"Spoofers are Ruining Communities"

#PokemonGO: ...and it seems like Niantic can't even be bothered to read the reports, how is this okay?Short backstory: I have played Pokemon Go since day 1, and was amazed to find an active community of human beings I would have never otherwise communicated with in my area. Some of these acquaintances have grown into friendships, it's one of the best unintended side effects of this game. Spoofers threaten that community bonding experience. In our area of southern MA, "Miltarob" and "BlueGymJacka" are the same person, who we know for a fact primarily plays the game via spoofing. He takes everyone's gyms relentlessly, denying us coins and gym experience. We have reported his accounts hundreds of times. After he dropped the Relicanth when it had been out for 3 days we wrote to Niantic to ask him how his weekend in New Zealand was.Beyond our local area, there are dozens or hundreds of other communities plagued by these cheaters. In the past month alone the PokemonGo subreddit has had 20+ threads devoted to different offenses of people spoofing. If Niantic ever wants its game to have any sort of credibility, they need to step up and increase their monitoring of these reports. As a programmer, I'd happily dedicate some of my spare time free of charge to help write utility's/logic for detecting extraneous account behavior. We figured if they are going to continue to ignore our in game reports, and so many countless others, we should at the very least try to create a reddit thread to encourage a reaction.tl;dr Really Niantic, how and when do you plan on dealing with spoofers? They are driving away your customers. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2qfnFDc