Makes sense, but here me out
That’s a STUPID ass system.
Comment on Why is Lemmy "Language" so confusing?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
If you forget to select a language when making a post, the language becomes “undetermined.”
The vast majority of people do not take the time to mark the language of their post, and so Lemmy files them under “undetermined” because there is no language information.
When making a post, when you choose the “Undetermined” from the language-selector, it just pops it back to asking you to select a language, because the point of “Undetermined” is that no language metadata has been added.
So in your user settings page, if you remove “Undetermined” from your list of languages, you will not see most posts since most people do not actually choose a language for their post.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Why is it stupid to give people the option to only see posts that explicitly selected a language?
The only stupid thing here imo is the UI and how it’s explained, it shouldn’t be part of a multiselect together with the rest of the languages.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
(I’m not OP) Okay - not confusing, but annoying AF. In Thunder at least, “undetermined” is an option for filtering posts that you see, but when that’s selected upon submitting an edit it complains that language isn’t allowed - yet it’ll accept the separate “no language” option. WTF?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
Wild, I have never had that issue on desktop or in Jerboa.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
tbh I think the software itself should prompt you to select your default language and undetermined or multiple should be an option for people who really just post in multiple languages. that way most people who are either monolingual or just do most of their interaction in one language can have their posts auto tagged.