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Reddit Was Fun

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Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023

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submitted 2 years ago by Caminsky@lemmy.world to c/redditwasfun@lemmy.world

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I landed here after RIF stopped working on my device and followed RIF link. This will be my new place to find content and see aggregation. Here it is to the end of reddit that starts today! 🍻

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[–] getmesomecoffee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just made my account here. Rest in power RIF! No RIF no reddit for me. Atm problems to log in on desktop. Thoughts and prayers for the lemmy servers :D

[–] elj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Same, no RIF no reddit, the one only & best for 9+ yrs. Might lurk old.reddit some, but seriously ready to turn a new leaf where my interests aren't sold as potential ad-clickers

[–] HalfJack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Exactly. I pretty much exclusively used RIF for the past 11 years. I might still check old.reddit for local news and maybe subredditdrama to see how reddit's quality is declining, but I will find somewhere else for everything else I used reddit for.

[–] meisme@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Watch reddit remove old.reddit next

[–] Argurotoxus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

To me this is clearly a future step. Obviously reddit hasn't cared about the user experience in years and have been slowly maneuvering to make changes that benefit profits at the cost of user experience.

For me personally I look back to when Victoria was fired as the first moment I said "oh OK, it's gonna be like that". The value she brought to the site could not be overstated imo. AMAs were a true spectacle before. Ever since then it's felt like reddit was attempting to "make frog soup" by slowly making everything worse and hoping each individual change wouldn't be enough for the frog to jump out.

They'll learn the hard way that it doesn't work I guess lol.

Death of the apps was the line in the sand for me and many others. Old.reddit will inevitably be taken behind the shed one day and I imagine that'll be another line in the sand. And eventually I really do believe reddit will fade out to the level of digg/tumblr/whatever else.

Love the fediverse idea though. He's hoping it takes off.

One final thought... I swear it's amazing how quickly any company goes to hell once it goes public. To me it really feels like the people making these decisions do not understand the products/services they provide and why they're successful.

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[–] rez_115@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same, glad to join. I am now realizing how much of a pain it is using old reddit on mobile, fuck that lol. Not touching the official app.

[–] BananaMangoShake@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Me too, also I never used the reddit app lol. Hope reddit burns to the ground! Fuck spez, greedy bastard.

[–] Tarkcanis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Didn't feel like waiting for the end, been here a few weeks now.

[–] majere@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

11 years of Reddit. 42k karma. A top 10 comment in the top 10 posts of all time. Happy to be here and build this up!

[–] Johnnius_Maximus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just created a profile, I was using rif last night when suddenly I got the api error code, really sad to see it go.

I really hope lemmy replaces reddit, plenty of us here but we need more growth.

Liking it so far.

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[–] Butter_My_Buttcheeks@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I'm here as well. I loved the design and feel of RIF.

[–] Screwthehole@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Not bad. They just need the page to stop automatically bumping posts down every 3 seconds and this site will be perfectly fine as a replacement

[–] seperis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seriously, I'm legit impressed; there's enough here right already to make the transition work. I'll miss BORU, but losing my AITA habit is probably a win when you're at the point of thinking human extinction may have some good ideas there.

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[–] amcjv12@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

RIF is still working for me, at least for now. Dreading the moment when it stops. RIF has legit been a part of my life for like 3 years.

[–] Alice@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

made an account here recently just to see what was up. I didn't mind reddit (albeit it was very clunky and slow, just not an ideal website for me, miss forums a lot) but lemmy seems like the best compromise. Can't wait to see where it goes from here

[–] Gee2oo40@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm so sad to see RiF go. I'm hopeful for a bright future.

[–] Swisside@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Rest in peace RIF.

Reddit is now officially dead to me. It was a fun ride while it lasted.

[–] Lime_Jam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit is Fun is still working for me. I can browse subreddits but I can't post or login.

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[–] Freestylesno@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Any good Lemmy app replacing rif? Looking for the ability to show tow rows of cards like rif. I seem to be in the minority for using that feature.

[–] iMightEatUrAss@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Download Connect for Lemmy, I think reverse row is what you want. You can change it in the settings. I used RIF the same way

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[–] Phyzaks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Does anyone have a good Lemmy App? I have tried Connect and it is okay, but it is no RIF.

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