Multilingual sites: ask for preferred language at registration

My expectation was that by me, as admin, setting “set locale from accept language header”, the interface language would follow the user’s preference, unless they opt for a different language.

I didn’t see a reason to expect different behavior from whether the user applies for membership or I send them an invitation.

I suppose, instead of emailing them an invitation, I could email them a link to the apply page, but then I would need to approve their apply request, which adds possibly a day, since our users are global.

I’d love if this behavior could be changed. But regardless, I appreciate your time in explaining why this feature hasn’t worked as expected, thank you.