Anyone know if this is an instance or alexandrite thing? At first I assumed it was the lemmy.world instance not allowing certain words in comments, but I was able to post the same comment word for word directly on the instance. I've encountered this error several times.
It refers to the written language (e.g. English or German or whatever) rather than bad language.
When Communities are set up, the allowed languages are set up. Usually, people choose 'English' and 'Unspecified', meaning that posts/comments are accepted if they're explicitly tagged as English, or if there is no tag at all.
In Alexandrite, the default tag of English is chosen. If you're getting that Error when trying to post, it's typically because the Community has only been set up to allow 'Unspecified' - in which case, changing the drop-down from English to 'Undetermined' will allow you to post.
Good to know! I'll try that if I encounter the error again. Thanks for the info!
You got it! The Unspecified/English thing is exactly the problem. I just saw this post but coincidentally I just fixed this yesterday (a few hours after the post).