Fortnite now lets you block the game's most toxic emotes

Fortnite has added a new setting so you never again have to see or hear some of its most"confrontational" emotes.

These include such classics as Laugh It Up, where you guffaw with the sound of a braying donkey, and Take the L, where you dance from side to side holding - as Smash Mouth once said - your finger and thumb in the shape of an L on your forehead. Also included are Whipcrack, which does exactly what you'd expect, and Make It Plaintain, which lets you fire out banana-like fruit from your fingertips. Both of these emotes have previously been associated within the game's community with racist abuse.the introduction of a"See Confrontational Emotes" toggle last night, which can be found in your Account and Privacy menu within Settings.

It's an interesting design approach for a game which clearly - like all online games - suffers from toxic player behaviour and changing attitudes to emotes sold in its shop. Epic Games hasn't chosen to disable these emotes entirely, and the filter isn't on by default. But it's clearly cognisant of issues associated with them, and providing an opt-in get-out clause for players sick of seeing them.

It will also be interesting to see if any of these emotes stay within the Item Shop rotation going forwards.

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