PSA: Lemmy Language Settings (English edition)

We've been investigating some recurring issues with the user experience on the instance, and have traced it back to the way Lemmy handles language settings.

Here's the TL;DR on how to ensure you see all of the content on this instance:

In your user settings, make sure "Language" is set to both "English" and "Undetermined". You can select additional languages as well, but they aren't currently allowed on this server.

On desktop, you can use CTRL+click to select both options.

This will allow you to see content for which the author has not set a language, and content which has been set to "English".

tobimai ,

Thanks, selecting English, undetermined and german made it so I can actually see the posts from the German groups

livedeified ,
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great tip! it should hold us over until we get our universal translators!

quark42 ,
@quark42@startrek.website avatar

Thank you for enabling all languages. Finally I can see posts in other languages.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod ,
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You're welcome - it wasn't initially clear to us that it would affect our local users' experience on other instances.

GummySquirrel ,
@GummySquirrel@startrek.website avatar

Thanks !

kargarocP4 ,

Yeah this is a pretty stupid part of the UI, and after following the directions I already see more posts, like this one.

korok ,
@korok@possumpat.io avatar

Thanks for the PSA! I’d seen the warning that not including “Undetermined” could prevent you from seeing content, but I didn’t realize you could multi-select!

ValueSubtracted OP Mod ,
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The documentation on language settings is pretty unclear, and the UI is rather unintuitive, so we wanted to get the word out.

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