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TIL that you can't respond on a comment tree if the top-level comment has set a language unless you set the same language (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

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If you don't choose the same language as the top-level comment you cannot answer in the same tree. The wheel will just keep spinning but when you look at the API request you see that it returns something like "bad language" and upon choosing the right language you can comment again!

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

This is super helpful, thank you for explaining! I've run into this problem several times now where it didn't really make sense (I dont think there was a language mismatch) but at least I know what was going on now!

[–] sailicalvin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Literally just had this issue. Was trying to reply to MY OWN thread on the Connect app on Android and it wouldn't let me post. Had to use the browse to reply

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

they could block the comment session and wirte in now-non-writable commment block "different language" or something

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

As someone with less tolerance for native speakers failing at doing so, I wonder whether this can be repurposed.

But maybe a regex filter on such like /(my|the|some) emails/ or /literally/ would be the same. As that's possible as a client-side feature, it doesn't even need to be in on the server side until it's a federation filter.