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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think that the "uk" tag on this thread means that it is marked as Ukranian-language, but it should probably be marked as English-language, as the article is in English.

It looks like it's possible to edit a submitted link and update the language subsequent to submitting it, OP (the more->edit dropdown menu).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what this tag means and how it came to be. I have not found a way to edit it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So, on my screen, it reads:

How the Ukraine Counteroffensive Can Still Succeed uk (time.com)

The "uk" there is what I mean.

Maybe the right term isn't "tag". There's a separate field for "tags", separate from the language.

I think -- I tried editing one of my old thread submissions, using the desktop web UI -- that if you click on "more" and then "edit", you get a page where you can edit the thread. At the very bottom of that page, there is a menu with the language of the post. It's right beneath two checkboxes for "18+/NSFW" and "OC" and to the left of "Edit link". There is an entry in that menu in Ukranian ("українська") for Ukranian-language, which I assume is what is presently-chosen for this post.

I don't know if it's a big deal right now, because I don't know if language filtering presently works on kbin/lemmy or on clients, but if it doesn't now, I would bet that sooner or later, it will be filtered, and so people might block stuff in languages that they can't read. One of the first things I ran into was a ton of German-language posts, for example, and I remember people talking about filtering them out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you, that's interesting. Anyway, I have posted this with an app, using an account on another instance. So I have not found a way to edit this attribute. I will experiment with other options to find out how this works. Well, it can be a kind of fun - to be officially recognised as a proud Ukrainian 🇺🇦

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Anyway, I have posted this with an app, using an account on another instance.

Ah, okay, gotcha. Yeah, early days for the Threadiverse, I guess, features still getting work.