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What is the meaning of the warning: "Warning: If you deselect Undetermined, you will not see most content." next to the Languages setting in the Lemmy account settings? (lemmy.world)
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I'm assuming that this means that if you select a language, you will only be shown posts of that specified language; therefore, if you choose an uncommon language, you will see very little content (I'm assuming the most common language that is used on Lemmy, currently, is English). The warning, on its own, is rather nebulous, to me.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Most content does not have a language tag. Anything without a language tag is treated as if it has the "undetermined" tag. So if you have not listed "undetermined" amongst your list of languages, then you won't see most content, because most of it isn't tagged.

I’m assuming the most common language that is used on Lemmy, currently, is English

The most used? Yes. The most tagged? No.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There are posts older than the language option. Those posts don't have a language set and ate therefore undetermined. You won't see those posts if you deselect this option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Most content here doesn't have a language set. indeterminite language is just the default.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Most content here doesn't have a language set. indeterminite language is just the default.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Just make sure that Unspecified is selected as a language in your settings, in addition to whatever languages you can read. Don't un-select "unspecified."