In my profile settings, I can choose my languages. A couple gripes with the web interface of this setting:

  • I have to hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple languages. While this was clear to me since I use this keyboard shortcut a lot in other contexts, this would definitely be confusing or unclear for most users.
  • This setting should be split into two. As of now, it determines what content you see, with all other content completely hidden…AND it determines what languages will appear in the language selector when making a post or comment. There should be separate settings for which languages are displayed and which appear in the language selector for a new post (because I don’t want any content to be hidden, but I want to be able to easily select English for any new comment). Or at least a setting for a default language for new comments.
  • Mr.MofuEnglish
    17·
    11 months ago

    Honestly the language selection in general is just a bad idea/baddly executed. Until people told me that those where the reason 4/5s of posts and comments never showed up, I didnt know that these settings existed

    I then just marked all of them which took ages and ever since my experience has been so much better. If they really wanna have this feature, then all languages should be selected from the getgo. If someone wants a language gone they should opt out istead of opting into everything else first.

    If lemmy hides most of its content for someone new who doesn’t know about those settings, then people are less incline to stay on lemmy. So overall it seems badly executed. I hope its something they improve especially for new users going forward

    • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      Honestly the language selection in general is just a bad idea/baddly executed. Until people told me that those where the reason 4/5s of posts and comments never showed up, I didnt know that these settings existed

      That was a bug, nowadays the default behaviour is to have all languages displayed at account setup, the user can then change it afterwards it they want.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      You can just set “unspecified” instead. That’s equivalent to marking every one, and you won’t need to worry about languages added later.

      • Mr.MofuEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        That was the one it was on before.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Really? Because I see foreign language posts with only that setting, and I miss posts without it. Maybe you accidentally set one other option as well?