News

3.4 Launch

July 31st, 2021

Anything prefixed with (Hotfix) was something we added after 3.3 without making an announcement and is being lumped in here for archival purposes.

Misc

• Modified our announcement system. We no longer have to shut the site down to push new announcements.
• Tentatively fixed log-out bugs.
• Made dotted borders on pop-out boxes solid.
• Modified our pagination. You can now 'uncondense' pagination by clicking the ellipses in either direction of your currently selected page.
• When the server returns an error, that error is now logged into a box that appears in the right sidebar of pages that can have errors returned to them.
• Added a FAQ page, under Site Use.

Chats

• The 'Updated' messages when you updated a character or the chat info both triggered regardless of which part you were updating. Now, only the actually modified part has the feedback message.
• Group chats exist now. Ending a group chat ends it for everybody. Deleting a group chat should remove you from the chat, but not end it for everybody.

Directory

• Made dropdown toggle buttons more obvious, in addition to centering dropdown items on mobile and adding a minimum width to each dropdown item.
• Group prompts, which lead to group chats, can now be made.
• Modified tag CSS. They should stand out from a prompt's background a little more now.
• Prompts now show their ID in their respective browser tabs.
• Modified directory queries, so that it doesn't stall and slow the site with large blacklists. On the test site, the latest 10,000 prompts have the DummyTag1 tag. Even if you blacklist DummyTag1, you'll still get your directory loaded in about a few seconds.

Slash Commands

• '/test' pops 'Hello World!' into your chat. Useless to anyone except devs, unless you want to verify that the server is processing your messages.
• '/verify' pops either 'Not all users are verified!' or 'All members of this chat are now verified 18+!' into your chat, depending on which is true.

Policy updates

26th May 2021

Hello Cherp,
At this point, we have edited the tagging guidelines and finalized the verbiage of the new rule and added these on to the site. In addition, we have removed the Loli/Shota and Underage tick boxes from the new prompt screen and advanced search. With consideration to the idea of characters’ backgrounds though, we have added a new tag which is ‘CSA’. Per the addition to the tagging guidelines, the use for the CSA warning tag is as follows:
While actively roleplaying elements of CSA (i.e. any content where a character under the age of 18 is engaged, consensually or otherwise, in any form of sexual activity - fully expanded on in rule 18 of the site) is prohibited, elements of this are permitted in a character's backstory and are only allowed to be discussed as past events and not in graphic detail. In this situation, use the CSA tag to aid in blacklisting and filtering. Please note that misuse of the CSA tag to rp content falling under the above definition is a reportable offense and is an immediate, no questions asked permanent ban.
With that said, onto the topic that was to be determined since the shutdown happened: What will happen with existing content?
All prompts utilizing the Loli/Shota and Underage tags have been drafted. You will be expected to either adjust the prompt so that all characters involved are eighteen or older before posting it again or you can simply delete the prompt if you do not wish to rework it and the delete button is available to you. If you have no interest in reworking it but the delete button isn’t available, just leave it drafted until it is. (Reminder: The delete button becomes available a full 5 days after the prompt was initially posted.) If your prompt uses either of these tags to indicate background elements, please adjust your prompt to the CSA tag before re-publishing it.
As for chats, we are giving all existing chats with the now banned content a one week grace period. In this week it will be up to you and your partner to decide if you wish to adjust the terms of the rp or cut it loose and simply end and delete the chat. If you adjust the RP, we would ask that you please move it to a new chat via connect code and, with the permission of your partner, save your log for the original chat. We will be going through and purging all content at the end of the grace period that we are aware of with underage elements as a safety measure so that it is not lingering on the site.
Thank you for your time and cooperation in this endeavor.

Sincerely,
Cherp Moderation

3.3 Launch

20th May 2021

Anything prefixed with (Hotfix) was something we added after 3.2 without making an announcement and is being lumped in here for archival purposes.

Profiles

• (Hotfix) Fixed a bug which detached profiles from prompts when a tag was wrangled.

