I have a Mastodon question.

[randulo@mastodon.social]

I have a Mastodon question.

I post mostly in English, but if I post in French, I try to remember to change the setting to Français.

I see a large number of posts in German, while my language seting is English and French. Is this simply because the poster didn't select the language? Maybe all apps don't allow this?

When I see posts in a language I can't read, I mute or block that poster, but some people post in more than one language.

#Fedihelp #mastodon

[julian@fietkau.social]

@randulo In the “...” menu on someone's profile on the web interface, there is a “Change subscribed languages” dialog that allows you to filter the post languages by that person that you see. That's useful for specific multi-language posters you don't want to unfollow.

People also forget the setting often, yeah. Latest versions of Mastodon do auto-detection, I haven't noticed how much that has helped with mislabeled posts.

[randulo@mastodon.social]

@julian Ah, ok, thanks for that! You wouldn't think I've been here almost 9 years. I'll try that. I think when you start to write a post in an additional language, the "English" turns red?

[julian@fietkau.social]

@randulo I think so, yes. Looks like it doesn't actually auto-switch the language, it's just sort of a warning and you have to fix it yourself. Probably because detection is unreliable for short posts.

[randulo@mastodon.social]

@julian Good idea! I just noticed now, I don't post much in French, but I do read.

[irisfreundin@troet.cafe]

@randulo In my opinion it's just lazyness.

I use DeepL to translate whatever I do not understand correctly.