as a soon-to-be former user of RIF, i will certainly miss the simplistic design and the ease of use of the app. o7
Hopefully one of the 15+ apps in development for Lemmy/kbin will be similar.
RIF was almost perfect. I hope there's a kbin app that copies the style.
https://github.com/talklittle/reddit-is-fun I wonder how bad the v1 version was? closed the source v2 and up and the recent one was v5. May be a decent basis for someone to pickup.
I always said once RIF goes, I go.
Turns out I was wrong. I left a few weeks early.
Same here! I'm enjoying the intimacy and earnestness of comments on Lemmy so much more than the constant s***posting and circlejerking on Reddit comment threads. I hardly miss reddit at all!
I've been on Reddit since 2012. I don't believe I used any app other than RiF during that whole time. Currently using Power Delete Suite to wipe my account then I plan to delete. I've found quite a better home over here on Lemmy anyways. Wish I had known of this place sooner.
Check back occasionally to verify your comments remain deleted. While I've not had it happen to my main, others have reported their comments seem to return soon after doing a purge.
I thought my deleted comments were getting restored by reddit, but it just turns out that you can't delete comments from private subreddits. So I initially deleted everything during the 2 day blackout, then a few days later when things started opening up again, I saw a ton of comments still on my account, so I just assumed reddit had been restoring them.
Shredders going back at least five years have been editing comments and replacing them with placeholder text prior to deleting, on the assumption they might only be retaining the final version before deletion.
Reddit is such a great source of information though-- especially when I'm looking for user feedback, instructions, or human opinions. It's a shame that many posts are going to get deleted in the following weeks (especially in the tech sphere since most people quitting Reddit are going to be techies)
What I've been doing in cleaning up is, I first edit everything to be scrambled garbage, and then I delete it later. Most devs forget editing stuff is possible, so they won't restore it in the heat of the moment until the logs are burried
I'll second the "Wish I learned about Lemmy sooner" bit. Just feels so much better.
Have a nice day, fellow reddit refugee!
Same story for me too. I've used Reddit since 2012 while only using RiF. The Jerboa app on Android is pretty similar, I've been using it for a while and have been quite liking it.
Although instead of deleting everything, I edited all my comments to be multiple pages of lorem ipsum placeholder text to mess with the AI crawlers that Reddit profits off.
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I used RiF for over a decade and it was consistently excellent. Too good for this world apparently. You will be missed.
One of the few apps I paid for.
I didn’t use RIF but I left Reddit anyways because of their blatant cockiness now.
I didn't use RIF either but the mobile app really sucks
A friend of mine who browses Reddit uses the app and complained for a loooong time about their phones battery. I always thought it was just their battery shitting the bed, as they do, until they got a new phone and I realized how much battery the official Reddit app actually uses compared to the third party apps. If nothing else, that's a big reason not to use it.
RIF has been my app of choice for 10 years. I hope that the developers jump on over and create a Lemmy version. Until then I am using Jerboa and it is working well enough. Death to Reddit, Long Live the Fediverse!
I want LIF. Lemmy is fun.
I get "server version (0.17.4) is too low" when trying to log in with Jerboa. It seems cool otherwise though. Hopefully a lemmy.world update will fix it?
I've been using Connect for Lemmy and it doesn't have that problem. Once all the servers are on newer versions Jerboa should be fine again.
Connect for lemmy has some better UI, also lemmy doesn't like my lemmy.world account x.x
It would be cool if the dev(s) came out with a version for Lemmy, too. rif is my favorite reddit app and I'd love to be able to access Lemmy from a version of it.
He's too busy working on Tildes, unfortunately.
Was a RIF user for over 10 years, deleted my reddit account, all the reddit apps I had and moved here. Was good fun while it lasted. Remember nothing lasts forever and change is good, even if it feels bad at the time.
RIF worked great on my shitty rural internet. The official app probably wouldn't even load anything assuming I could download it in the first place. That's why places like Lemmy are so important to me in a world full of video content.
Hoping to see Lemmy is Fun or something similar from them. Been on RIF for years...
“LNR (LNR Not Reddit)”
Is that too obscure of a joke?
No it's not, haha. When they had to change their name and I read the reason why that was probably one of the first times where I sat there thinking "Hmm. The admins of Reddit might be goddam idiots."
