I landed here after RIF stopped working on my device and followed RIF link. This will be my new place to find content and see aggregation. Here it is to the end of reddit that starts today! 🍻
first day on Lemmy. redditor for 15 years, RIF user for a good chunk of that.
RIF was the primary way I consumed Reddit. Killing it was a dumb move.
Me too. Sucks to see if go, but heres to new beginnings
Same and I agree that reddit pushing off all 3rd party apps was a bad decision. I keep automatically opening the app before remembering it’s not going to work. Gonna take some time to get used to just using lemmy
If you’re using a browser on your phone, you may be able to create an icon for getting into Lemmy directly and sticking it where RIF was.
Same. 10 years or RIF. This seems like a cozy place!
Legit. I’ve only had positive interactions since being here. The last few years on rif positive interactions were becoming few and far between.
We need a Lemmy is Fun!
50k karma but glad I deleted my account.
And this is why lemmy is better, there is no karma. Don’t need to worry about fake internet points now!
They were just numbers on a screen.
So are transactions and bank accounts. Imagine the world when we’ll get rid of those.
But what will I trade for goods and services now?
Welcome to socialised social networking! We share our goods and services, trade is unnecessary!
Except maybe to donate to your local instance to help keep it running!
Another former RiF user here. Definitely miss the experience of using that app, and Lemmy is certainly new to me. Gonna take some getting used to but it will be interesting to hopefully see this place grow!
Going from RIF to Connect for Lemmy feels like a fever dream at times. Still can’t believe RIF is really gone. Anyway Lemmy seems cool, I’m liking it so far.
I’ll try connect tomorrow, but I just set up jerboa in android and it feels similar enough that I’m not upset
So… are there any apps like rif is fun for lemmy?
I’m using the wefwef.app for a bit today and I like it. Feels very close to RIF, yet you still are aware of the difference. One detail I like is auto-dark mode, and that comments and subsequent replies use colors to show thread height.
I am testing out Jerboa, got a similar feel but missing a few creature comforts. Seems the developer is really working to update and smooth the roughness in the last month so I’m optimistic long term. I’d give it a try!
Jerboa straight up won’t work for me (server version issue?). I figure I’ll just use the browser for a while and see what apps float to the top after the reddit exodus inspires more apps.
I had the same issue, I think it is a server version issue. I started using Connect which has been working well so far, although there are some UI quirks I had to get used to.
I’ve been using Liftoff been working really well and I like the design. Reminds me of the RIF feel.
I’ll check it out!
My experience,
Summit is the closest. It feels the best to me. But it’s barebones and has some hiccups. I had a comment post 14 times this morning. I have high hopes for this one though.
Connect seems the most stable and works well.
Jerboa and Liftoff both work well when they’re working. But they’ve had some bugs and I prefer Connect to them at this point.
My recommendation is to use Connect until you get Lemmy figured out. Then try them all out.
Former RIF user. I tried jeroba but then switched to Connect for Lemmy. Jeroba didn’t quite feel right to me. So far I’m enjoying the UI of Connect.
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As another RIF user who tried Jerboa, I agree with what you said. But I’m just too lazy to try something else as this is still decent enough for me.
I may look into Connect if I still feel unsatisfied with Jerboa.Using Jerboa rn. Scrolling feels a bit clunky.
Using connect and it has a very similar feel.
I did a search for wepwep, but nothing showed up for me in Google play store?
I gave jerboa a soft try but wasn’t thrilled with it. Hoping sync will be a good option when that becomes available.
You can give Liftoff a try
Connect is pretty damn close, and in some ways even better
Hi all. Fuck Spez, onwards we march
I used RIF for almost a decade. It’s sad to see it go.
Bye RIF :( Hello Lemmy :)
To the end of an addiction 🥂
And to the beginning of a new one!
May it last longer and be stronger and more positive than the previous one.
Tried the official app after 10 years of RIF and deleted it within minutes. Downloaded Connect and have been enjoying Lemmy a lot!Looks like I’ve joined the great migration!
Same boat here. The official app is so garbage I don’t even have the slightest desire to download it.
I was a RIF user for 8 years, and now I’m here. Fuck Spez.
It’s a little disgusting, but completely in character, for Reddit to leech off those apps for over a decade and then stab them in the back.
And by leech, I mean I question whether Reddit would have grown as much as it did without the 3rd-party apps. Hardly anyone uses Reddit desktop.
… it’s probably a good thing that I don’t have Reddit on my phone now, to be honest, just wish it hadn’t happened this way.
I’ve heard a lot of people share the same sentiment - it’s actually a good thing that we don’t have access to reddit apps now. It was too addictive, took up too much of our time, and now we get to try new things.
You have any idea how much housework I’ve got done in the last 24 hours???
Ha ha, na I spent it on the xbox
I keep seeing this addiction angle from a lot of people and I can’t help but laugh because, you’re all here, just replacing one addiction with another.
After 13 years on Reddit, mostly consumed through RIF and old.reddit, this is now my “frontpage of the internet”.
Same here bud. 12 years and now we start again
Hi everybody. Make sure to actually start posting and commenting in other communities. I’ve seen so many posts about coming here from Reddit which is fine. But we can’t keep posting about only that.
This right here. As much as I’ve been enjoying Lemmy, it’s also been hard to go strictly-Lemmy, because the active users currently here aren’t quite as deliciously trashy as some of the subreddits. Like, yeah, I’m a developer, yeah I’m a nerd, but you know what? I like makeup tutorials and talking crap about the Teen Mom franchise. I could descend to deep diving in all my guilty pleasures on Reddit, and it’s crickets over here in comparison.
So…I’m trying. But it’ll only be as successful as the content we generate.
Give it time. I remember back in 2007, Reddit was rough around the edges and didn’t have the billion users it has now. It will take time. Slowly but surely, unique communities will emerge.
Absolutely true. It’s tough to be an early adopter sometimes though! I love the vibe here, but I’m really having to shift what my usual community hangouts are. Sometimes I feel like I’m talking to myself in the ones I tried to get running, though one is at least limping along.
But you’re right. Patience and persistence is how we get there.
I’ve seen content explode and I only joined and started having a look yesterday the instant RIF died. At first it was broken as shit, and there wasn’t much to look at. This morning, my front page pretty much resembles my front page on Reddit, except the numbers (points and comment counts) are smaller.
All in all, things are looking good and I feel like in probably a month or less, this place will start to feel like home.
Rip rif. Bring on the new frontier.
