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We’re working on this actually at mod.io (we are also the creators of ModDB which you may be familiar with). Still early days but momentum is building and we are seeing plenty of experimentation going on. Feel free to AMA as we’ve done and continue to do a ton of research in the space

16 years ago I created a database for video game mods and led the market. Now I’m in the opposite position where services like Steam’s Workshop have taken over. Despite that my conviction that mods are critically important has never waivered, and alternatives / competition is required. So now I’m the upstart and it feels good to be building something I’m passionate about and believe in, despite the 200 ton gorilla in the room. We both serve slightly different roles, developers using our tech love what we are creating and I’m confident we can carve out a worthwhile piece of the pie.

Long story short I’m glad this is a rule I broke and didn’t let my inspiration evaporate.

Investor funding or patronage?

Hey i'm one of the developers of mod.io. Every part of the service is entirely optional, so if you take a look at the 0 A.D. implementation they completely bypass our authentication system and manage a users mod collection in-game themselves.

This means some features like "subscribing to auto install" don't work, but for them they want everything to occur in-game which is fine by us.

I run a modding site and are always interested in small sites even if dead. Reach out if interested it might fit what we are looking for

We are already doing this on our sites. We run a whitelist of ads, and when we encounter Adblock we just serve an image tag and HREF with no JS. Works well for us and the user.

DA is what inspired me to make my first website. They really pioneered strong community collaboration, long before social networking on the web became cool.

I find the valuation a little surprizing, but I guess that is what happens when you value an established business on actuals instead of potential. Good get wix.

I've found this too. Big fan of the site, daily visitor and congrats to the team but it is unbearable to browse on my iPad.

Congratulations on the release but I can just discourage people to use URL shorteners. They obfuscate key information, are potentially a security risk as a result, require extra http requests and what happens in the future when you turn the service off? A trend I've never fancied.

We are testing this out for our ModDB redesign right now. Enjoying the process, happy to answer questions should people have them