If you went with one more letter you could have LINR (LINR Is Not Reddit), which while being a weaker reference is actually pronouncable as a word.
Reddit Is Fin.
Reddit is kill
But who was phone?
RIF - Reddit is Fun
Reddit kills 3rd party apps.
RIP - Reddit is Poo
In Lemmy we don't poo!
That's right, we hold our shit in! 😤
Definitely not Reddit is Profit
Fun fact: Back in the day RIF paid for the pleasure to use the reddit name and spez killed the deal upon taking over.
I do remember when its name was "Reddit is fun" and then was renamed to "RIF is fun" but never questioned why. Your explanation fits the current mess.
I had thought RIF was illegally using the trademark, even so I didn't care who was in the wrong, RIF was a godsend even then, I wouldn't be using reddit on phone without it. Grant to learn that RIF tried to do good legally until spez came along.
End of an era. Glad Lemmy is shaping up to be a good replacement. Seems a lot of the homies that used reddit when it was actually reddit migrated here
I used RiF initially because the phone I had 8 years ago was very old for it's time, running Android 4.3 which was largely obsolete at the time.
The official reddit app, the masterpiece that it is (/s) couldn't be downloaded for my version of Android. But I could download RiF. And so that's what I used back then.
I've cycled through a few phones since then; most of them Google Pixels, which certainly are capable of running the official reddit app. But RiF was more than just a crutch for an old OS for me. It was my go-to way to browse reddit, and so I stuck with it, up until now.
No more RiF, no more reddit. It's been a fun run, rest in peace.
Goodbye old friend it was fun while it lasted
Love something in RIF's vein for Lemmy. I don't know if the dev is interested but I hope someone picks up this design philosophy for a Lemmy app
I'm using Jerboa and it's reasonably close.
Seconded! RIF was the perfect minimalistic interface. Everything you want, nothing you don't. RIP RIF
thank you RIF for the years of clean viewing on mobile. your work is greatly appreciated. I wish good things for you in the future.
Reddit is fun was the first smartphone app I heavily used. I was with it pretty much since it was created. RIP.
Goodbye RIF, my preferred app from the before times.
I see a lot of developers coming over to Lemmy, which is great, but I'll throw out that I've been on Jerboa since maybe my second or third day on Lemmy and I really like it. A little different than RIF, but easy and straight forward to use. Give it a try if you haven't already!
There's a few QOL things that RIF did that jerboa doesn't (like scrolling down in your comment box when you go past the bottom of it) but otherwise I agree, it's been a good gap-filler while coming over to lemmy and waiting for something like RIF to come around.
Same
Tried Jerboa. Still needs more time in the oven but it's getting there. Try Liftoff. More polished IMO. Thunder is good too.
Thank you RIF... I love being able watch redditors asking the save video bot to get a download link while I could just save using RIF. You also make copying and sharing link so simple. You don't have all the fluff of those annoying awards and I deeply appreciate it. It clearly shows that you know content is the most important thing and you respect and focus on it. Sorry a particular fuckwit can't see that. I'll genuinely miss you.
I'm riding RiF until the very end. First app I used on Android up until the official app came out. Used that for 3 days before going back to RiF.
RIF is gonna be missed, for sure. Thanks for all the fun. pours one out
Same. Love the app and will use it as long as possible.
Upvote for this post, downvote for Reddit's decision. Very sad times for the devs and users of 3rd party apps.
Now onward to the fediverse!
12 years on Reddit... 12 years on RIF.
Man this sucks
Thank you for all those years, RIF. This is bullshit, man.
Rif was my daily goto for years. Rip. Hope they can switch over to lemmy.
Thank you, RIF. You were reddit to me. I won't be going back.
You were the first app that I ever paid money for. And you remain the only way I will look at reddit on my mobile device. Rest In Spaghetti, Never Forgetti
I am not by nature a sentimental person regarding software but I will truly miss RiF.
RiF was my gateway to Reddit. Sad it's all coming to an end. RIP RIF
Bye RIF, i'll uninstall you while doing a salute when you flatline.Thank you for all the years of being Reddit for me. Oh and spez? FUCK YOU
The end of an era. RiF was a goto for me back when I was on Android. Really liked using the compact mode to digest things quickly. As another commenter said, it felt like a proper enhancement of old.reddit. I wish the dev well for whatever future is in store for him.
