o lord
Now, if this is about all the Ak2i/DSTwo/Whatever support threads being here, yes they should be in their own subforum so report them so a mod can move them... but general talk about flash carts and the 3DS is hacking as far as I'm concerned.
Flash carts are a hard mod that allow you to run unsigned code.
What, is the whole "Well you didn't make the cart" the aspect for it not being called a "hack"? That's just elitist/pedantic. Getting into details like that, unless you built the hardware yourself (if required for modding) and coded the exploits yourself with your own compiler and everything, it's not a "hack" if you didn't make it.

I mean if a flash cart isn't a hack, then neither is a pandora for the PSP, or those USB dongles for the PS3, or what's done to 360s with USB drives and flashers and shit.
The main difference being that for the DS, the internal firmware is not modified, but that's
safer (and the internal firmware for the DS/Lite couldn't fit half the crap flash carts want to do anyways and the DSi's internals are untouchable by the masses right now).