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I've worked on and written a few sites like that too, but in my experience quite a few larger sites use the IP address for this. It's pretty annoying if you don
by Beltalowda 4y ago
I've worked on and written a few sites like that too, but in my experience quite a few larger sites use the IP address for this. It's pretty annoying if you don't speak the local language well or just prefer the English version. Google is a major "offender" for example, but there are many others too. PornHub even machine translates stuff.
- ssl232 4y agoTell me about it, as a native English speaker living in Germany. This happens even when the website has an English language version. I don't understand how they think this is helpful. My browser literally told you the language I want to be served in its first header! Related gripe: Twitter will only offer the report form (for e.g. a harmful tweet) inside Germany, in German. I do understand conversational German but not German legalese; I will not bother to select which exact subparagraph of the communications legislation the tweet violates, I will just close the tab and let someone else report it.
- sockmeistr 4y agoRE:Twitter, I suspect that's because Germans get a different report form than other visitors - Germany has some specific laws (e.g. NetzDG) that apply to visitors from Germany, rather than visitors who speak German.