equius:

my girlfriend and i are both chat mods for warframe, and we’ve been working closely with DE staff to have important additions made to one of the chat’s few bots that are ever-present.

we’ve finally gotten to where the bot now issues an auto-ban on any user who uses any phrases like “nezha is a tr*p”, while obviously not having the asterisk in there, cuz people are seriously gross.

i’ve been seeing a lot of people complaining about it, and i mean a LOT of people. we’re not online all the time to watch the chats, so the bot being there to ban users who think they can get away with being a transphobic piece of shit are now being dealt with. the ban can last anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks, depending on what you’ve said, or the number of times you’ve had issues with being bot-banned.

obviously this is just something small, but keeping transphobic slurs out of region chat, especially the aforementioned one, is really important to my girlfriend and i, and it’s important to the staff as well. we’re still working on creating new filters and trigger phrases, but so far, what i’ve mentioned above has been working really well, since all i’ve seen are angry users. i hope they stay that way.

we’re still working on careful and selective phrasing for the bot so that we can talk about being gay without the word triggering the bot, because as it stands right now, it’s an auto-kick for using the word gay, usually because people use it in a derogatory context. we want to change that, and we’re trying hard. please be patient with us.

i should also mention that the phrase ‘hitler did nothing wrong’ has also been added to the filter, and will bot-ban whoever types it. instantly.

if you are a trans or otherwise lgbtq+ person who plays warframe and you’ve seen phrases in the chat that you think are harmful to you as a person, you are always free to IM me about it. they’re open to all, and i’d love to take everyone’s grievances into consideration. have a wonderful day!!