Azuh Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I know it is called different names in other regions, but its called "Letter Box" in Australia I assume that everyone who has got a 3DS and has connected online today has received the spot pass message, and I find it a shame to see it go due to over abuse. I dont have a news article at the moment but ill find one soon, but the reason why it was shut down was that minors were sharing their friend codes online and were abusing other people on the internet using disturbing imagery. All I can say is that I hope Nikki doesn't go away for too long :( she was awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddamnit names are a pain Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I read about this too. The special message thing has been dropped entirely. I don't get people. While they can use Swapnote (USA name) to share images, why abuse it? I know people have better ways of doing that than on a 3DS. Not that it should be done at all, though. Leave it too adults to abuse kids' technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakashi Hatake Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I read about this too. The special message thing has been dropped entirely. I don't get people. While they can use Swapnote (USA name) to share images, why abuse it? I know people have better ways of doing that than on a 3DS. Not that it should be done at all, though. Leave it too adults to abuse kids' technology. It was probably not adults abusing children's tech. The thing was shut down due to parents complaining that their children were receiving inappropriate content through the SpotPass feature. This probably means that younger, immature folks were finding inappropriate things to send out. Back when i was in a grade around 5th, I would always receive inappropriate things via text from folks at school because they were immature. That's probably the kind of thing that was happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I honestly never use the Swap Note/Letter Box feature on the 3DS. Though, it was abusable, which is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleOnceCalledGod Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Same logic behind why little kids shouldn't have access to cellphones, really. But, I'm glad they're protecting the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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