Never used RiF, but I left at the same time. The writing was on the wall.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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It makes me a bit upset that the developer of RIF didn't make a Lemmy alternative. They instead went to Tildes, which, when I tried to check it out was not open to public registration. IDK if that changed, but I have not even heard a single person ever mention it outside of those early days after the API changes were announced and people were looking for alternatives.
I want LIF. π©
I'm on Tildes, and it's a good site for discussion without the constant memes and accusations of everyone being a communist / not communist / slightly communist / whatever else seems to get thrown around on Lemmy.
Not real sure why RIF dude chose that site to write an app for though. The site itself is basically exactly the same as the app. Very clean, very simple, no wasted space. It's even better than old.reddit at prioritising content over pretty pictures.
Lemmy would benefit much more from a RIF app, even if Voyager and the like do a pretty good job as it stands.
and accusations of everyone being a communist / not communist / slightly communist / whatever else seems to get thrown around on Lemmy.
So true lol
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Boost was taken away for Reddit and swiftly given back to me for Lemmy. Bless the Boost devs and Lemmy hosts for saving me from the official Reddit experience π€’
Iβve only been here since the start of the year but Iβm happy to be here.
For me it was Apollo
Apollo walked so Voyager could run
10 years on reddit but when they fucked over the Apollo dev I had no problem giving him a couple bucks for the app and moving to Lemmy, havenβt looked back.
I was sync for me, but hell yeah, it's been a good couple of years.
Synch for Lemme and haven't gone back.
2 years and 2 weeks. I must have left a tad early.
Yep that's me. RIF was so good. Why would a website cannibalize itself like this?
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What's RIF? I joined when BaconReader stopped working
Someone else suggested saying when all the 3rd party API supported apps stopped working - but there's only so much room on a meme text box, ya know?
RIF was arguably the best Reddit mobile app.
RIF = reddit is fun
Its was when the third party apps went down
That was me
I stopped using RIF when the dumbass who developed it started whining about open source and monetary remuneration. The app became popular in large part because it was open source.
Itβs just like the nutsack who founded GitHub. A literal GPLv2 program and the guy got super rich and famous, then extolled the virtues of using lax permissive licenses. Absolute tool.
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In 10 days my account will be 2 years old.
I've enjoyed it, and this has been one of my most visited websites during that time. But I'm still not sure I'll stick around after lemm.ee shuts down at the end of this month.
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3 months short for me but that's because it took me that long to figure out how Lemmy worked.
I wasn't on reddit, but I did hear a lot of buzz about lemmy around that time, so I decided to check it out. It's been one of the better places I've enjoyed for discussion.
I told reddit I wouldn't be back and I meant it. RIF was perfect and they didn't deserve the defeat and lies they received for just trying to share reddit to more people in a better manner. Fuck /u/spez
Me too, i even said it in one of my last comments and a couple months later when i logged back in to wipe over my account i saw i had a reply; someone responded saying something like "yeah sure thing, youll be back in 2 days drama queen".
Well, turns out i meant what i said. Bye Felicia
Same. I used the little picture widget to cycle adorable animal pictures all day on my home screen. The one little thing that gave me joy, fucking ruined by corporations. While I don't have a widget anymore, I at least have someplace I can talk for 5 minutes and have someone listen.