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 Post subject: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:51 pm 
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I received a notification early this morning that Nintendo is ending SwapNote service effective immediately. They will also no longer send official messages to users via Swapnote spotpass. (Boo, I liked collecting the stationary). I'm assuming, but I haven't tried it, that the app can still be used locally, just not via the internet.

The notice explains that they were unhappy with users exchanging friend codes on internet forums. It also explained that minors could send or receive obscene photo attachments as the reason for the removal of service. It went on to say that service will not recommence.

Personally I'm really disappointed. I enjoyed sending people stupid doodles. In the US, street pass is basically useless. None of my friends live anywhere remotely near me anymore. I can't help but feel simply disabling the photo attachment feature of swapnote would have been sufficient, but I guess they're trying to cover as much of their butts up so not to be associated with child porn or any media sensation around it.

It was fun while it lasted SwapNote. May ye rest in peace. :-({|=


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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:00 pm 
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they had one job...
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maybe nintendo should have disabled the picture taking part of the notes program. oh well goodnight sweet prince.

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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:04 pm 
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i stil have the picture you sent me of your....
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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:18 pm 
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lol i think i still have a picture of a chinchilla you sent me? or somebody sent me a picture of a chinchilla... its been a while since ive turned on my 3ds :(

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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:55 pm 
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This wasn't surprising at all, but... i am sad about it. Not that I really used it much, but just the fact that people would do that. Blah blah blah, it's the internet, blah blah blah. I know. It makes people act immature. I guess I just get annoyed when I hear about people doing crap to kids

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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:38 pm 
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theres a rumor that nintendo is going to bring miiverse to the 3ds, which has similar features to swapnote so theres some hope.


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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:42 pm 
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Kioko wrote:
theres a rumor that nintendo is going to bring miiverse to the 3ds, which has similar features to swapnote so theres some hope.


that would be cool, specially if I can link my wiiu account to my 3ds account.

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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
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wait, what happened?

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 Post subject: Re: Nintendo axes Swapnote
PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:42 pm 
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Yarr wrote:
wait, what happened?


http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/129349-3DS-SwapNote-Application-Used-By-Pedophiles-In-Japan

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