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I've created a feature suggestion - to add a language filter to life feeds. It's going to receive a lot of objection, as it contains the word "Israel", so please, show support if you want this feature.

github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i

Full discolsure, I fully expect this to be rejected. I detailed [tooot.im] why in Hebrew. But trying never hurt.

GitHubSupport filtering feeds by language · Issue #32156 · mastodon/mastodonBy Laxystem
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and yes I'm aware the fediverse ain't mastodon, but this should be a feature everywhere.

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(no one noticed my philosophy tube reference in the FR)

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@laxla when you say filter feeds by language, do you mean the user's feed, or the ingress server to server activities ?

I think the user feeds already support removing languages that the users doesn't want.

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@mariusor not a blacklist, a whitelist. Like, a temporary one.

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@laxla that works as a white list. You can only see the languages that you checked.

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@laxla oh, I understand now. I don't really use the "lists" feature, that's why I didn't get it. :D

I suspect you'd have more success with a feature request to create lists per *instance* than per language, which probably would serve you equally well.

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@mariusor I'm not talking about lists though

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@laxla @mariusor
doesn't this exist? isn't that what the language filter in settings>preferences>other does?

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@Yuvalne @mariusor no it's a blacklist and it's the worst UX ever (having to go to the settings instead of a, lemme fake some screenshots 1m).

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@Yuvalne @mariusor there you go, this needs to be a thing (sorry, whoever's included in these screenshots)

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@Yuvalne @mariusor and yes I've stolen it from the textbox

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@laxla @mariusor
ah okay, something more akin to the notifications filter!
I think you probably should add a clarification (or maybe even just this mockup) to the FR, because I read it and didn't understand 😅

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@laxla then I'm lost... I'll stop bothering you. :D

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@mariusor like, add an option, to choose a language for the federated feed.

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@laxla I'm using the "simple" interface where all that noise doesn't exist... I switched now and I can finally understand (finally).

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@laxla I suspect you could add some screenshots to your request... I doubt I'll be the only one not to understand. :P