Hi all. I'm a moderator of this subreddit. Not too long ago, I made some comments in the subreddit that unexpectedly, for me, received a lot of backlash. What happened was, I replied to a somewhat lengthy comment which was in another language, and told that person that all posts in the subreddit need to be in english. I then removed their comment.
I then stated that this is because I'm the only active moderator here, and I only speak english. I then stated that with my own experience, using translation tools such as Google Translate can sometimes give off translations that are very inaccurate. I said that I wouldnt want to keep up a post that is in a different language, because i wouldnt know what it says, and I wouldnt want it to say some horrible thing without me knowing. This is why there has been a rule in this subreddit to only post in english.
Changes to that rule have been made today.
Posts can now be in different languages, but to an extent. If it's a super long post, it will be removed, as there's a good chance that translation tools will incorrectly translate some of what is said. However, if the post or comment is rather short, translation tools will very likely correctly translate what is said, which I now know. So, from now on, I'll be using Google Translate to translate the shorter posts and comments. If you see a post that is in a different language and says something very bad, please feel free to report it and I'll handle it when I can. Thank you all for reading.