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I'm in Quebec, so all of the Change.org controls appear to me in French. There is no option to change this unless I log in (never a problem on actual Canadian websites which typically have a language button in the corner)

What a terrible design decision.

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There is a language switcher in the footer no login required.

You have to scroll past a lot of twitter trash to find it, though.

Still bad design. This is almost universally put in the top right.

I disagree. True, the first place I look is the top right. But the second place is the footer because I've come across a bunch of sites where this is the place to change language.

It's common enough, I think, to be at the very least 'adequate' deesign.

The web really needs to remember that content negotiation is actually a thing.

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