Comment on Is it rude to reply using English under posts in a language you can’t speak?
jonathan@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I don’t do it, but if I did, I would consider apologetically offering the machine translation inline with my post. Why put the burden on them to do it if you want it to be read?
nasi_goreng@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Depends on the context, commenting in your native language is often totally okay.
Let's say: a Japanese artist posting an art with Japanese caption, they would totally happy to receive comment from various language, displaying a cultural exchange.
This behaviour of native language comment is actually common in Asia and Africa, but not in Western countries...
Just be wary of joke or sarcasm that might interpreted as hate comment.