They auto-translated Original Poster as Původní plakát where “plakát” does mean “poster” but only the kind that you hang on a wall.

Another win for auto translation.

  • @guillem@aussie.zone
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    185 days ago

    What annoys me the most is that it does it “transparently” and shows up on searches as if the thread was originally written in your language.

    • Coelacanth
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      85 days ago

      I’ve noticed this too and it drives me up the fucking wall. Give us an option or something - anything. Why is this a thing?

      • @guillem@aussie.zone
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        85 days ago

        Probably because they care more about getting you to click than about what content they offer. You enter thinking you’ll find a culturally/geographically relevant answer to a question only to find something that only applies to the US.

  • @sad_detective_man@leminal.space
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    5 days ago

    is that why my reddit search results are appearing in whatever language is local to my VPN? God damn I had just started to believe there was an underground South American community popping up around the same interests and niche tech issues I keep having