Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
Each community has the power to restrict the languages used in that community.
I can’t speak to the effectiveness of the system, as I don’t really spend time in non-English communities, but it’s certainly a poorly-documented feature.
It ensures that people who can’t read your post (that is, they have that language deselected in their own account settings) won’t see it.
Active (default): Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time
Hot: Like active, but uses time when the post was published
Ah, I gotcha.