Nintendo Swapnote shutdown world-wide

[bezem]

Hmmm, yeah; let's become like Communist Russia was. School is school; these things happen. But don't let that stop you from telling your kids this is wrong. Even if they don't listen to you, at least you warned them. And I'm not going to bite your religion bait; not going to derail this thread like that.

I didn't throw religion out as troll bait, I just meant it's highly likely we won't ever see eye to eye if you are religious. Meant no disrespect. I also think you may have replied while I was replying to you in an edit of my other post, as I agree with telling kids what is right and what is wrong. I don't understand where you pulled Communist Russia from though, my comment about society? I don't expect, nor would I want, my kids to just blindly follow the leader. Be that a punk kid bullying them on the playground, a news media pundit, or what TV says is cool. I would encourage them to be individuals, think for themselves, and question all without being rude or combative. I would educate them on what is right and wrong (appropriate and inappropriate) for their age, and I would encourage them to come to me with any questions they have about anything they saw or heard. What I would never do is shut them off from something; unless it was going to severely harm them or kill them, which dick pix in swapnote would not do. This also brings us back to the other ways of doing this on the 3DS (Web Browser leads to email, porn, facebook, etc.) and the Wii U. If they shut down Swapnote, what's next? If Nintendo becomes this nanny video game company I would stop defending them, which would truly break my heart. I love Nintendo.

 

[calmwaters]

I didn't throw religion out as troll bait, I just meant it's highly likely we won't ever see eye to eye if you are religious. Meant no disrespect. I also think you may have replied while I was replying to you in an edit of my other post, as I agree with telling kids what is right and what is wrong. I don't understand where you pulled Communist Russia from though, my comment about society? I don't expect, nor would I want, my kids to just blindly follow the leader. Be that a punk kid bullying them on the playground, a news media pundit, or what TV says is cool. I would encourage them to be individuals, think for themselves, and question all without being rude or combative. I would educate them on what is right and wrong (appropriate and inappropriate) for their age, and I would encourage them to come to me with any questions they have about anything they saw or heard. What I would never do is shut them off from something; unless it was going to severely harm them or kill them, which dick pix in swapnote would not do. This also brings us back to the other ways of doing this on the 3DS (Web Browser leads to email, porn, facebook, etc.) and the Wii U. If they shut down Swapnote, what's next? If Nintendo becomes this nanny video game company I would stop defending them, which would truly break my heart. I love Nintendo.

All right. Well I did pull Russia from your comment about society. And good for you; I like what you've written in here.

 

[bezem]

All right. Well I did pull Russia from your comment about society. And good for you; I like what you've written in here.

I'm glad, because I really wasn't trying to be combative myself Personally I hope Nintendo finds a way to turn Swapnote spotpass back on, because I'll miss getting pictures of my nephew in 3D and sending silly jokes to my wife. We never used it for sexting or anything like that, but I am certainly guilty of drawing a penis or two ;p

 

[renes2]

Fucking idiots.
i loved the App, finally Nintendo did something that were missed long ago.

And now they simply stop that service for this shitty reason.

kids CANT register Fc's without Parents Permissions(If parental Control is enabeld)
Its not Nintendos fault, the parents are the dumb ones here.

Im so angry right now....
need to stay calm and play y

 

[omgpwn666]

That's a myth. Fat guys can see their penis just fine. Unless they have a micropenis.

Not if your belly hangs to your knees.

 

[Xexyz]

I only got to use it for 5 days.

 

[Nightwish]

I still don't see a problem with kids seeing naked bodies... If they want, they'll find ways, if they don't they'll ignore it. Either way, they'll be just as fine as those before them with other ways of seeing it.

 

[ComeTurismO]

Duck, I loved this APP, finding it a very useful and well done thing from Nintendo.

 

[RchUncleSkeleton]

They better shut down MiiVerse and hell while we're at it you should disable any online interactions in any game and we should probably shut down all forums on the internet and disable googles search as well. Nintendo, you really screwed the pooch on this one.

 

[bezem]

Exactly. It's almost as if they didn't realize during development that sending pictures over the internet would evolve (devolve?) into sexting

 

[The Minecrafter]

Here is the Change.org petition if anyone is interested:
https://www.change.org/petitions/nintendo-restore-spotpass-functionality-in-swapnote

 

[MarioFanatic64]

If there are any parents here who support this shutdown, consider this:

The 3DS comes packed in with PARENTAL CONTROLS settings. With these settings you can choose what content your child can see on their 3DS, such as 3D images, use of the camera, and here's a biggie - INTERNET ACCESS.

Do you think that if you let your kid on the internet unsupervised that they're going to be a little angel and look up bronies? Especially with boys. No, they're a kid and they are going to do stuff you wouldn't approve of. Your kid is likely one of the reasons for this shutdown, for failing to use the 3DS responsibly. For one thing, you're supposed to set up the 3DS yourself so you can filter their content. You should also read through the manuals, because a kid's not going to do that, and you as a parent should be 100% aware of all the potential content that could be displayed with your settings. That is, if you consider yourself a responsible parent. A responsible parent would also watch over their children when they are using the internet; a 3DS is not a babysitting tool. If anything, this shutdown is only because of you and your trouble-making kid.

