when i go to !chat_egypt@lemm.ee, both my posts asking “hi how are you” and another one: ‘what kind of music do you like”. innocent questions during a general purpose community get downvoted.
why are posts from my Egyptian chat getting downvoted?
Submitted 4 weeks ago by GB19@lemm.ee to [deleted]
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 4 weeks ago
There is a language filter available that you aren’t applying. Users can adjust from their profile settings which language they want to see, however your posts are marked as English despite being Egyptian, so these posts get forwarded to English speakers’ All feed, which they do not understand and so they might downvote
paequ2@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Wait, huh?
TIL!
CTDummy@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Holy shit you’re awesome. I must have missed this due to never using the site. Thanks!