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Originally Posted by Dean C

So if I go on a backpacking trip this Summer, that means that after 180 days I will have to login and manually set every single one of my mods to supported again? What if one of our top mod authors falls ill, is he going to have to do this for 50+ mods individually?

Chances are whenever anyone goes away for a 5 odd month stint or longer they'll have access to an internet cafe of some sort or own a mobile device which allows them to login to the site which will automatically reset the 180day limit.

180 days sounds good to me. If someone knows they'll be away for 180 days they'll most likely notify the people using the mods that they'll be away for a specified amount of time. If they don't, then the mod should be reverted to unsupported.

I know if I was away for 180 days and I have all my submissions supported I'd feel the right thing to do is have them reverted back to unsupported.

Mind, if you fall ill, that's another story, but then there has to be some kind of balance that will allow the author to log back in for this limit without it being too soon and for members who think the mod is support when it's not prolonging their wait for a mod that could be unsupported for a year or longer. 180 days sounds good, you'll never get a setting that will keep everyone happy. For authors, they'll always want their mod support and kept as supported whilst it's only fair on the members that they know asap when and if a mod becomes unsupported even before the 180 days.