Fediverse @lemmy.ml lemming @forum.ayom.media 10mo ago

Stop downvoting foreign languages posts. Just use the language filter.

Constantly users from lemmy.world and lemm.ee are downvoting posts in languages other than english.

If you do not understand and don't wanna see it just use the filters.

Go to settings and select the languages you know, plus "undetermined". That's it.

people who are seeing this, plese let your instances admins know of this problem and comunicate the instance users.

Thanks

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Bitch I'll down vote whatever I want.
- I mean, of course you would hate diversity. Given the history of how you treated the natives.
  
  What natives? Lol. Who are you talking to?
I've noticed that the more German posts I see the better the overall content.
I see 'ish iel' I upvote
On social networks for a long time, with excellent translators available, I don't really care what language a post is written in. In this way I have found a lot of information, new things and very interesting contributions, which I would have missed by using filters.

If the inbuid translator in your browser isn't enough, these are anyway better (both FOSS). Maybe the best ones you can find. both multi-engine, full customizable. Translate full page, selection, words, inverse translation, more than 120 lenguages.

Desktop: https://crow-translate.github.io

Extension: https://github.com/translate-tools/linguist
- I prefer translators too. Reading materials from different languages (including English) gave me a different insight.
  
  That's the point. If you only read posts in your own lenguage, you miss 90% of the information in the web.
@atlasmatter@lemmy.world care to explain why are you downvoting this? You think the claim isn't valid? You think it is fair?
I doubt they're downvoting it because its not English. That would be ridiculous
- I have seem it happening. always the same users.
  
  Probably the are navegatin in new and as soon as they see non-english they downvote. These people doesn't even have a single post in other than english,
Oh they finally added one? I've just been blocking them.
Thanks! I'd never down vote a language I don't know, but I didn't know this was an option.
Have you considered disabling downvotes? I love Beehaw.
I haven't figured out how.
Possible to do using Eternity Android App?
- I don't see the option in Sync. If I found it in the web UI would it apply to my app(s)?
  
  Yes, you're blocks and language settings are applied in any app you use, including Sync
Today I learn about the Ayom project, seems very nice!

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