Reddit Was Fun

Came here because RIF shut down and I can't believe how bad the regular reddit app is. Here's hoping that Lemmy is the new reddit!

LEMMY IS FUN ... PLEASE. I will pay.

Throwing in my appreciation for the best damn Reddit app there ever was.

Thanks for the app, @talklittle. I purchased RIF back in 2012 and it has been the only way I've used reddit on mobile ever since. Sad to see it go.

RIF is why I'm here, I deleted it from my front page, realized I hated going to the reddit website, and looked for something better.

I know he's working on something different, for a different site, but I also hope he's considering a LIF or something like that.

Rest in peace in peace

A decade of a truly-superior user experience.

I can't even bring myself to delete it. I feel like it needs to stay memorialized in my app list.

Thanks for such a great product, devs. It'll be sorely missed.

I just woke up, opened the app out of habit, saw a 429 error, and uninstalled. There's an empty spot on my home screen now that I'll fill with LiftOff after a mourning period

Thank you talklittle! You made redditing so enjoyable with RiF. I was introduced to your app about a decade ago and never stopped using it. I spent years writing exhaustive and informative comments, none of it would've been possible without the functionality of RiF.

I'm glad to see you on the Fediverse now :)

RIP RIF

tbf i didn't actually stop using redditisfun. I followed the guide to patching RIF with revanced which changes the user agent of the app to hide from reddit that you're using redditisfun

The instructions are here https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/14niwgu/revanced_patches_for_boost_infinity_rif_is_fun?sort=new

Gonna plug revanced here, too, since i already had revanced because i use it to have adfree YouTube and YouTube music with unlimited skips. Been using it since it was called vanced, when they just shared modified APKs. Then Google shut them down with a cease and desist letter so revanced was born. It's a system for patching apps yourself which gives the developers a bit more legal cover.

Revanced.app

GitHub.com/revanced

RIF made Reddit tolerable as the site declined in recent years. I might go back for the live NFL game threads but hopefully Lemmy gets some good sport communities by then. The Connect app has been decent so far but RIF was near perfect in it's simplicity - I hope other app developers take note.

RIF was what Reddit looked like to me. Used it for over a decade. I paid for it once and it was ad free always after that. Good bye old friend

I'll miss Reddit and mostly RIF, but I'm not staying on that sinking ship. I hope Lemmy and Mastodon will get more and more traffic so it just replaces these toxic platforms at one point.

RIP RIF, you will be missed.

"Error loading Reddit data. Please try again later." 🥺

Would pay for Rif for lemmy

LIF when? 🥹

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.

I really truly appreciate how RIF changed my experience with Reddit and allowed me to curate my front page.

Was really struggling with awful content being pushed at me, but I still wanted to stay connected with the outside world. RIF allowed me filter out harmful stuff and make the whole thing so much better.

I miss my support communities & super niche interest subs. A lot. But I'm at least thankful that I got to experience them while I could.

Thank you, RIF!

RIF was pretty much reddit for me, such a shame that it had to end in this way.

Reddit will never be Reddit without RIF.

RIP.

Just realized I've been using RIF from start to finish... 14 years. Everything else was shit. And that's not just kind of my opinion.

Came here from RIF. RIP

Over a decade on Reddit, using RIF on 4 different smart phones, and now it's all over. O7 I salute you RIF, ya done good kid.

Missed the opportunity to put. "RIF" in peace hahaaha

Goodnight sweet prince. Buying golden platinum was the best investment I've made in any software. I wish I could see how many hours I spent on it.

Thank you talklittle for your amazing work on that app. I would consider myself lucky to be able to buy golden platinum in whatever you next develop. I'll watch your career with interest.

Made my Reddit account on RIF almost 10 years ago. Never used anything else really, aside from the odd visit on the desktop site. Now, here I am. Fuck you, Reddit.

I will miss RIF, and I cannot browse reddit without it. I am, however, looking foward to further interacting with the fediverse. I am just trying to remain respectful of places that other people created and established. Reddit was fun, but it was a mess (fake posts for karma, rage bait posts, harassment over the slightest little thing, people who couldn't and wouldn't intelligently articulate their view, etc). I'm hoping to not bring that here.

Missed opportunity for

Rif in peace

I'm going to miss RIF. I actually found reddit through that app in the play store. After 8 years of using it and 7.5 of having an account, it'll take some getting used to not opening RIF. I'll keep it on my phone as a memorial.

RIP RIF

Sad day, can't wait for LIF 🤟

Is there a chance that the dev can rewrite rif for lemmy? I love rif, my favorite app. I'm not using some Lemmy app and Im not loving it

Rif was reddit for me. It's saved me through so many boring commutes to the office and back. Rif, you shall be missed.

Good night, sweet prince. You weren't a good app... you were the best.

It would be awesome if RIF could be repurposed to be a front end for lemmy.

Rip in peace rif is fun :(

Hey @[email protected], just wanted to say thanks for one more smile. May RIF is Fun RIP in Peace.

RIF was my first and only reddit app since I got an android phone in 2015. I used to use a Nokia Lumia so I had a different app before the, can't remember the name, something with bacon in the name (E: Baconit!).

But 8 years of using reddit on my phone almost exclusively through reddit is fun. Every phone I've had it's occupied the same space, right next to my Firefox. Maybe I'll replace it with a Lemmy app or maybe I'll just keep it there as a memory. I'm still not sure what I'll do about reddit in general. I've been pretty good at keeping away, but occasionally I'll find myself going back to it out of a deep habit. Maybe RIF not working will break that finally.

EDIT: Was curious when I bought Golden Platinum and apparently late 2017. Funny story is that I never even used it. Was a small amount for an app I'd used for two years by that point to show support. Maybe I could have done more but it's too late for reddit now.

RIF in Peace. You'll be missed but never forgotten, unlike Reddit.

@talklittle thank you very much for your service and for developing the best app to browse Reddit with.

Been using RIF since around 2011. I hope that Lemmy or Tildes takes off.