this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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Constantly users from lemmy.world and lemm.ee are downvoting posts in languages other than english.

If you do not understand and don't wanna see it just use the filters.

Go to settings and select the languages you know, plus "undetermined". That's it.

people who are seeing this, plese let your instances admins know of this problem and comunicate the instance users.

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I've noticed that the more German posts I see the better the overall content.
I see 'ish iel' I upvote

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

On social networks for a long time, with excellent translators available, I don't really care what language a post is written in. In this way I have found a lot of information, new things and very interesting contributions, which I would have missed by using filters.

If the inbuid translator in your browser isn't enough, these are anyway better (both FOSS). Maybe the best ones you can find. both multi-engine, full customizable. Translate full page, selection, words, inverse translation, more than 120 lenguages.

Desktop: https://crow-translate.github.io

Extension: https://github.com/translate-tools/linguist

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I prefer translators too. Reading materials from different languages (including English) gave me a different insight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

That's the point. If you only read posts in your own lenguage, you miss 90% of the information in the web.

[–] Etterra 4 points 10 months ago

Oh they finally added one? I've just been blocking them.

[–] fidodo 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks! I'd never down vote a language I don't know, but I didn't know this was an option.

[–] SteveCC 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I haven't figured out how.
Possible to do using Eternity Android App?

[–] not_woody_shaw 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't see the option in Sync. If I found it in the web UI would it apply to my app(s)?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yes, you're blocks and language settings are applied in any app you use, including Sync

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Today I learn about the Ayom project, seems very nice!