Flipnote Hatena-Keeping It safe. Only Japanese creators make clean Flipnotes.

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Iwata​

It could get out of control. But if evaluations have to be positive, people might submit inappropriate material.

Kondo​

So we adopted a "reporting" system. Speaking from Hatena's past experience, suppose one million people award others a star as a positive evaluation. About one to ten thousand would report works that they thought weren't appropriate. We thought it would be more enjoyable if we set it up so that only certain people were able to report and as many people as possible were only able to praise.

Iwata​

Who are the "certain people"?

Kondo​

Web users. Once a certain period of time has passed, only works that haven't been reported on, even once, can be displayed on a DSi.

Iwata​

In other words, when a user submits his or her animation, it first appears openly on the Internet for viewing on personal computers and the like. If Hatena's users see it and feel like there's a problem, within a relatively short period of time, they will report it to Hatena as inappropriate.

Kondo​

Right. It's designed so that if there is even one report, it can't be sent to a DSi. But once a certain amount of time has passed, it is deemed acceptable for a broader audience and can be viewed on a DSi. Hatena has lots of users who might report to us, so I wanted to borrow their help in realizing a safety filter.

Iwata​

Your previous experience really came in handy.

Kondo​

Not just our experience, but our users as well. People who only use the DSi might feel like something is a little amiss since none of the posts are inappropriate.

Iwata​

I suppose so. They might think that nothing inappropriate gets posted because someone at Nintendo is checking the posts 24 hours a day.

Kondo​

Probably. But the truth is, since Hatena users are cooperating behind the scenes, users can feel reassured. And we at Hatena want to do our best as well.

Iwata​

Working together with such experienced individuals such as yourselves allows the addition of features that we would otherwise be incapable of. You're really helping us out."

Not trying to be racist or anything, but most of the clean and positive Flipnotes I've seen are coming from Japan. Just saying. Sorry for wasting your time.