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NCL suspends image sharing in Swap Note and Flipnote [Spot pass Notes disabled]
- Thread starter StreetsAhead
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Swapnote was pretty much its own thing. It is much better than Miiverse in terms of sending messages to your friends. People calling Swapnote "useless" with Miiverse being around baffles me.
Wait... so...
-Swapnote is being disabled because it is hard to moderate/no moderation at all.
-Nintendo have announced that Miiverse will be integrated into 3DS. We all know that Miiverse is heavily moderated.
-People used to say Swapnote will be redundant once Miiverse is implemented.
OH MY GOD.
-Swapnote is being disabled because it is hard to moderate/no moderation at all.
-Nintendo have announced that Miiverse will be integrated into 3DS. We all know that Miiverse is heavily moderated.
-People used to say Swapnote will be redundant once Miiverse is implemented.
OH MY GOD.
El Pescado
Member
I am heartbroken.
Different things for different purposes. Swapnote is a group private messaging system. Miiverse is a message posting system.
Infernal Monkey
Member
This is pretty big considering the application comes pre-installed with 3DS' these days.
chickdigger802
Banned
how much longer before they remove the internet browser?
This is my only positive takeaway from the incident :\
hopefully it's coming very, very soon.
Miiverse sucks for messaging your friends. It'd be nice if they make it where you can just hit the home button and send someone a message. By that I mean not having to even go into Miiverse.
what is omegle lol
what is omegle lol
I H8 Memes
Member
Go search through Steam player profiles using any kind of pornerific words you can think of and check out the avatar results.
As for your second paragraph, and I'm willing to believe that you are right on this as I haven't owned a console in more than a decade, but you can seriously type out the word "fuck" in a multiplayer game? I'm sure they cant do anything about what people say over mics, but I would be surprised to find out that there are no filters on what can be typed in a multiplayer game. There are strong filters for what can even be used as a user name.
As far as minors go and what they can see, well they can see avatars on Steam. People can send clickable links to anything on the internet through steam chat that will open up in a browser window in game. You can set up any kind of image as a spray in counter strike and counterstrike Source and spray it on any wall. It's not Valves problem. It's not my problem. It's their parents problem. I dont want to have to deal with text filters or not being able to send links to friends in Steam chat just because some parent out there is using Steam as a babysitter.
Does Nintendo moderate direct messages sent on Miiverse?
Agreed. Sucks that I have to load up the whole stinkin' miiverse just to set up a match or play with friends. They really need someone new in charge of their online strategies.
They already censor Pokémon names, lol. Evidently "Gay" isn't censored. Unless you were making that shit up, and it actually is censored, which would be horrible.
I don't think they moderate DMs. Everything else though, yeah.
That was actually my very first thought when I saw the thread title. The whole feeling oh "Oh my god, Miiverse 3DS is coming!"
I didn't expect the reasons for suspending it to be much much sillier.
I don't think a lot of people in this thread understand what Swapnote was.
Basically, Swapnote was a messaging sharing service where you could draw "notes" and send it to people on your Friends List. You could also attach actual photos and sound clips to your notes. These messages were unmoderated because Swapnote wasn't really a social network as it was more of a direct means of communicating with people on your Friends List.
There were two ways you could send notes:
1. Send it to people via Spotpass. You draw your message, and select what people on your friends list you wanted to send it to. This was how almost every message was sent.
2. Send it to people via Streetpass. If you passed by someone, already on your Friends List, you would exchange notes. Barely anyone used this due to how impractical it was.
Nintendo found out random people were sharing inappropriate photos with minors on their Friends List and shut down the service entirely.
Hope that clears up some of the confusion.
Basically, Swapnote was a messaging sharing service where you could draw "notes" and send it to people on your Friends List. You could also attach actual photos and sound clips to your notes. These messages were unmoderated because Swapnote wasn't really a social network as it was more of a direct means of communicating with people on your Friends List.
There were two ways you could send notes:
1. Send it to people via Spotpass. You draw your message, and select what people on your friends list you wanted to send it to. This was how almost every message was sent.
2. Send it to people via Streetpass. If you passed by someone, already on your Friends List, you would exchange notes. Barely anyone used this due to how impractical it was.
Nintendo found out random people were sharing inappropriate photos with minors on their Friends List and shut down the service entirely.
Hope that clears up some of the confusion.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
This company will never learn.
Yeah, it was fun making those, and having everyone talk about what they did with said character. I'm glad you enjoyed them though!
Really enjoyed your little girl's pictures, and the pics of your lego collection.ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Absolutely.
SparksterMeta0
Member
I barely used this app and yet I'm still pissed.
It wasn't me I tell you!
It's not, I just tried,
TheUnknownForce
Member
With Miiverse coming onto 3DS at some point, SwapNote loses some of its use.
That and they probably got a slew of messages from new owners about explicit messages and had to cover their ass fast before potential litigation from angry parents. :/
That and they probably got a slew of messages from new owners about explicit messages and had to cover their ass fast before potential litigation from angry parents. :/
StreetsAhead
Member
You originally couldn't send Cofagrigus via GTS in Gen 5 without nicknaming it first due to censoring fag.
Huh, that surprised me. I figured Valve would disallow anything on your Public profile that could be pornographic.
I was mainly referring to microphone use. Most games have filters in place for their chat systems, but with mics it's practically free reign.
Oh, they have learned. They're very sensitive to legal issues after being sued over someone seizing out while playing a Nintendo console while supposedly not knowing it could happen, even though they were the only ones that put seizure warnings in their game manuals since the NES.
It's why the Wii, DS, and later GameCube games had the seizure warning you had to hit a button to get past on them.
Yeah, it was fun making those, and having everyone talk about what they did with said character. I'm glad you enjoyed them though!
I just opened this thread again to post about the same thing. I'm never going to remember them anymore
I H8 Memes
Member
Well there is really nothing they can do to filter what people say on mics. ... for now
StreetsAhead
Member
And why we're reminded to wear the straps and condoms on our Wiimotes.
And why we're reminded to take breaks every 30 minutes.
etc.
My old Steam avatar got removed.
"Obscene" I guess somebody didnt like me or something, because really it's pretty mild.
MrSaturn99
Member
Cannot unsee.
On topic, I never really used either, but sucks for those who used it.
I H8 Memes
Member
I dont know man. Maybe you pissed off the wrong person because there are people with goatse as their avatar. I know cause I just checked! Steam is like the wild west man. Feels like freedom!
Well cant you do that over facebook by simply drawing on paint, then sending the image either by email or what ever?
minor effort
Banned
Alright, shut this down, give people yet another reason to spend more time on their smartphones and tablets as opposed to their 3DSs. There's no messaging system on the 3DS now, is there?
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
...That doesn't sound very fun though.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Dat nanny state
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
I would be okay with this
Then we should also cancel sending photos from our cellphones.