inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1479arrow-down14cross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonepcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1475arrow-down1external-linkNexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square122linkfedilinkcross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonepcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down3·4 days agoMod hosting seems to be a great usecase for torrent. It only need a suitable frontend and we are golden.
minus-squarepunkibas@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 days agoSomeone mentioned this in another thread and I found it interesting: Ckan kerbal space program mods Apparently its a frontend for mods that’s hosted on github
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoGithub, that’s limiting API calls, hmm…
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoWould a federated discovery frontend work? Peertube’s back end of the service would probably work great as a starting point since it uses torrents to ease up on traffic for individual servers
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 days agoSeems like a good idea. I wonder if there’s anything already similar. It’d be a real treat to see a VC company get shafted.
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·4 days agoHit me up with an addy when you’re on it!
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoOoh I’ll take some addy too. Been too long and I need to clean my fuckin house.
Mod hosting seems to be a great usecase for torrent. It only need a suitable frontend and we are golden.
Someone mentioned this in another thread and I found it interesting:
Ckan kerbal space program mods
Apparently its a frontend for mods that’s hosted on github
Github, that’s limiting API calls, hmm…
Would a federated discovery frontend work? Peertube’s back end of the service would probably work great as a starting point since it uses torrents to ease up on traffic for individual servers
Seems like a good idea. I wonder if there’s anything already similar. It’d be a real treat to see a VC company get shafted.
Hit me up with an addy when you’re on it!
Ooh I’ll take some addy too. Been too long and I need to clean my fuckin house.