Post by @FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

2026-02-01 20:37 UTC

@AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @klu9@exquisite.social Yup, this is the problem, people are using the wrong settings on their posts. There is an automatic language detector but it isn't reliable enough on short posts to have it override the user. It does suggest to them when it thinks they've got it wrong though.

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@HistoPol@mastodon.social 2026-02-02 08:54

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services *Translatlation feature does not work* Yep, this is correct. It is an annoying, IMHO honestly avoidable issue: Automatic language detection seems to be an ubiquitous feature on many websites. It should be quite easy to perform in a #Fediverse app or on the PC as well, IMO. Afterwards, a pop-up window could appear, e. g.: your post's language is set to English but appears to be in German instead. Would you like to change your language setting? " In the... @AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @klu9@exquisite.social

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@sotolf@polymaths.social 2026-02-02 09:34

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.social @klu9@exquisite.social Yeah, this is basically because the way that most of the clients are made, mine for example doesn't even let me set the language for a post, for something like tusky it's a hassle, so I usually don't bother, I'm not going through the effort just for making the americans more coddled in not having to deal with more than their language existing.

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