Thanks for bumping. I still really believe this is something staff here should look into. There's threads of people still using the service here - I think it's wise to just at the very least blanket a warning to explain that whilst using it isn't necessarily a bad thing, the service itself is and it very likely is in violation of Nintendo's legal jargon, even if it's there to serve as a useful tool.
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Turnip exchange
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I did try to contact staff about it, and they've definitely looked at. I just don't know if they really acknowledge it as a problem that needs to be looked into. I've personally just been really hesitant to use the site, and people here are still using it for trades for DIY visits, so I've missed out on a lot of DIYs I'd like to have because of it. e-e
Rosie Moon
~Living in my own world~
That’s really unfortunate, I have found the site useful but I did wonder how it accessed our game info like that... eek. 
That’s really unfortunate, I have found the site useful but I did wonder how it accessed our game info like that... eek.
It may not necessarily access game info, but it definitely appears to be accessing server info in some way that could contain info.
Rosie Moon
~Living in my own world~
Antonio
✦ Any Pronouns ✦
No, it's the app for exchanging turnips.
Biancasbotique
Sweet Feather
Sooo the report is coming from Turnip Exchange's competition...I see....I see....
Competition or not, they make very valid points,
if turnip exchange is violating nintendo's terms of service, it would be in tbt staff's best interests to enact and enforce a ban on the usage of
SheepMareep
Actual Magical Girl
I had no idea it went against the TOS, I cant imagine what would of happened if nintendo found this and acted on the people using it actively :c
Arithmophobia17
Senior Member
i know i had no clue about all of this before when i used that site a handful of times, so i doubt that nintendo would take action on users of the site when it's really the site devs who are at fault
Well, yes.. but also, no. If this site is indeed doing things that break the Terms of Service for Nintendo, us using it technically puts us in violation as well.
Arithmophobia17
Senior Member
oh, yeah, that's true. i still think they wouldn't take action against players but i guess it's their decision at the end of all of it and they might decide that it's for the best
If Nintendo decides to take action, and if turnipexchange is collecting certain info in the background that 'rats' us out, Nintendo can request it and therefore action against us can be put in place
really far stretched but you'd be surprised
Does the site collects data from people who are hosting, or from the ones visiting as well? I visited and island (from someone here) once where they directed me to that site. It just asked me to say my in game name, I believe.
Now I'm worried. I would never imagined something like that. And this is a big problem if Nintendo decides to take action against people who also wouldn't know about it being a problem. Because I can guarantee you I wouldn't touch that thing with a 10 foot pole if I even suspected there was something shady with that thing.
Now I'm worried. I would never imagined something like that. And this is a big problem if Nintendo decides to take action against people who also wouldn't know about it being a problem. Because I can guarantee you I wouldn't touch that thing with a 10 foot pole if I even suspected there was something shady with that thing.
Lady Sugarsaurus
Punchy's Waifu.
Honestly, I had no idea about any of this before looking over this thread. I had used TE many times in the past couple weeks, and thought nothing of it. I assumed because it was an online access, they got the information about your island through those means, but so far from what I have looked at, TE hasn't even come out and said much about how they get the information, nor were they even confident to if it violates the ToS. Here is an exert from one of their statements:
"Whether Nintendo would think we violate their ToS, and if they would act on that, we of course can't say. If they did act, we think the most likely outcome would be some slight changes to turnip.exchange, not the banning of individual users who hosted or visited an island."
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Which honestly doesn't make me very confident in using their services anymore.
I will say, they seem to be focusing on their Patreon heavily, and not much in the way of giving their users answers so we can decide for ourselves weither we would like to continue to use their services or not beyond saying 'I'd rather be safe than sorry'. Which honestly, is NEVER a bad route imo, and one I will be personally taking as well. I just think it's crazy that they are not in any way trying to ease the minds of their users and instead trying to point fingers at anyone else, saying that they are just jealous of their fame and fast growing community.
I have seen them trying to soothe minds about how they store data, but honestly I don't think storing data is really the issue here. I think how they obtaining the data is what needs to be explored and explained by TE, but will we ever get those answers without Nintendo pushing for them? Probably not, the way they are dancing around this.
"Whether Nintendo would think we violate their ToS, and if they would act on that, we of course can't say. If they did act, we think the most likely outcome would be some slight changes to turnip.exchange, not the banning of individual users who hosted or visited an island."
Source:
Which honestly doesn't make me very confident in using their services anymore.
I will say, they seem to be focusing on their Patreon heavily, and not much in the way of giving their users answers so we can decide for ourselves weither we would like to continue to use their services or not beyond saying 'I'd rather be safe than sorry'. Which honestly, is NEVER a bad route imo, and one I will be personally taking as well. I just think it's crazy that they are not in any way trying to ease the minds of their users and instead trying to point fingers at anyone else, saying that they are just jealous of their fame and fast growing community.
I have seen them trying to soothe minds about how they store data, but honestly I don't think storing data is really the issue here. I think how they obtaining the data is what needs to be explored and explained by TE, but will we ever get those answers without Nintendo pushing for them? Probably not, the way they are dancing around this.
bumping this, since it feels like I'm seeing a massive uptick in turnip.exchange linked threads lately, both to ask if they ever stopped being shady af as well as if it isn't possible to have some method to know which threads are turnip.exchange linked or not, if the usage of the site isn't just gonna be blanket banned?
say maybe a simple [turnip.exchange] prefix in the airport, since that's where it mainly seems to occur
say maybe a simple [turnip.exchange] prefix in the airport, since that's where it mainly seems to occur
