I agree. - Kevin J Hatton

maybe creating two groups for yourself, for different language posts, would be a sort of workaround? if FF could auto-translate, that might also be an acceptable compromise - Mike Chelen

for me, an acceptable fix would be the one described in comments #2 and #3 in the original post. (please check out the link, people) - Kemal Hadimli

I totally agree. - अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das

Why would you want followers that don't like Turkish? - Peter

I'm hoping that we can get a translation button that keeps us still in FF. I'm sure others would want the option to filter out languages but I would love to be able to read more of what a person writes- no matter what language. - metalerik

I have two categories of followers, those that can understand my native language and those that can read only English. It will be great if there is a filter that can hide from them (by their choice) the non-English ones. - Saxtus

This is not a filter but may help in the meantime the translation "button" I described above has been created by @micahwittman http://friendfeed.com/friendf.... - metalerik

Kemal, if you use my script, the user can edit the Configuration section (near the top of the script) and set it like this: var languageCodeFrom = 'tr'; ... var languageCodeTo = 'en'; - this will allow translations from Turkish to English. - Micah Wittman

You lost me as a follower? Hm. I rarely unfollow anyone - sorry if I did that. - Louis Gray

Good idea. One of the most interesting problems/challenges in online architectures IMHO - how to deal technically and socially with cross-language barriers. Most US/English-developed services don't focus too much on this problem, but that is a mistake. Coming from a country with just 5 mio. inhabitants, most people here are at least dual-languaged. Still some refrain from taking part in exchanges which are 100% in a foreign language (like English) - just as many English-speakers refrain from engaging with someone who writes primarily in a foreign language. We need architectures which help us make the new global connections, while retaining and cultivating our local language contexts/networks. - Morten Blaabjerg

@micahwittman it's not about translations, please see the originating post - Kemal Hadimli

Don't look at technology for a solution. It's a question of attitude. Invest time to understand some of other langauges, and allow for things to be unclear. And you just can't follow everyone. Human interaction requires human collaboration, but it's never without barriers. Find a common ground, a common language, create a new way of communication if you have to. Give Interlingua a try http://www.interlingua.com/ - Peter