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[–] germtm_ 111 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] OtakuAltair 67 points 1 year ago (11 children)
[–] Killer 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean jerboa seems pretty similar

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

At present, Jerboa seems pretty buggy. At least for me.

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[–] misterundercoat 79 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always said once RIF goes, I go.

Turns out I was wrong. I left a few weeks early.

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[–] RedditRefugeeTom 73 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Zectivi 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Zarxrax 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] Merulox 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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)

[–] Imotali 27 points 1 year ago

That's why you should delete the comments/posts though. Because you make it less desirable to advertisers by making it less convenient to "just add Reddit" after a Google search.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

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.

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[–] VubDapple 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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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.

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[–] Lifecoach5000 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn’t use RIF but I left Reddit anyways because of their blatant cockiness now.

[–] endeavour 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I didn't use RIF either but the mobile app really sucks

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[–] bananaphone 52 points 1 year ago (17 children)

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!

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[–] burretploof 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Fastfish05 46 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] FollyDolly 41 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] limit 39 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Hoping to see Lemmy is Fun or something similar from them. Been on RIF for years...

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[–] ODuffer 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fun fact: Back in the day RIF paid for the pleasure to use the reddit name and spez killed the deal upon taking over.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] Call_Me_Maple 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

RIF - Reddit is Fun

Reddit kills 3rd party apps.

RIP - Reddit is Poo

[–] TheFrogThatFlies 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] berno 33 points 1 year ago

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

[–] xyzinferno 31 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] helovesblink182 31 points 1 year ago

Goodbye old friend it was fun while it lasted

[–] deweydecibel 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Buelldozer 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm using Jerboa and it's reasonably close.

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[–] Hotdogman 29 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Tiamo 28 points 1 year ago

Reddit is fun was the first smartphone app I heavily used. I was with it pretty much since it was created. RIP.

[–] Lilnino 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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!

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[–] coldv 26 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Nahlej 25 points 1 year ago

12 years on Reddit... 12 years on RIF.

Man this sucks

[–] gornar 25 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] mesamunefire 25 points 1 year ago

Rif was my daily goto for years. Rip. Hope they can switch over to lemmy.

[–] goombakid 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Thank you for all those years, RIF. This is bullshit, man.

[–] WhereGrapesMayRule 23 points 1 year ago

Thank you, RIF. You were reddit to me. I won't be going back.

[–] TheFence 23 points 1 year ago

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

[–] JdW 22 points 1 year ago

I am not by nature a sentimental person regarding software but I will truly miss RiF.

[–] Resonosity 21 points 1 year ago

RiF was my gateway to Reddit. Sad it's all coming to an end. RIP RIF

[–] ventusx 18 points 1 year ago

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

[–] jcb2016 17 points 1 year ago

Thank you rif. miss those new post notifications and being able to switch from parent to child comments etc..

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

My go to reddit app for 10 years. I even prefer using it than using old.reddit on desktop.

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