@thomas Cool feature, but I just scroll past posts I can't read. I don't mind seeing other languages on here, and it's a great reminder that this platform is international.

@thomas How do I give people the option to do this for me? Viewing my account from another instance, I only see "English" in the equivalent menu — despite occasionally using other languages (so it's not just keeping track of which language tags the user has used).

@thomas I like the idea to remind people that this is possible. I’ll probably create a note on my website and pin the info to my profile here. I already have the language info in my bio, but a short description on how to filter might be nice for new followers.

@thomas there should be automatic translation feature in mastodon rather than filtering… There should be no border in internet

@thomas This is actually one of the first things that made me “I’m not going anywhere!” when I first joined. It’s such a great feature.

@thomas

That's cool, thanks!

But doesn't seem to work if you follow someone who primarily writes in language you do not understand. For one person I follow, it shows only one language. So I can either select that language (which I do not know) and get posts in that language, or I can leave it unchecked and... get posts in that language 🙃 (because everything unchecked = subscribe to all).

@thomas i keep becoming unaware of this

@thomas nope

doesnt work

I just checked and confirmed

and you're not first to think that and say it, haha. I get "deja vu" each time this point comes up in Fediverse

I cant block your German posts and even if I could make it work just for you uniquely it wouldnt work for others: current design does not scale

also

specifically, I configured my own Mastodon app and Fedi account with the preference that I ONLY want to see English posts. I did that many months ago. on my end

NEVER WORKS

@thomas@metalhead.club

Cool feature.

Not something that exists on Misskey.
But there's an option to translate on the dropdown so no worries.

Then again a lot of Misskey users are multilingual so this is essential as not everyone posts in multiple languages.

@thomas oh nice. Does this work for boosts from the account too?

@thomas Thanks for the info. I'll keep the posts I can't read, however, because lots of them have pictures of birds, or trains, or both, so I can still enjoy them.

@thomas Thank you!

@thomas Haaaaaaaan
If only I had known before!

@thomas what sorcery is this o.O

@thomas very cool feature indeed! Thank you for the tip. I wish people overall paid more attention to the language they are writing in and the one selected for their post

@thomas Thank you! Very cool feature!

I was confused at first because the menu item only appears after you follow someone - which makes sense, I just wasn't thinking at first and wondered where the option was!

@ivory This is not possible through the Ivory app, is it?

@thomas while this is cool, I feel like it's excluding content so i never use it. It'd much prefer to have automatic translations on any posts in languages i don't speak. But Mastodon doesn't have that yet...

@thomas As Lady Gaga once said "I don't speak German, but I can if you like" (aber ich spreche doch Deutsch 🤣)

@thomas Of course users posting should honor the language setting of the post... A lot of them are not doing it.

@thomas I agree this is a gem! Would you happen to know if there is a way to extend this setting to boosts?

@thomas That’s a super cool feature but I hope it becomes less and less necessary as on-device translation slowly improves. I’m not a fan of segregating the internet.

@thomas I wish this worked :/

@thomas @Melody is that something that is automatically detected, or do you have to label the language of each post?

@thomas I prefer to just use the translate function. I am interested in hearing from people who speak other languages than mine.

@thomas I've tried this, but I've found it exceedingly rare that people tag individual posts with language. Usually they just tag their account.

@thomas
The language function can also be found under
preferences > other.
Select the languages you want to see.

It doesn't happen to work for me though.

@thomas Unfortunately that only works if the poster who posts in two different languages correctly sets the language each time. Often it is set wrong and Mastodon offers to translate a post from, say, German into English but it is already English. So setting the filter would drop those posts.

@thomas

Hmm.

I still get some languages other than my setting of English only.

Is this setting overridden by following specific accounts or hashtags?

@thomas Wow, nice. I wish I could do this for hashtags.

@thomas Maybe it doesn’t work on the mastodon App? I have my settings set to only display English yet I get German, Dutch, Portuguese, and other language posts in my feed pretty regularly.

@thomas Seems, it doesn't work on every instance. mastodon.social at least does not offer this feature.
But good to know some do.

@thomas Every day is a schoolday! Never knew that, it's brilliant!

@thomas I didn’t know this. But tbh I like to see the wonderful script of other languages.

To my monoglot eye it’s abstract art.

I’m particularly fond of Thai and Farsi script. Arabic has a swirly beauty. But the symmetric paragraphs of some other languages are a joy.

Is it just me?

#language

I'd like your opinion for the ridiculous 500 character limit as default for most servers who use as an excuse the inability to change (or change permanently) this limit.

@thomas
#characterlimit #500characters

#nastodon 500 char. limit to:

@thomas

maybe you have something interesting to say in your own language...

why miss out on that?

@thomas oh shit I didn't know that was a thing

@thomas maybe we could have that super cool feature for hashtag follows too #mastodon @Gargron