Has the Pretendo team ever considered adding features such as language switching to allow users to browse content in their own language? For example, allowing users to select the language of their posts so that they are only shown to users who have chosen the same language. This would enable users who are not proficient in English to communicate with others who speak the same language, while also preventing display errors caused by missing language fonts when users view posts in unsupported languages.
This probably won’t be added.
- Not all languages can be supported. Where will someone post if their language isn’t selectable?
- Not all posts use words either; many are drawings and can be understood regardless of language.
- It will make moderation significantly more difficult - instead of seeing all posts in one place, moderators will have to constantly switch between languages.
- The opening of Miiverse literally shows a globe with different people together - that’s what Miiverse/Juxt is - a global space for gamers to come together. Separating it out via language selection kind of ruins that original ethos of community (in my opinion).
It is an interesting idea, but I don’t believe it is that practical in the long run.
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I respect the team’s trade-offs, thanks for answering though.
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