So theres a warning “Warning: If you deselect Undetermined, you will not see most content.” which doesnt make sense to me when creating a post.

So, do I fill in english or do I leave it as undetermined/Select Language?

    • Beto@lemmy.studio
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      1 year ago

      That’s what I think too. The widget probably got reused, and then later they added that warning but it ended up showing in both places.

      I think you’re supposed to choose the languages your used in the post.

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    1 year ago

    I’d like to know too. And also if it’s important we set it, is there a way to make it default to English?

    Maybe during signup it should nudge users to set their language preferences.

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      It might be an instance-dependent or user-setting-dependent thing, but I’ve noticed that my responses default to English.

      For the time being, I’ve set my language preferences to these languages:

      • Undetermined
      • Esperanto

      If my hunch is correct, my instance will detect that I haven’t selected a language for this reply and set it to English.


      Edit: It didn’t. 😅


      Edit 2: I’m stupid. The OP is talking about post creation, and not reply creation. My bad.

  • BurningnnTree@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Agreed, that warning message is confusing. Also I don’t understand why we should have to select a language at all, since if I’m posting in an English community it should be implied that my post is in English.

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    I’ve been leaving it as undetermined due to the bizarre warning, but maybe I don’t understand it right.

  • plum@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Oh shoot. I’m glad you posted this as I just made a post and completely misinterpreted the message - I selected “English.” Hopefully that won’t filter it from too many users!