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Łukasz Wójcik 👨‍💻 📷

@endali I sometimes do this and it has nothing to do with shame.

If I post in Polish (which happens rarely), it is usually targetted at Polish-speaking folks and virtually useless to everybody else. Of course, if you're one of my non-Polish friends you're welcome to translate my posts. But once you do, you may learn I'm complaining about something related to our country, politics or anything else hyper-local you may not be interested in. CW at least reclaims some space in your feed.

7 Sep 2023 at 10:53 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hachyderm.io
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Agnieszka R. Turczyńska
Łukasz Wójcik 👨‍💻 📷

@agturcz @endali
1. I set language on my posts but others don't and I still get some content in languages outside of my filter list. As a result, I don't consider current implementation of language filtering on Mastodon useful. And my unproven hypothesis is that I'm not the only one.

2. I often get lost in Mastodon preferences section while trying to find a setting I'd like to configure. For this exact reason I have strong suspicion many people may not know language filtering is even an option.

7 Sep 2023 at 11:51 | Open on hachyderm.io
Agnieszka R. Turczyńska

@lukem @endali So, we have two problems here.

1. Poor UX design of Mastodon (and, possibly, its clients).
and partially being a result of it:
2. People are not aware about the functionality of the tool they are using.

Using CW for non-default-language is not a solution for any of them.

7 Sep 2023 at 12:14 | Open on circumstances.run
Łukasz Wójcik 👨‍💻 📷

@agturcz Possible. But Mastodon has enough culture and UX problems for me not to care about one particular case for using / not using CW (especially a very niche one in my book). @endali

7 Sep 2023 at 12:25 | Open on hachyderm.io
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