Thank you rif. miss those new post notifications and being able to switch from parent to child comments etc..
My go to reddit app for 10 years. I even prefer using it than using old.reddit on desktop.
Still missing two options from RiF:
- Load content as pages.
- Collapse comments by default.
Somehow I don't think he is going to add those features.
Goodbye reddit, we've had some good years together!
Long live RiF
the best way to use reddit. still the first app i use in the morning to check if the world didnt fall apart overnight. will definitely drop my overall reddit browsing a good 95% without it (the other 5% being sitting at desktop and bored enough to use reddit)
Fuck /u/spez
o7
to on of my most loved android apps
Did it go early?
Its still working as of tonight. The shutdown is supposed to be Friday night.
Ugh I'm not ready. Not all the subs I check have moved over. I am going to be desktop bound for them.
o7
damn gonna miss 3rd party apps
I'll miss RiF :(
Salute from an Apollo user. (Or ex-Apollo user at this point.)
I started off with BaconReader and then moved on to RIF and they were both great apps. It's disappointing how everything has gone down.
My first reddit app. Used many over the years, but RIF was perfection. I hope something comes along for lemmy/kbin that has the same feel. I think as soon as we have that killer mobile app for lemmy/kbin it's light out for Reddit.
I didn't browse Reddit much on mobile, but when I did I used RIF.
Was my goto and the reason I left.
Same, it was actually my sole entry point to reddit since a while now. Oh well 🤷
I will indeed miss RIF.. the only app I used reddit on
RIP
I'm pretty sure that the RIF developer is working on an app for Tildes, which is an invite-only non-profit reddit alternative.
Tildes and bluesky are missing the boat by being invite only at this time. They could have had the migration by being better developed alternatives. Instead they're losing everything to lemmy and kbin.
Yeah, I understand they would struggle to scale this suddenly for the influx. Like lemmy and kbin did, but the alternative is that they're now forgotten and missed the boat.
Idk man. I got a tildes invite and I spend a ton more time on there than here, the fediverse seemed to inherit all the bad parts of reddit culture, whereas tildes uses the slow growth and strict moderation to maintain a higher standard of discussion.
Tildes literally doesn't want people to join it. I mean they physically would rather people go somewhere else (which is why they're invite-only).
They're very much against the concept of Tildes turning into Reddit and would rather have small, dedicated spaces without "fluff". Hence why they don't allow animal pictures or memes.
BlueSky I think is definitely missing the boat, but they're also a bit more like Twitter and have a bit of a frat boy culture.
Most Tildes users (at least the ones who've been active for a while) don't want it becoming like Reddit. It's more a forum for thoughtful discussion than a link aggregator or meme/joke sharing platform. Low effort comments and jokes are literally marked as 'noise'. It's a quality over quantity thing. From the discussions I've seen there on this topic they're quite happy to have "missed the boat". This might change with time, but I don't expect that to happen for a while.
Tildes isn't supposed to be a reddit. It's just for small scale discussions and posts, I'm not thinking they're looking to expand.
Sounds pretty useless tbh. Not to shit on the developper but a lot of these spaces are basically trying to shut themselves off. Invite only will kill your site. The reason reddit got big was because it is open to anyone. It's also the reason why lemmy.world is having way more growth than pretty much any other instance.
Beehaw was easily the behemoth before they decided to defederate from lemmy.world and them being invite only is quickly turning out to hamper them. Tildes is even worse because they don't even federate
Now pretty much only technology is worth checking from beehaw if even.
I only ever used rif. Super simple and streamlined, very intuitive. It made getting linked to reddit web browser a damn chore.
rip rif <3
How are there so many people on this website? Are most of them bots? Most of the posts that are here are just reposts from Reddit..
We go here because we do not want to use reddit anymore.
You're on a federated platform, people are talking here from across lots of different websites. They're genuinely popular though, most of the posts are human, most of the humans recently left Reddit so there's a lot of shares of favourite content.
We're allowing reposts from Reddit to build up our base of content on the new platform, and to allow people to archive their posts they've previously made on the subreddit.
