Should I be adding the "Language" tag to all of my posts and comments? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Kalcifer@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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For all of my comments and posts, I have been selecting the "English" tag (side note, it would be fantastic if I could configure a default. Better yet, it would be nice if a community could set a default, and I default to that). Is this good practice? Or is this having some unintended side effect that I am not aware of? I'm guessing that it just makes filtering easier for people that filter by a language so that they only see posts of that language.

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[-] EthanolParty 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Without realizing, I tagged my last few posts as "English." If I go into my user settings and select "Undetermined" in my languages, they become invisible to me. If I select English, they become visible but now a huge number of posts on the site disappear. If I deselect ALL languages, then I can finally see most things (maybe?). It's kind of a mess and I think the safest bet is to just not select a one at all for your posts until they overhaul the languages.

e: The language stuff really either needs a complete overhaul, or needs to go entirely. Are you even going to be able to see my reply here if you've selected "English" in your settings? I guess we'll see.

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I believe you can select multiple languages. It's to allow you to filter the feed down to only content in your preferred language. The default is undetermined so that's what most of the posts are in.

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