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
Hopefully one of the 15+ apps in development for Lemmy/kbin will be similar.
I mean jerboa seems pretty similar
At present, Jerboa seems pretty buggy. At least for me.
I find Liftoff to be much, much better atm
Almost already recommendable to people upset about third party reddit apps; just needs to remove the need to know how instances work when registering.
Liftoff is close but still a little buggy (to be expected). I appreciate the compact mode and option to take the curve off the corners.
But it’s still not quite what I’m looking for from a RIF replacement. It’s still too stylized and using “modern” design aesthetic with all it’s wasted screen space and padding.
I like RIF for it’s classic design. Simple, straightforward, compact.
I’m 100% with you, RiF was almost perfectly lean and efficient in how it presented things and nothing else is quite there. I like maximal info density and minimal UI, RiF really had the balance dialed in.
But it’s still not quite what I’m looking for from a RIF replacement. It’s still too stylized and using “modern” design aesthetic with all it’s wasted screen space and padding.
I said something similar in the Matrix channel for it and one of the devs said he’s already working on making the “compact” design more compact.
Its still super early in its development. Im sure RiF had some bugs to work through when it was launching as well.
Im willing to use it, let it crash, and send in crash reports to help the dev make it better in the meantime (at least I hope thats what I am doing).
I couldn’t even get it running but I’m using liftoff now and it feels good so far.
I haven’t had many issues with it. Apparently the latest update is buggy, but I haven’t updated it
Jerboa is very similar to me. Pretty much slotted that in on the spot that rif used to be and haven’t skipped a beat.
I’ve been using jeroba for last two weeks, and like it. I just installed connect for lemmy, and find it just feels smoother and slicker.
Agree on this, Jerboa has the settings to have each post take a minimal amount of space like I enjoyed on RIF
I just installed it. The interface is close enough that I haven’t had to search for anything, which is great.
And I think I actually prefer Jerboa’s text editor over RiF.
Edit: Aaaand it broke. It won’t load anything but the local tab, silently failing back to it whenever I click on all or subscribed. I’m trying out Launch now. It seems to work decently well, but I don’t like the UI as much. Also it doesn’t appear to have any way to subscribe to remote communities that aren’t already subscribed to by at least one person on your local instance, which is fairly annoying as someone who signed up on a fairly small instance.
It doesn’t seem to work on my phone. It keep crashing. I haven’t heard anyone else mention this problem, so it might just be my POS. Looking forward replacing RIF with something like this though
Liftoff works well for me.
There’s a current issue with lemmy.world being on an older version than Jerboa
RIF was almost perfect. I hope there’s a kbin app that copies the style.
https://github.com/talklittle/reddit-is-fun I wonder how bad the v1 version was? closed the source v2 and up and the recent one was v5. May be a decent basis for someone to pickup.
There’s not much reason to try jerryrigging RIF to Lemmy, especially V1. We have no shortage of people willing to build an app for Lemmy from the ground up. What matters is the design philosophy that dev has. We just need one to want to make an RIF clone, and not something over-designed and “showy”.
I always said once RIF goes, I go.
Turns out I was wrong. I left a few weeks early.
Same here! I’m enjoying the intimacy and earnestness of comments on Lemmy so much more than the constant s***posting and circlejerking on Reddit comment threads. I hardly miss reddit at all!
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.
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.
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.
I did advertising to Lemmy and got my first ban ever. Dw it’s fine, I didn’t even do it in a very toxic way.
I just mentioned a bunch people where comming here
Hahaha I don’t even have to try to advertise, all I have to do is post and I’m instantly banned… I think I hurt a mods feeling by making AITA_Mods_are_incels as an alt user name.
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)
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.
From what I heard, there is another website that ‘scrapes’ Reddit for the information, so in theory that information should not be lost.
Which website? Unless you mean the Internet Archive?
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.
What I’ve been doing in cleaning up is, I first edit everything to be scrambled garbage, and then I delete it later. Most devs forget editing stuff is possible, so they won’t restore it in the heat of the moment until the logs are burried
I’ll second the “Wish I learned about Lemmy sooner” bit. Just feels so much better.
Have a nice day, fellow reddit refugee!
Same story for me too. I’ve used Reddit since 2012 while only using RiF. The Jerboa app on Android is pretty similar, I’ve been using it for a while and have been quite liking it.
Although instead of deleting everything, I edited all my comments to be multiple pages of lorem ipsum placeholder text to mess with the AI crawlers that Reddit profits off.
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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.
One of the few apps I paid for.
I didn’t use RIF but I left Reddit anyways because of their blatant cockiness now.
I didn’t use RIF either but the mobile app really sucks
I didn’t use RIF either, but I use Infinity on Android.
I didn’t use RIF either, but I did stay at a holiday inn last night.
Use(d).