Stop blaming companies for your own lack of foresight. There are SO MANY AGREEMENTS in the 3DS system firmware that you have to confirm that you are over 18, and all of them revolve around internet access. Did you click any of those? Probably not. Your kid did it behind your back while you were probably "busy". If you want an input in your own child's development, then take initiative, stop blaming everything else, because you are probably one of the reasons everyone else is now barred from using this feature.

 

[Kazekai]

If there are any parents here who support this shutdown, consider this:

The 3DS comes packed in with PARENTAL CONTROLS settings. With these settings you can choose what content your child can see on their 3DS, such as 3D images, use of the camera, and here's a biggie - INTERNET ACCESS.

Do you think that if you let your kid on the internet unsupervised that they're going to be a little angel and look up bronies? Especially with boys. No, they're a kid and they are going to do stuff you wouldn't approve of. Your kid is likely one of the reasons for this shutdown, for failing to use the 3DS responsibly. For one thing, you're supposed to set up the 3DS yourself so you can filter their content. You should also read through the manuals, because a kid's not going to do that, and you as a parent should be 100% aware of all the potential content that could be displayed with your settings. That is, if you consider yourself a responsible parent. A responsible parent would also watch over their children when they are using the internet; a 3DS is not a babysitting tool. If anything, this shutdown is only because of you and your trouble-making kid.

Stop blaming companies for your own lack of foresight. There are SO MANY AGREEMENTS in the 3DS system firmware that you have to confirm that you are over 18, and all of them revolve around internet access. Did you click any of those? Probably not. Your kid did it behind your back while you were probably "busy". If you want an input in your own child's development, then take initiative, stop blaming everything else, because you are probably one of the reasons everyone else is now barred from using this feature.

Since when did kids looking up bronies qualify as being an angel? :V

If you're a parent and you're on a forum where people frequently discuss video game hacking and hardware and all kinds of nerd stuff then you're probably not the kind of technophobic idiot that would support this move anyway.

 

[blaisedinsd]

I'm a parent and no I do not support it.

The shut down makes me wonder how big of a problem it is. Clearly something happened to freak nintendo out pretty bad.

I can't imagine how any parent could have had a problem and then pointed the finger at nintendo as if it was their fault.

 

[Amber Lamps]

Sexting is actually legal in the US between people who are in the same age group. However sending nude pics of yourself when you are not an adult is illegal. People often assume both are illegal because more often than not, the sex-text contains pics. My uncle is a cop and we hear the crazy shit people try and get away with.

It's very illegal in the USA. Any depiction of a minor in pornography is illegal in the United States. They have jailed minors for doing this.

 

[Amber Lamps]

Man, if I knew Nintendo was going to shut this down earlier, I would've made WAY more porn involving Nintendo characters on SwapNote.

I at least was able to successfully draw a c0ck on a swapnote background and send it to spikeynds. He never replied to that one though. I win.

 

[Kazekai]

It's very illegal in the USA. Any depiction of a minor in pornography is illegal in the United States. They have jailed minors for doing this.

Actually, not every depiction of a nude minor is illegal. It's legal to look at hentai in the US, and it's also legal to, say, send a picture of a newborn baby in a bathtub to a relative over the phone.

Still the statistic for people sending nude images over cellphones was somewhere in the 12% in 2009 I think so I can't imagine there was anything more than a slight minority.

Kind of sucks we adults have to be declined a service because of some batshit insane ideals some parents have about the internet.

This is why I don't like kids. Their involvement in anything ruins the fun for the rest of us.

 

[Amber Lamps]

Actually, not every depiction of a nude minor is illegal. It's legal to look at hentai in the US, and it's also legal to, say, send a picture of a newborn baby in a bathtub to a relative over the phone.

Still the statistic for people sending nude images over cellphones was somewhere in the 12% in 2009 I think so I can't imagine there was anything more than a slight minority.

Kind of sucks we adults have to be declined a service because of some batshit insane ideals some parents have about the internet.

oddly enough I came to find out that pre-teen depictions of minors in drawings (hentai, cartoons, etc) are illegal as well.. I thought that was a bit strange because it isn't real.

 

[Kazekai]

oddly enough I came to find out that pre-teen depictions of minors in drawings (hentai, cartoons, etc) are illegal as well.. I thought that was a bit strange because it isn't real.

Technically it's legal, but a lot of companies take a stance against it so it's a gray area people like to skate around. It's definitely not legal in the UK though but they're an odd bunch.

Considering how much I hate annoying soccer moms in the US, I can only imagine the kind of tools they have in the UK and canada since they are way more prudish than we are legally for some reason.

 

[navimegaman]

Oh, Nikki, what a pity
You don't understand
You took me by the heart
When you took me by the hand