Language barrier is severely hindering lemmy‘s growth
I just checked the github page and it seems this bug is low priority:
Memmy does sometimes not let you post or comment due to a weird bug that thinks you‘re posting in the wrong language.
I just want to point out that I‘ve had this bug twice so far and others (maybe many) will have it too which severely hinders the growth of lemmy at this critical time.
If someone reads this who has any clout, stuff like this is what can trip a promising platform like this. Exponential growth and all.
I suspect you're fighting a feature built into Lemmy itself, rather than the app. I've been blocked for some arbitrary words before, but have not used Memmy as I'm not an Apple user.
Thanks for answering so quickly! :) Indeed, I am fighting a feature of lemmy which probably wasnt the smartest to even integrate but memmy is actually looking into this. The issue seems to be that you cant select the language while posting as you can in the web frontend. And sorry, I don't plan to stay an apple user for much longer. Stems from another life. :D
Thank you for answering. Can you elaborate on that please? Because there is exactly 1 field where you can choose your language in a community, which allows for 3 options (in my case) which is german, english or undetermined.
I chose english.
There is no explanation to wether I should choose something else.
So let me rephrase that for you:
It is no fault of the moderators but of lemmy creators not making this clear.
And yes I find it insulting to make it mods fault choosing english as their subs language.
That is a question I have asked myself too. I'll just employ chesterton's fence here and assume it does serve some kind of purpose I'm just unable to see. :)
As a note, I would have included a link to the bug/issue if it's already been documented. It would make it easier for a developer to look at it and get more context to the issue.
This has happened to me as well, I cannot comment in one of the communities anymore. I tried to change the language in the settings on my account, no effect. Right now I’ve uninstalled Memmy and I’m using a different IPhone app to post.