Thank you, police grammer.
A friend of mine who browses Reddit uses the app and complained for a loooong time about their phones battery. I always thought it was just their battery shitting the bed, as they do, until they got a new phone and I realized how much battery the official Reddit app actually uses compared to the third party apps. If nothing else, that’s a big reason not to use it.
You know now that you frickin mention it, I feel like my battery life has gotten tons better as well since uninstalling the official app a couple weeks ago.
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!
Looks like RIF is going to Tildes
Tildes is really a great place. But it being invite only was probably the worst thing for it if it wanted growth. People couldn’t get on Tildes so they came to places like Lemmy or Kbin or one of the others.
I think it’s also bad if you’re looking for unbiased opinion. Making it invite only might as well be a way to speedrun the creation of a filter bubble.
Many social networks started as invite only precisely to make users desire it even more. It’s often used as a marketing strategy.
That being said, even if it’s fun and great and all, I dislike this strategy so much I’m not ever joining. Lemmy being open in most meanings of the world is better.
Just email the guy. I got an invite after 3 days after asking for one.
I have been in for a month. I was more talking about other folks who want to get in. A single person managing the entire access manually is not a great approach.
Damn really? I emailed him during the reddpocolypse; must’ve been lucky I guess. But yeah for sure I feel you. Also Tildes is the same as Reddit and Squabbles, centralized. I wished that RIF was coming here instead though, it was the only way for me to use reddit.
Tildes was actively not looking for exponential growth, and the drop in quality that sometimes accompanies it. It is not a Reddit alternative for most folks, who use it for cat pics, star wars memes, and outrage porn. It is for a niche of users who prefer slightly longer form, quality content, and knee jerk reactions and comments aren’t as valued over there. I like it, but both Lemmy and Tildes complement each other well rather than being directly against each other. Worst case, one can always browse Tildes without logging in. I don’t know why people rush to make accounts immediately, without waiting to get a vibe of the space.
It is for a niche of users who prefer slightly longer form, quality content, and knee jerk reactions and comments aren’t as valued over there. I have been a user on Tildes for the last month. Tildes is great, but it is not any different than Reddit. Sure it has fewer communities and it is a community of text posts. But the same drivel comments that existed on Reddit exist on Tildes. They are essentially the same people after all. Lets not pretend like Tildes is somehow a community of more refined and intelligent people holding adult conversations while those at the Reddit kids table drool and shit themselves. They’re the same people. The influx of Lemmy and Tildes users are Reddit refugees.
I want LIF. Lemmy is fun.
Reddit is dead, Long live the Fediphiles!
I vote we do NOT use that term.
Too close to Pediphiles if you ask me.
Those who like bikes?
I get “server version (0.17.4) is too low” when trying to log in with Jerboa. It seems cool otherwise though. Hopefully a lemmy.world update will fix it?
I’ve been using Connect for Lemmy and it doesn’t have that problem. Once all the servers are on newer versions Jerboa should be fine again.
Connect for lemmy has some better UI, also lemmy doesn’t like my lemmy.world account x.x
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.
He’s too busy working on Tildes, unfortunately.
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.
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.
Hoping to see Lemmy is Fun or something similar from them. Been on RIF for years…
“LNR (LNR Not Reddit)”
Is that too obscure of a joke?
No it’s not, haha. When they had to change their name and I read the reason why that was probably one of the first times where I sat there thinking “Hmm. The admins of Reddit might be goddam idiots.”
How would we pronounce LNR? Doesn’t roll off the tongue like GNU does :(
Like Eleanor? That’s how it sounded when I read it anyway.
I still don’t know how to pronounce GNU.
Like canoe but with a “g” instead.
If you went with one more letter you could have LINR (LINR Is Not Reddit), which while being a weaker reference is actually pronouncable as a word.
Fun fact: Back in the day RIF paid for the pleasure to use the reddit name and spez killed the deal upon taking over.
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.
I always wondered why the app was called RIF is fun. I always tried to search for reddit because I thought the app was called Reddit is Fun.
I knew Reddit had claimed trademark and got them to remove it, I didn’t realise they had a deal at one point then Reddit went back on it
Spez has altered the deal, pray he doesn’t alter it further.
He already has. I’m altering the deal too. spez can go fuck himself. I’m out
Too late
I had thought RIF was illegally using the trademark, even so I didn’t care who was in the wrong, RIF was a godsend even then, I wouldn’t be using reddit on phone without it. Grant to learn that RIF tried to do good legally until spez came along.
RIF - Reddit is Fun
Reddit kills 3rd party apps.
RIP - Reddit is Poo
In Lemmy we don’t poo!
That’s right, we hold our shit in! 😤
Definitely not Reddit is Profit
Reddit Is Fin.
Reddit is kill
But who was phone?
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
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.
