Just thought I’d point this out to anyone looking for an RIF alternative that’s actually in the same vein as RIF (compact, simple, clean).

Boost was a Reddit app until today. They just added a preview to the Play Store for their Lemmy app with no fanfare.

  • @FecesInYourFaces
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    1411 months ago

    I came from Apollo, and wefwef.app has made the transition much much easier. Now let’s grow these communities!

    • @Alivrah
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      311 months ago

      I’m so grateful you posted this comment! As a fellow refugee from Reddit that used only Apollo since the very beginning, wefwef is truly a blessing!

      Wouldn’t have found out about it so soon if not for you!

  • @Duvidl
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    Now trying out Connect for Lemmy. Seems to work fine with a few customization tweaks. Looks very similar to RIF.

      • @Duvidl
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        611 months ago

        Mainly the layout as a list instead of cards one in the settings. Also, don’t need the navigation bar all the time.

        • @FediFuckerFantastico
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          111 months ago

          Thanks for that, I’ll be applying those tweaks on Connect myself. boost looks cool, I’ve bounce from Jerboa to Wefwef and now to Connect, I think I’ll hang out here for awhile unless I hear raving reviews about Boost

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            11 months ago

            Connect has surpassed jerboa for me at the moment.

            Wefwef is still incomplete, there’s no block user or community (for when something gets spammy)

            • @CantankerousGay
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              111 months ago

              I also just hopped from Jerboa to Connect. I like the look and feel of Connect more. I’m coming from BaconReader and this is the closest experience to that I’ve found so far.

    • @HappycamperNZ
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      111 months ago

      I just downloaded it, feels a bit leggy but also has a nice feel to it.

  • @kyle1320
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    1011 months ago

    Boost was my favorite app for Reddit, super excited to see this! Thanks for sharing!

  • @squigglemonster
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    Looks good! I’ve been using Jerboa on list view and finding it pretty close to my old experience on rif.

  • Haakon
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    411 months ago

    Wow, this looks exactly like RIF.

    Personally I’m making the move to open source as long as I’m moving from Reddit to Lemmy anyway, so I won’t be using Boost although I used RIF for like a decade, but I’m glad that the app ecosystem is growing so fast and that there’s something for everybody.

  • @Angelus1727
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    211 months ago

    So excited for this. I used rif for 10 years so I’m grateful a look a like will be available so soon.

  • @teacs
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    111 months ago

    That looks pretty good! Excited to give this and Sync a try when they launch