Seems strange. I registered an alt not so long ago and I remember being able to view all the languages from the get go.
Maybe that's an instance-dependent thing.
If the language issue wasn’t there it wouldn’t honestly be much different from reddit.
It's interesting because a lot of non-English speaking communities complain about users downvoting their content because they don't understand it, so it seems like they have the exact opposite issues that you do.
Yeah, trying to jeep them active ha ha