@FediTips It also matters because if you don't set your language at all, that translate button doesn't show up, and if you don't set it right, it usually won't work.

So even when we don't filter other languages we can't tell what you said without having to manually copy and paste into something external, which most of us aren't going to do.

I have a tendency just to block people using tags I follow in another language when they haven't set their language and I can't just click translate because it's too much of a pain having their posts show up.

@FediTips this is why I have a filter that hides posts with frequently used not my language words and another to hide posts with non-latin alphabet characters. Dunno, is setting Posting Language too privacy invading for some?

@FediTips and another big downside is that translation functions in apps aren't working. If your language is set to English but your post is in French my translator can't translate it into German because it doesn't recognize the English words.

@FediTips Are for those who do see your post in another language and are curious, the Translate button may not appear.