Wonder if we should get rid of automatic language detection given how often it is inaccurate...
If automatic language detection was removed, we could default posting language to interface language. Would that be accurate in your case? I.e. do you post in the same language as the language of Mastodon's interface you see?
@Gargron Why not do both? Allow people to decide what they want/need. If a user is willing to accept some inaccuracy that is up to them.
@Gargron I wish there was an option to checkmark the languages we understand, and only see toots in those languages.
@celestialchik Preferences > Other
@Gargron I HATE automatic settings! respect my preferences and ASK ME. NEVER EVER change anything automaticaly.
@Gargron
I think most of us will post in their native language and/or English.
@Gargron
I'm #Dutch, living in #Norway, but my interfaces are almost always set to #English (mostly because localised interface usually sound awkward...).
While I mostly post in English on #Mastodon, I do occasionally post bi- or tri-lingual toots, or —when it's about a topic only applicable to Dutch or #Norwegian fedifolk— in one of the other two languages.
I would not be opposed to defaulting to your interface language, with per-post option to define which (multiple!) languages it is in.
@Gargron
the list of languages could also put the ones in the Accept Language header at the top.
@Gargron i post in 2 languages
@Gargron I use one instance per language so nobody has any unreadable toots in their feed if they follow me. If there was a way to chose language when posting and filter language in the feed that would make things easier.
@Gargron Just give me a setting with a "main" language and a list where I can decide per post what language that post is in.
@Gargron You may consider to rank languages from HTTP's Accept-Language header higher than others for the heuristics.