I've done this on very few occasions - but these days, If its an author I know and want to read their other language posts (that aren't in English) - I'll translate, but generally won't leave a comment, in either language.
The underlying issue is that not a lot of people actually read the content - no matter what language it is written in! :)
There has been a few occasions that I've translated Spanish posts because I knew the author, because they used to post in English. I haven't left comments as the topic has been chit-chat, nothing interesting.
The underlying issue is that not a lot of people actually read the content - no matter what language it is written in! :)
You mean the author of the post not reading the comments?
If yes, then I agree. I see a lot of them can't be bothered to reply to comments, which is rude in my opinion. Those commenters should stop commenting on these authors posts, but if the author is a curator at a well known curation project, then you can see why they are commenting.
I personally stop commenting if I see the person can't be bothered to reply, I see no reason to waste my time. It's common sense.
A lot of authors fail to engage in their comments section.
A lot of comments (though, less than before) - now the problem tends to be vague, AI written responses show evidence that the post itself has not been read.
There's problems from both sides. No one is perfect, but if you're not going to read the post, then leave a comment, why leave a comment at all, when the author is going to know (by lack of understanding shown in the comment itself) - that it wasn't genuine engagement, and is probably in the category of spam.
Having said that, we're way better than random wordpress blogs in terms of engagement (we're higher),and the volume of spam (we're less). Spam here at least tries to be relevant. It tries poorly, but it tries all the same.
... if the author is a curator at a well known curation project, then you can see why they are commenting.
Yes, it doesn't take much to put two and two together.
As for me, as I said somewhere else, in another comment, I can only speak three languages:
I think the last two are languages that all humans have in common.
but if you're not going to read the post, then leave a comment, why leave a comment at all, when the author is going to know
At the beginning I used to ignore the fact that they did not read my post but not anymore. If it's obvious, I'm letting them know, maybe they change their behavior. There's a frontend that is rewarding commenters blindly, which basically encourages spam commenting. They are also curating everything blindly and supporting abusers because a lot.
As for me, as I said somewhere else, in another comment, I can only speak three languages:
My native tongue (English)
Whimpering
Whatever sounds I made as an infant
I think the last two are languages that all humans have in common.
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I speak 4 languages but 2 are useless once I leave those countries. One is a bit better known and the other is English.
There's a frontend that is rewarding commenters blindly, which basically encourages spam commenting.
I am not sure which one you are referring to, but I have a suspicion. I'm not going to name that one, but I am going to mention another trend I have noticed.
For short form content, we have Snaps, Waves, etc.
Snaps and Waves are published with comment rewarder turned on. As a result, all users participating in the platform may get some reward. Snaps and Waves have their own "top" level Posts which all the comments appear on, then rendered in the respective interfaces.
I have seen multiple users publish the same thing on Waves and Snaps. (I look at both) - to me, I see it as a two edged blade, maybe three...
or maybe,
Three: They are attempting, in a small way, to farm rewards.
Not everyone understands the mechanics, but I try to limit my participation (when I make a snap) - to one platform - after I noticed this trend among users.
What are your thoughts?
I've never used these because my time is limited and I'm trying to dedicate it to posts. However I see those snaps that are popping up in my feed. I'm not sure if waves are visible to me as well or I'm mistaking which one is 😬
Even if the content is not visible, it's still the same content and rewarded from the same pool. Why should be judged differently? Why would they be rewarded multiple times for the same content when it's basically copy paste?
There are so many things wrong on Hive, on so many levels, I can't even begin to tell you and it's sad ...
Peakd has the option for a unified view across all platforms (without needing to swap platforms, but comparing across browser tabs when interacting with the differing front ends), yeah, copy and paste.
You don't need to preach to me about the things wrong on Hive, I sing in the same choir, albeit with a quieter voice.
What worries me is not the small abusers we are trying to stop every day. It's the direction the big stakeholders have taken and even after providing evidence of what they are doing is wrong, unproductive and waste, they still refuse to listen.
Hive could be among the leading platform in its own category, yet it feels like we're going backwards.
I think the biggest threat to that status quo is "better content". Content so good that it cannot be ignored.
Maybe I am delusional, but I think we all have our own visions.
Sorry for going so far off topic, but it cannot be solved for mathematically, since upvotes will always win out over downvotes (in terms of mana).
I don't have a solution, but I will keep plodding along at my own stuff and supporting and engaging the good stuff, too.