@FediTips

Re Read more, maybe it depends on source platform (Mastodon with high limit, Sharkey, Piefed etc.)

@FediTips

Mainly web interface in Zen Browser (Firefox mod).

Occasionally, Android phone app, previously Moshidon (where I'd also see posts in German etc), now trying out both official Mastodon app & Tusky.

@FediTips

Re filters, thanks, I might try that workaround. Hopefully, it'll save me muting a few hundred more accounts.

Re display of long posts in undesired languages, my timeline has had both: long posts shown complete & long with Read More.

@FinchHaven @FediTips

I actually don't want auto-translation. I've tested the machine translation feature with languages I know & often bits are not right.

It's a handy feature, but I don't trust it 100%.

@halyihev @FediTips

At first, I actually approved loads of Romance languages (even ones I don't know like Aragonese & Galician) just for the hell of it Even latine, lingua franca nova & Interlingua (my favourite "if only everyone would just use this!" auxlang).

But as my timeline got more & more full, I trimmed them back so I might stand a chance at getting through it.

#Mastodon #MastodonHelp

@FediTips

Yes, I've set the "Filter" languages, not just "Interface" language.
(Preferences > Other > Public Timelines > Filter languages)

And many of the posts in undesired languages (in my case, 95% German) have been quite long, hundreds of characters.

I wonder if following a hashtag trumps/bypasses the language filter.

#Mastodon #MastodonHelp

@FediTips

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