@jordanlund@lemmy.world to Boost For Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoYoutube links suddenly showing Russian text?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageYoutube links suddenly showing Russian text?lemmy.world@jordanlund@lemmy.world to Boost For Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi WandlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoI noticed this too yesterday when I posted a youtube link on Lemmy. Couldn’t get the Cyrilic blurb to go away, so switched to a piped.video link. Probably for the best anyway.
minus-square@jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months agoTalking it over with Lemmy.World admins, we’re thinking it’s because the server is in Finland and YouTube is going “Eh, Russia, close enough!”
minus-squareAa!linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoIn all unfairness to these companies, geolocation via IP address is pretty hit or miss sometimes
I noticed this too yesterday when I posted a youtube link on Lemmy. Couldn’t get the Cyrilic blurb to go away, so switched to a piped.video link. Probably for the best anyway.
Talking it over with Lemmy.World admins, we’re thinking it’s because the server is in Finland and YouTube is going “Eh, Russia, close enough!”
In all unfairness to these companies, geolocation via IP address is pretty hit or miss sometimes