Please be careful when uploading your DA!!

Does it notify you when this happens? Cuz I noticed the other day that some of my older patterns looked like they could be uploaded again even though I didn't change them. Idk why though, I don't make anything inappropriate.

nope. it doesn't notify you. I just found out by checking my uploaded design and see whats missing. and you can put that bad boy back again. lol
 
Yeah, I heard people were reporting horror-themed islands, even though the users specifically stated they were horror-themed. It's really sad to hear that happening!

If people report for hacked items (star trees, etc) then I think that is a different discussion...
 
I feel conflicted by this issue. Hacking is against TOS so people are well within their rights to report such activities when they see them. At the same time, the hacking is seemingly harmless. I personally wouldn't report someone unless they were being malicious, like trying to scam people. The hacked zodiac trees are awesome, I totally see the appeal. I recently got given some without realizing. Had to get rid of them because I was too anxious having them on my island.

Reporting an island because you're jealous or dislike the person is really low and hopefully very few people are doing that.
couldn't have said it better myself.
100% agree.
 
Thanks for letting us know! I won’t be using the dream feature much since it’s not as good as in New Leaf, but always good to be aware.
 
Although I don't have much to comment on issues like hacking, I'm a bit concerned about the potential for fake reporting by trolls. Does anyone know if there even any safeguards against fake reporting? If someone report a dream codes for reasons like "inappropriate words" or "images" or "themes" or whatever, will there actually staff that check whether it is present in the town? Or will it just be a blanket ban on people without actually double checking for the validity of reports....

I was excited to share my dream code with people but now I feel nervous about it. I've read some reports and the consequence of being reported twice (after an initial warning) is "restriction" from Nintendo online services?? Not quite sure what that means but sounds like it'll affect any future nintendo games requiring online services :/
 
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I really don’t care if people hack their game or not. Star trees look cool. It doesn’t affect me. So in the same way how I don’t care if someone TTs, it doesn’t matter if people have hacked items. HOWEVER, I can understand why people can get reported for this.

People reporting horror islands seem really low. I see no point in someone getting reported for a blood splat pattern. There’s no random islands, so it’s not like little kids can even stumble upon scary islands…

I strongly dislike how easy it is to report someone now. Will I get banned for a magic circle design? It’s ridiculous. Do they even check reported islands or is it just a blanket ban?
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I want to see a hacked tree town, but I guess normies like me will never even be given the secret pass to see one.
I have seen countless star trees just from trading with people on Nookazon lol
 
Eh, the star trees are hit/miss with me. You could argue either way with them but I guess my attitude is mostly live & let live. They look pretty, I refuse to pay any amount of money for in-game items like this (especially to third parties) but I'm not gonna go out of my way to mess with someone's game. They look pretty anyways, and it's their game & their risk to take.

I do, however, take issue with that one youtuber who shall not be named who was reporting islands, posting a video about it essentially inviting a rather large audience to do the same, and publicly calling out people's social media handles in said video.
 
Eh, the star trees are hit/miss with me. You could argue either way with them but I guess my attitude is mostly live & let live. They look pretty, I refuse to pay any amount of money for in-game items like this (especially to third parties) but I'm not gonna go out of my way to mess with someone's game. They look pretty anyways, and it's their game & their risk to take.

I do, however, take issue with that one youtuber who shall not be named who was reporting islands, posting a video about it essentially inviting a rather large audience to do the same, and publicly calling out people's social media handles in said video.
Is it that annoying dude from the Pokémon fandom? Lol, yikes

Those reporting others for cosmetic harmless hacks come across as jealous and petty. I also don't know why Nintendo would rather go on a witch hunt than make these trees a feature. Most of the work is clearly done if the trees exist, fans like them and it would please everyone, and it's not like you can't already get infinite star/zodiac fragments by simply visiting people hosting meteor showers. I'd love to have cupcake trees, those are super cute! But I wanna keep my island "organic" so to speak.

How about instead of reporting it petition Nintendo to make them an official feature?
 
I’m fine if people hack but when they throw it in front of my face (like showing off in a dream) it makes me feel like all the hard work I’ve done is pointless. As they have all these cool things with little effort and I don’t. I’m fine with people hacking if that’s what they really want to do, but they should keep it to themselves in my opinion.

Unless someone specifically asks to see a hacked island then by all means invite them over for a visit. Posting a public dream address just isn’t the way to do it imo. Or at the very least keep the address private and only give it out to those that like hacked islands.
how are they shoving it in your face... you could just... not... put in their dream code?
 
how are they shoving it in your face... you could just... not... put in their dream code?

It’s not always obvious when a posted dream code is of a hacked island. I appreciate when they state along with posting it that it is, but that’s not always the case.
 
Is it that annoying dude from the Pokémon fandom? Lol, yikes

Those reporting others for cosmetic harmless hacks come across as jealous and petty. I also don't know why Nintendo would rather go on a witch hunt than make these trees a feature. Most of the work is clearly done if the trees exist, fans like them and it would please everyone, and it's not like you can't already get infinite star/zodiac fragments by simply visiting people hosting meteor showers. I'd love to have cupcake trees, those are super cute! But I wanna keep my island "organic" so to speak.

How about instead of reporting it petition Nintendo to make them an official feature?
yep, lol. they're pretty infamous for being an absolute... [censored]. Not gonna say who they are because i don't want to give them more views/ad revenue (this guy literally profits off of controversy like... why)
 
Guys! So I got in touch with discord guy that had horror town that is hacked and got reported. He told me that he got a notice by email about his island being reported and the dream was deteled. He got a warning. He said he could upload the dream once again, but if his dream would get reported once again for any reason, he would lose the ability to play online. this is nuts!
 
Guys! So I got in touch with discord guy that had horror town that is hacked and got reported. He told me that he got a notice by email about his island being reported and the dream was deteled. He got a warning. He said he could upload the dream once again, but if his dream would get reported once again for any reason, he would lose the ability to play online. this is nuts!
yeah, they seem to be doing a 1 chance only rule :C
A lot of people on twitter who were reported got emails from nintendo about their DA being removed/why, and if it happens again they may have restrictions on their nintendo online functions.

Which granted is slightly better than the whole... if you forgot to update whatever hacking system you were using on your 3ds prior to updating your 3ds you'd lose internet privileges on that system right away bc nintendo would be able to notice you had the software on it :c

I'm surprised they added a report feature at all, and am kind of sad how it will go on to affect the sharing of DA for certain themed towns. (If anything horror towns might end up doing dangan ronpa style censorship with purple blood instead of red lol)
 
imo snitching on hackers is pretty dumb, but at the same time if you hack you kinda have to accept that there's some risks that come with it. you're violating Nintendo's terms of service by hacking so you really don't have the right to complain if you get punished for it.
 
Now I’m kinda paranoid about uploading a DA just because my island has a “weed” flag. I get that horror islands and irreverent humor isn’t everybody’s thing, but come on. You don’t have to report it. Live and let live dude.
 
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