Post #3263790 · Elektrine

2026-02-01 19:52 UTC

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I'd like to be able to follow hashtags without seeing posts in languages I don't understand that also use those hashtags. #Mastodon language settings don't help with that & after having a timeline 30-35% in languages I don't know, I've ended up muting hundreds (maybe thousands now) of accounts. In fact, I've started looking at my alt account's timeline (exquisite.social) first because Mastodon's lack of hashtag migration means my timeline there is only people I follow, & only afterwards going to my original account (ohai.social) that includes followed hashtag posts. #MastodonHelp

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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services 2026-02-01 20:12

@klu9@exquisite.social Are you sure you've selected the option to filter languages, rather than just setting your own interface language? (More info at https://fedi.tips/setting-your-language-preferences-on-mastodon-and-filtering-out-posts-in-other-languages ) The language filter should help at least somewhat, but by definition you won't notice the posts it is successfully hiding. There is also an automatic language detector, and it tells people when they've got the wrong post language setting, but it's not reliable for short posts so that's why it doesn't override the person's setting.

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@halyihev@esperanto.masto.host 2026-02-01 20:14

@klu9@exquisite.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services I can understand not wanting to see posts in languages you don't know, although as a language nerd myself, I actually love the diversity and find myself thinking things like "I know some German, a little Dutch, and some Old English, I bet I can tease out the general meaning of this news headline in Swedish. Let me give it a shot!"

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