So far as I know, there ain’t squat you can do about abusive mods, but I’ll say this for what little it’s worth:

I’ve been following 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙 for months, one of about twenty Lemmy contributors I seriously appreciate. Always smart, sometimes funny, sometimes pissed off but in a good way. Said WTF out loud when I saw you’d been banned, and I’m glad you’re back, 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙.

A long-ago girlfriend made us these for breakfast, and called them glory holes. Seriously, circa 1975. She had no idea, said her family had always called them glory holes.

I’d never used that sort before, but got the same result — no results.

Bookmarked!

I am sending you Lemmy Gold, which sadly ain’t nothing but this electronic high-five. Thank you!

Where, though? Where does one communicate a bug report or something?

It’s a longrunning frustration that needs to be addressed. At the very least it needs to be announced. But it’s a Lemmy problem, isn’t it – not a lemmy.world problem.

I was intentionally out of contact with the family for about 25 years, and have no regrets. Had a great time without them.

A few of them I’ve missed, and I’ve mellowed, so I’m back in contact again but only under my terms, and it’s working out nicely. Thanks for asking.

My settings are, as OP states, drop-down defaults to “Select Language” with “Undetermined” and “English”. And still I get posts in languages I don’t know — not lots, but obviously they’re useless to me, and I’d prefer blocking such posts.