Possibly another approach to my last post, but with wider scope - https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/25640154
Is it possible to share a blocklist of communities based on themes? I would find a non English language list very useful, but as I said in the previous post blocking an instance like *.de or *.nl means interrupting comments by users in an English post. Instance level blocking means people who speak multiple languages (and I am one myself) are hidden from me.
But if this were possible it could also be used to block communities for topics I have no interest in, such as sports or all the software I never use announcing update releases. It makes tuning my feed a chore and I think this would improve the experience for everyone’s tastes.
You should already be able to filter non-english posts out based on your settings. I do this then just block communities I see in other languages when they pop up because users use the wrong setting.
I couldn’t see how, I’m using Connect on android. Searching settings for “language” didn’t show any results.
I did find “blocked instances includes comments” though, I’ve toggled it off and will see what happens.
Report that to the app developer as a bug then, because if you go to Lemmy through your instance’s website you should see options for this. Enable English and Unspecified. (A lot of people who have things set up wrong or have apps that ignore it may be posting with Unspecified instead of their actual language.)
Try just using a browser and go to lemmy.blahaj.zone/settings.
Because most people just post as “undetermined” it will likely block almost nothing, or way too much.