I don’t post often either main posts or comments, but I just noticed that the current default posting language is the first enabled language in the Content Language Preference setting.

I can’t recall whether this has actually been this way or not. I recall there was a bug that posting language was default to Portuguese a while ago. Is this another bug like that?

If not, I’d like to set my posting language.

TIA.

    • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      8 months ago

      The default is whatever you used most recently.

      It’s not true for me. Since this post was made, every other post and comment I made I have to consciously pick English. When I didn’t because I forgot, I went back to edit and change to English. It doesn’t save to English and keep defaulting to the first enabled language.

  • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Testing to my own post to see if replying in English will keep the language setting as English.

    For the past few weeks since I noted this issue, I’ve just resorted to turn off all content language preferences. It did not work as per this post.

    Today as of writing, I enabled juts Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, and English. And once again, the posting language defaults to whatever is the first alphabetically in the content preference language setting. and once again, after posting in English, it did not stay in English.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Yeah, and we should tune it some more. In my opinion it should also pick the language of a parent post or comment, once I reply to something. I believe as of now it defaults on the last used language from whatever was the last post or comment.

    • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      8 months ago

      In my opinion it should also pick the language of a parent post or comment, once I reply to something.

      I agree with this. This seems most sensible if the option to set default post language isn’t pursued. I think it’s better that way, even.

      I believe as of now it defaults on the last used language from whatever was the last post or comment.

      That’s the weird thing, and why I thought this is another bug. I’ve been posting in English whenever I post. It’s just today that I noticed it changed again like the bug with Portuguese. That bug weirded my out thinking there was a federation issue since I can see my posts and comments when logged out. Turns out it’s a bug and posts not showing is working as intended because I never enabled showing Portuguese posts.

      But this time it’s like how I described. I even changed in settings to Afaan Oromoo, 1 behind Hangul I believe, and yes, the language bar at the bottom right corner below the comment box changed to that as well. Currently, my first enabled language is Bahasa Indonesia.