Fortnite has announced that a major change is coming to its Discovery Mode, which has been plagued by problematic content.
When the Creative Mode came to Fortnite, it opened up the game to allow players access toa ton of toolsto craft their own maps and games.
But this came with a big issue when players werecreating, and uploading, racist, homophobic, and insensitive content to the game for players to easily see.
Now, the game hasannounced a changecoming to the mode to try and stop this kind of content from making it through.
Fortnite is making a massive change to Creative Mode
The announcement wasshared on X, in which the developers announced they will be bringing a new reporting tool to the Discovery and Creative modes.
In the statement, Fortnite’s dev team said that along with continually tweaking and rewriting their moderator guidelines, they will also be adding an in-game reporting option that players can use.
Fortnite has issued a new statement on the state of Discovery 👀
The company has confirmed that new “in-game reporting options” are currently in development.
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Much of the community’s response is grateful forthe change coming, with one user saying that: “Reporting options will be great.”
Many other Fortnite players are giving the announcement, and its change, a “W.”
Others hope thatthis is just one stepin a long process of making moderation even more extensive:
“W, but I hope they will start to actively monitor and moderate it, and make the rules for submissions a lot more strict, especially for the AI art that is basically used all over the Discovery menu.”
W but I hope they will start to actively monitor and moderate it and make the rules for submissions a lot more strict especially for the AI art that is basically used all over the discovery menu
It is clear that this announcement is a step in the right direction, but the community hopes that the devs don’t stop here to keep Fortnite an inclusive place for everyone.
Shane Black was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Call of Duty, Apex Legends, XDefiant, Destiny, Fortnite, and first-person shooter content. He also has bylines at IGN, Dualshockers, and Gamepur.
