula said:

Now that's some GreyCloud-level hairsplitting. Congrats.

 

You can't refute what I said, so you resort to a personal attack instead.  Nice.

 

You could have just as easily just not said anything to begin with, but here we are.  🙄

[Count Chocula]

12 hours ago, Demonwise said:

 

No, it's more like there is a bizarre fascination to reading this thread in the same way everyone pauses driving past a car crash hoping they'll see a body or some red paste all over the road.

And then telling everyone how distasteful you find it.

[Demonwise]

44 minutes ago, Count Chocula said:

And then telling everyone how distasteful you find it.

 

Exactly. 

 

But seriously, pretty much everything meaningful was stated on the first page and after that it has been nearly nothing but political comments. One person calls out the political agenda of one side and another person tells them, in so many words, that they're an idiot. Then said person gets understandably butthurt about it and so on so forth it continues page after page.

 

My sarcastic comment about anal fistulas was about as meaningful as anything else that has been posted.

[Count Chocula]

13 minutes ago, Demonwise said:

My sarcastic comment about anal fistulas was about as meaningful as anything else that has been posted.

That was sarcasm?

[Darkpig]

On 9/9/2025 at 3:07 PM, Count Chocula said:

Now that's some GreyCloud-level hairsplitting. Congrats.

You're one to talk. Everything you say is hairsplitting.

[MysticDaedra]

Mods... please just lock this. Is there anything meaningful to be gained by this continuing OLD thread from July? If LL has an announcement to be made about age verification or something, then at least it's somewhat relevant. But this whole thread is just a pile of people screeching at each other because of political differences. Lock the thread.

[Grey Cloud]

7 minutes ago, MysticDaedra said:

Mods... please just lock this. Is there anything meaningful to be gained by this continuing OLD thread from July? If LL has an announcement to be made about age verification or something, then at least it's somewhat relevant. But this whole thread is just a pile of people screeching at each other because of political differences. Lock the thread.

Whoa there Captain Censorship. Nobody is forcing you to read the posts. 

[Demonwise]

3 hours ago, Count Chocula said:

That was sarcasm?

 

I'll give you the benefit of doubt and assume you're being sarcastic yourself otherwise if you couldn't tell then that must be a 'you' problem. Would it be helpful if next time I announce it with some kind of forward saying, "this comment is mostly or entirely sarcastic"?

[MysticDaedra]

15 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

Whoa there Captain Censorship. Nobody is forcing you to read the posts. 

Lots of rules being broken in this thread. Censorship is one thing, shutting down arguments because we're not that kind of community is another.

 

Rule 2: Don't be a jerk. Seriously, does this really need to be said?

 

Rule 8: Bickering, drama queens, or public calling out a fellow forum member will not be tolerated. Posts/threads perpetrating any sort of attack or drama will be removed on sight and warnings given to involved parties. This is a forum for helping each other build and mod, leave the drama at the door.

 

Rule 9: In an effort to keep the site & community inviting and friendly we do not allow several categories of conversation. This is not intended as censorship or endorsement of any particular view, but rather a move to keep this site neutral and open. The categories of conversation that are not welcome include those discussing politics and religion. Too often these discussions descend into pointless bickering and lead to offending one party or the other (if not both). This sends the wrong message of what this site is all about. There are plenty of forums, blogs and other online outlets available for these types of conversations, this site is not one of them.

 

 

Politics being expressly against the rules, and while it does say the definition of such is up to "moderator discretion", I don't see much wiggle room as to the content of this thread. I don't come to LL for political debates, I come for horni mods. And while I could ignore, this thread keeps popping up at the very top of the forum, over and over again, and the content is pure flame fuel.

Please lock, mods. We don't need a thread full of users baiting and bashing each other, it serves no useful purpose.

Edited September 10, 2025 by MysticDaedra

[Count Chocula]

2 hours ago, Demonwise said:

 

I'll give you the benefit of doubt and assume you're being sarcastic yourself otherwise if you couldn't tell then that must be a 'you' problem. Would it be helpful if next time I announce it with some kind of forward saying, "this comment is mostly or entirely sarcastic"?

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're being sarcastic, because I hope anyone who uses sarcasm knows that if you flag your sarcasm, it's no longer sarcasm and would never seriously suggest doing it.

 

I think we are proving wrong all those people who say "sarcasm does not work in writing."

[Count Chocula]

2 hours ago, MysticDaedra said:

Please lock, mods. We don't need a thread full of users baiting and bashing each other, it serves no useful purpose.

"I don't like this thread, so please lock it. Otherwise, I see it at the top of the active threads and am forced to click on it."

 

If you don't like what a particular poster is posting, there's an "ignore user" function.

Edited September 11, 2025 by Count Chocula