Chats

• (Hotfix) Added a profile select to the Chat Info page, to simplify adding profiles.
• Fixed a bug causing chats generated from connect codes not allowing you to attach character profiles.

Directory

• (Hotfix) Made the Directory and Profile dropdowns bigger on Desktop and Mobile.
• Updated the Type checkboxes in the Advanced Search screen.
• New accounts now automatically have all checkbox warning tags added to their blacklists.

Minor Rules Update

4th May 2021

Hello, everyone! In response to user feedback, we are updating two of the rules - rule 1 and rule 17. The gist is twofold: One: We were having repeated issues with prompts that had individuals basically saying "I have an OC, you'll find out more about them when you connect", which we discussed with the mod team and some users and agreed is not kosher. If you have an OC, you have to tell us about them in the actual prompt, so that people cannot slip self-inserts past us. Two: In response to user feedback and some very compelling arguments, we have decided to ban the usage of vtubers from the site, as it skirts too close to RPing real people for our comfort. Our apologies to the three people who RP vtubers.

Thank you!

-The Administration

3.2 Launch

11th April 2021

Hello, and welcome to April! Anything prefixed with (Hotfix) was something we added after 3.1 without making an announcement and is being lumped in here for archival purposes.

Additionally, as we ascend in donation tiers, we have begun the planning on the "Subscriber Perks" tier (which we have now reached, thank you all!). As mentioned on the Tumblr and Discord,, so you have approximately until "whenever we finish with that" to hop on the Early Adopter train if that's something you're interested in.

Misc

• Changes to login and registration to prevent CSRF-related errors.
• Character profiles exist now.
• Added a report button to prompts and messages in chats. Hit report, type in your report text (500 or less characters), and then hit submit.
• Tentatively fixed account deletions.
• Also, as to comply with data disposal requirements, your messages are now wiped entirely from the database when you delete your account. This is being applied retroactively- if you notice an ended chat is missing the other participant's messages, this is likely intentional behavior.

Profiles

• Your character profiles are listed at http://cherp.chat/profile/mine . They have a Name, a Description, and the Tag Fields typically found under the 'Your Character'/'Playing' section of prompts.
• Character profiles are created through http://cherp.chat/profile/new . There is no profile creation timer.
• You can attach a profile to a prompt at prompt creation or in the edit a prompt screen. When doing so, you can click the 'V' button to see a dropdown list of your profiles- or you can just input the ID of a given character directly, saving you load time.
• Setting a profile to Locked makes its information only visible through the info pages of chats it's attached to. Other people can't see a link to a Locked profile if you attach it to a prompt. The default option when making a new profile is Locked.
• Setting a profile to 'Draft' will keep it attached to chats / prompts behind the scenes, but other people won't see that. If you want to use a character as a just a collection of tag presets, without bothering with a name or description, set it to Draft.

Chats

• The Edit button's styling has been modified.
• Each message now has an Eyedrop button next to its timestamp (or the Edit button, if it exists). Hitting this automatically sets your current post's color to the color of the message you clicked 'Eyedrop' on.
• There's a new 'grace period' feature. If you accidentally responded to a prompt, you have 5 minutes to delete the chat and have it delete for the other user as well. This grace period no longer applies after 5 minutes have passed, either user has posted a new message in the chat, or the prompt owner has read the chat.
• Image embeds have been disabled. This does not affect clickable links to images- it only changes auto-load images into links.
• Fixed a bug with code blocks having no width limitation and stretching out horizontally.
• There's now an 'answered' tab which allows you to see chats you're waiting for replies from.
• The 'unread' tab now also shows ended chats you haven't clicked on to dismiss the unread from them. Ended chats have already counted towards your unread until you click on them, so this is just making the chat list match that behavior. Hopefully, this should solve some of the ghost-unread bug reports people have sent in.
• Added an edit button to the bottom right of chat entries in your chat list. This takes you to the Chat Info page directly.

Directory

• The sidebar directory links have been put into a dropdown.
• A 'Profile' dropdown has been added beneath the new 'Directory' dropdown menu.