John~🐺Apr 7, 2017

RE: translation feature requests: this is probably not going to happen - if it does, not for a long time. The financial risk is too high.

My response to this is also that while right now it may feel like a Tower of Babel, the nature of mastodon instances would suggest that communities will settle over time and this problem will alleviate itself. The most I can offer immediately is the ability to copy toot text so you may paste in a translator of your choosing

Show threadghost [inactive]Apr 7, 2017
@eurasierboy copying toot text is AWESOME for a million different reasons, and i think it's okay to expect people to paste into a translation app. what's the financial risk? do bing or google require some kind of investment to direct an app to use them?
Show threadJohn~🐺
@ghost most translation API services have pricing models by the number of characters
Apr 7, 2017 at 2:16amAmaroq
Show threadghost [inactive]Apr 7, 2017
@eurasierboy holy crap i had no idea. that could cost a fortune. and i'm going to use it on twitter and FB way way WAY more often now.