Greek language posts from fediverse appear as gibberish

odnes · February 16, 2026, 11:40am

Hi,

Text in Greek from the fediverse appears as gibberish. Here’s an example:

screenshot from a recent post appearing as gibberish:

Also, unrelated but not quite:

The Greek language does not exist in the list of languages in the “Language” dropdown in the “Account” settings menu of micro.blog .

P.S. I’ve been considering micro.blog as the platform for the web presence of a Greek civil society organization. I’ll be testing cross-posting sources next, hopefully such niggles can be ironed out in time.

odnes · February 16, 2026, 12:10pm

Hm, the plot thickens. It appears some posts in Greek are displayed normally, while some others aren’t. Here’s a post that is displayed normally, and contains a link:

and here’s a post that isn’t displayed normally (the one from the screenshot in my original message). Also contains a link.