this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I paid for RiF about 10 years ago, and it's one of the best purchases I've ever made. Big shout out to the development team for their support all these years!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I used RIF for nearly a decade. Thanks for a great little app that got regular updates over the years. Talklittle, you are a great human! I will happily pay for your next app.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

RIF was fantastic. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

To Talklittle... Thank you for all the years and hard work you put into RIF. I happened upon your app years ago when I was having a difficult time in my life and found simple solace there. Since then I fully embraced RIF and even got some friends to join the app/community as well. I am fiercely heartbroken over that other apps disgusting treatment of you and the others. I am very sorry, but more than that, I'm incredibly grateful to you. Thank you. Sending peace, love, and strength. 💕

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Goodbye, RIF. It was the best.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Goodbye RIF. You'll be missed!

LIF??

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now I'm wondering, any chance for the app to be remade for Lemmy in the future?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It will be greatly missed, but interested to see how this all plays out with Lemmy and the other alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I will miss it...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Relay For Reddit and it is still working on my phone NSFW and all. I wonder why.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Relay is moving to a subscription model in the near future. Meanwhile it will remain free. The NSFW limitation is scheduled for July 5.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Used it daily from my bed, the office, and the shitter.

RIPRIF

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After 9 years of RIF this was a weird weekend and boring poops! lol First post here using Jerboa and like the interface so far.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jerboa has a dark mode I discovered, and density scaling to feel very RIF

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My first comment on lemmy! RIP RIF

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Opening RIF today is so depressing 😭😭

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I used Reddit exclusively through RIF. It was perfect for what I wanted out of the site.

A sad day. But now I'm here via Jerboa and like it a lot so far.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

RIF was the only bearable way to use Reddit on my phone, I am The Big Sad™️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've used RIF for over six years. It's crazy to think about all the stuff the world has been through during that time. RIF was a huge source of community for me - especially during the pandemic. It stinks to say goodbye but all things end and I'm sure something better (maybe Lemmy?) will eventually fill the void. Really sad to see the position that Reddit has taken on all this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

RIF is Reddit for me. Unless I'm at a computer. Sorry they did us dirty, but thanks for the past ten years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

RID (reddit is dead)

...very ironic acronym, lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Farewell old friend it was fun while it lasted. Hope they have a good future working in some new project.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much u/talklittle for 10+ years of enjoyment. The thing that stood out about rif was how clean and information dense the list view was. It reminded me of old.reddit where you're looking at a list of posts instead of constantly scrolling like the newer reddit card design. Makes me feel slightly more sane about staring at my phone.

Very excited to see where your future takes you. reddit was always going to fail. Every site or social media network will eventually fail. In its place will fall something else. As ridiculous as your experience has been, perhaps this is for the best.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Goodnight sweet prince

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you @talklittle for having that app for so long

I didn't believe it would really go down until I saw it myself

Tried using Firefox for Android w/ Adblock for about 1 night and the user experience was as bad as using Lemmy, a site buckling under expanding user growth and in its infancy in development. So I said "Well, I might as well just use Lemmy".

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I used Infinity for reddit on Android....I could have switched back to the original app and been ok in a lot of ways, but I know I would feel like a scab

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still getting current Reddit data out of RiF, as of right now. Not sure exactly what's going on there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same, it logged me out but it's still updating. Anyone know how/why?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No clue. But it let me log right back in

Also, now that Jerboa is working. This is much better. The other Android app I was using was having a hard time

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