Are IITC and plug ins against TOS?

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lol our new CA had to consult me to find a place left he could put his stop. I pointed him to the only two spots left that I hadn’t been able to fill XD

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:sweat_smile:

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Welcome!

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Hi!! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::grinning:

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Knowledge is power, @seaprincesshnb said it best. Having the information is ok. Because it can cut down on frustrations for newer Explorers and Wayfinders. If you were going to submit two possible POI’s and you knew ahead of time only one would show up in the game you played.

You might make a decision about the other one. What happens frequently, is people come to the forum, upset and disappointed that their hard work will not be able to be interacted with in the game they hoped.

By appropriately using the tools that have been created they can legally place the POI where is supposed to be and have it appear in the game that play the most opten.

Humans are human and some are going to cheat and take advantage no matter what. This is not limited to Niantic games. I don’t think you need to live worrying that someone may use some information nefariously, because chances are they will. Again, this is not limited to this forum or these games.

We have a fantastic group of Ambos that take their time and energy to carefully explain how to use these tools, so they are used in the correct way.

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I read this as

  1. Avoid using 3rd party tools and plugins
  2. Also avoid depending on others for how to vote

Given you can be banned from games for submitting/editing, I think I am too wary to do something like use a 3rd party tool unless Niantic specifically say its okay (which they never will)

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@frealafgb It’s 100% up to you and your level of comfort. If you don’t want to use the tools to see the cells. That’s cool. Remember, they were created by an ambo and to my knowledge. No one has been banned for using them in the correct manner they were created.

But if you feel more comfortable not using them, that is your choice and no one can judge you for that.

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You would not be alone in that. But they are very careful to include the “to decide on how you vote on a nomination” and not just leave it at “Avoid using third party tools/plugins” which they could easily do.

I will not try to convince anyone that they should install tools, but I have posted that I use these many, many times here, and have never had a reply from Niantic that using these tools is anything I should not be using, and have even liked some of my posts using these tools to explain why an accepted Wayspot is not a Pokestop.

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