I was using RIF for about ten years, and RIF Golden Platinum for some large chunk of that. The site redesign annd the mobile app are pure dogshit, and over the years, RIF was my only access point. I even had it installed on my Windows 11 PC. I was distressed and alarmed to see it so viciously and obviously slated for destruction by Lord Farquaad. I initially and immediately supported the idea of the 2 day blackout. Then I heard about the absolute lack of concern for Reddit’s blind users. I’ve never been one to simply not give a fuck because something doesn’t affect me personally. TBH, I consider that to be a moral failing. Then /u/Phlegm moved on to spreading sheer libelous claims about the Apollo dev. At that point, I had heard about a few alternatives people were promoting and decided to look into them. Before the blackout started, I deleted all my posts and comments, deleted my accounts, and learned how to use Lemmy. I couldn’t comfortably support Reddit anymore by then, and being here has really opened my eyes to how shitty Reddit is these days anyway, with the bots and politicall/science disinformation campaigns, the pure bullshit stories, the tired assed in-jokes, the power mods, etc. ad nauseam. I’ll miss RIF a great deal - I don’t even want to uninstall it, lol, but Jerboa and WefWef are coming along nicely. It’s honestly been a breath of fresh air.
I was using RIF for about ten years, and RIF Golden Platinum for some large chunk of that. The site redesign annd the mobile app are pure dogshit, and over the years, RIF was my only access point. I even had it installed on my Windows 11 PC. I was distressed and alarmed to see it so viciously and obviously slated for destruction by Lord Farquaad. I initially and immediately supported the idea of the 2 day blackout. Then I heard about the absolute lack of concern for Reddit’s blind users. I’ve never been one to simply not give a fuck because something doesn’t affect me personally. TBH, I consider that to be a moral failing. Then /u/Phlegm moved on to spreading sheer libelous claims about the Apollo dev. At that point, I had heard about a few alternatives people were promoting and decided to look into them. Before the blackout started, I deleted all my posts and comments, deleted my accounts, and learned how to use Lemmy. I couldn’t comfortably support Reddit anymore by then, and being here has really opened my eyes to how shitty Reddit is these days anyway, with the bots and politicall/science disinformation campaigns, the pure bullshit stories, the tired assed in-jokes, the power mods, etc. ad nauseam. I’ll miss RIF a great deal - I don’t even want to uninstall it, lol, but Jerboa and WefWef are coming along nicely. It’s honestly been a breath of fresh air.