Luka Prin/ce Lucija

Do you use language settings - in your config?

multiple choices possible

pls boost for sample size

I filter languages I don't understand
21.6%
I don't filter, I'm happy to see unknown languages
51.3%
I don't filter, I just unfollow or mute
5.3%
I didn't know about language filters
21.8%
Poll ended at .
Dec 1, 2022 at 2:36pmWeb
Show threadYuki Dec 1, 2022
@luka secret fifth thing (I don’t filter because I don’t care)
Show threadYuki Dec 1, 2022
@luka on an unrelated note I love how scuffed fedilab polls are atm (latest beta)
Show threadMOVED to @[email protected]Dec 1, 2022
@luka akkoma doesn't support language filters or even language tagging
Show threadLuka Prin/ce LucijaDec 1, 2022
@chjara good to know. It's the same with Pleroma, I presume?
Show threadMOVED to @[email protected]Dec 1, 2022
@luka yea
Show threadTim JDec 1, 2022
@luka The language setting I use most often isn't listed—I set the language of each post to whichever language I'm using in it (using the language button that appears next to the visibility and CW ones when writing).
Show threadLuka Prin/ce LucijaDec 1, 2022

@timtfj yeah, sorry, the part "on your posts" is redundant. I wanted to ask two questions in one poll but run out of options. so the queston is how you "read" (not post) posts of various languages.

your use is valid and great, but people also have to have this setting in their config for this feature to actually work.

Show threadTim JDec 1, 2022
@luka It's quite limiting only being able to have four options in polls, I think. I've seen ones with five occasionally, but they may all have been from the same server.
Show threadgo follow @[email protected]Dec 1, 2022
@luka imo language filters are like you are missing a lot, especially when people don't actually use language tags properly (which, i don't blame them, it's annoying to set them either permanently, or on a post-by-post basis, like why does it reset after you send last post, and then like i don't think anyone besides mastodon supports them anyways
Show threadHerzleidDec 1, 2022

@luka Ï filter languages I don't understand. In my defense (?) I have something like 15 languages activated that I *do* understand (or am willing to look up the parts I don't understand).

It has nothing to do with negative sentiments against languages I don't understand, I just don't have the time & energy to look up translations for everything and scrolling a lot gets tedious.

Show threadLaTarongetaAlFornDec 1, 2022
@luka t'ho jure que les faig totes. Depèn
Show threadfudguyDec 1, 2022
@luka I'm happy to see and translate unknown languages with the integrated translation feature. It only works if the language is set by authors before sending their posts
Show threadCrab With KnifeDec 1, 2022
@luka after putting filters on I would miss posts or replies or accounts that used mostly English but were labeled German or Spanish or something. So I turned them off.
Show threaddafnisDec 1, 2022
@luka @paquita I take advantage of the translate feature in the web interface.
Show threadKatieDec 1, 2022

@luka I have my filter set to English, since that is the only language I speak. But other languages still come through occasionally, and I’m not sure why.

For the purposes of this poll, I’m not sure how to answer. I have a filter in place, but it is inconsistent.

(Obviously I don’t see it when it works, so “inconsistent” could be anything from “it isn’t working at all” to “it catches almost all of it, but a few slip through.”)

Show threadElennaDec 1, 2022
@luka I follow some people that occasionally post in languages I don't know. What I can't make sense of myself gets the Google translate.
Show threadAdrian MoralesDec 1, 2022
@luka I don't want a filter. I want a built-in translator.
Show threadLuka Prin/ce LucijaDec 1, 2022
@adrianmorales supposedly mastodon 4.0 supports it but admin has to configure it
Show threadFrost「｜｜霜の狼｜人面獣心」🐺❄️Dec 1, 2022
@luka Actively don't filter, seeing unknown languages always gives me a smile!
Show threadRichard BairwellDec 1, 2022
@luka I set the language tags, but haven't yet found how to filter them on either Mastodon web or Tusky.
Show threadLuka Prin/ce LucijaDec 2, 2022
@rbairwell settings > preferences > other in webUI. it will filter for all clients, incl Tusky
Show threadRichard BairwellDec 2, 2022
@luka Thanks: already had that set, but it's only for public timelines (like local and federated) not Home.
Show threadGemloverDec 2, 2022
@luka I tried filtering language but it didn't work
Show threadBaessando por ai!Dec 2, 2022
@luka i just wish i could have a translate button 🥲
Show threadBaessando por ai!Dec 2, 2022
@luka it already have it 😃 https://social.coop/@eloquence/109436661708091295
Erik Moeller (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image I'm really glad our server, #SocialCoop, enabled Mastodon 4.0's translation feature. I'm now following a few non-English accounts and it's super-seamless. I actually prefer it to Twitter's, in which I can't translate from the timeline view, only from individual tweets (web UI). If your server doesn't have it enabled yet, might be worth considering! And if it does - go follow some non-English accounts and give it a try :)

social.coop
Show threadIlona NiinivirtaDec 3, 2022
@luka I filter but include lots of languages I don't understand
Show threadJeenaDec 4, 2022
@luka i'm late to the party but I filter for the languages I speak (Polish, German, Swedish, English) and the ones which I kind of understand when reading (Norwegian, Danish)