Nexus Mods is a huge site with a simple motto: "If you can mod it, we will host it." 276,000 files for nearly 1,100 games are hosted, created by 113,000 authors for 23 million members, 4.2 billion files have been downloaded from the site. It is an important part of the mod scene, to say the least.

The downside of having such a large and accessible system is that it is not easy to moderate, with what the administrators of Nexus Mod call "a spate of provocative and trollish mods being uploaded based on current sociopolitical issues in the US Therefore, they have imposed a site-wide ban on all "US political mods," at least until the elections are settled and a new president is inaugurated.

"The poor quality of the mods being uploaded, the polarizing views they represent, and the banning of all "US political mods" until the new president takes office," Robin "Dark0ne" Scott, founder of Nexus Mods are of poor quality, the polarizing opinions they express, and the fact that a small but vocal segment of our users do not appear to be intelligent or mature enough to discuss the issues without resorting to name-calling and baseless accusations without evidence (indicative of the broader issues plaguing our world at this time) ), we have decided to wipe our hands of this mess and ban all mods related to socio-political issues in the U.S.," he wrote. We have neither the time nor the care nor the hope to moderate such a thing."

The announcement did not mention the specific mods that spurred the ban, but the site's Fallout 4 forums have been rife with complaints about mods with names like "Synth Lives Matter" and "Blue Lives Matter," as well as "thin blue line" flags, and mods that replace raiders with Black Lives Matter or Antifa "mobs" have been removed, with messages complaining about the removal of such mods.

In Scott's opinion, most of the affected mods were made by "cowards with puppet accounts," and he urged users to report them and move on rather than engage with them.

"Your involvement will only fuel the idiots further," Scott wrote.

"Be happy to laugh and know that the time it took them to create an account on the site and upload their mods is much longer than the time it would take us to ban their account and remove their mods.

Reaction to the ban on the PC Gaming, Games, and Fallout 4 subreddits has been fairly positive: not everyone is happy, but there seems to be general agreement that it was probably a good idea. One redditor said, "It's their site, and they are more than allowed to decide they don't feel like dealing with people's crap."

Scott has similar sentiments about potential demands to justify the policy. He said, "We also don't care if the mods we moderate or don't moderate seem to reflect us, our political beliefs, or what we want or don't want on our site. Say or do what you want on other sites and services.

The U.S. ban on political mods will be reviewed after the next president takes office, but not necessarily lifted.