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Reddit Migration

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That's it folks. RIF has stopped working.
Reddit is no longer fun.

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[–] Awwab@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Good night sweet prince.

[–] Hairyblue@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

This is the one I used too. Goodbye Reddit.

[–] dakar@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I've put the app on the corner to always remember what was taken away from us.

[–] Jcb2016@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit is gonna burn hard and we are all here for it u/spez is gonna face the music once and for all and we are all here for it!

[–] AcidTwang@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

He was always there to take the flak anyway. He is now past his usefulness as far as the investors are concerned. he'll be jettisoned.

[–] DeadEnd@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

RIF was Reddit for me, sad to see it end like this. But excited to see where this goes.

[–] zarbthebard@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Feels weird man, used that app for years and now it's gone.

[–] Deralax@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

This was the last push i needed to actually move on from reddit. Now i'll finally be able to retrain my muscle memory to open kbin instead of RIF when i sit on the toilet.

[–] Jjshank@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Cal@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weird. RIF still works here.

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[–] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fyi just tried the app and it still loaded Reddit for me.

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[–] kerplunk@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Was in the middle of deleting all of my post history using RIF when it stopped working. Had to finish up on a browser, sadly.

[–] kelce@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Now for Reddit is going to stay open but I don't suspect it will be for long. Reading his post I don't think he has a firm grasp of what it's going to look like working within reddits cogs.

[–] PB-and-Jon@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wonder how big the next wave of refugees is gonna be.

[–] KrombopulosRosie@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm actually all for the huge wave. I found this in anticipation of the loss of RIF and I am very excited to see it take off.

Maybe all the new people to Reddit that dgaf about the people behind the content will just stay on actual Reddit and we will get the better groups?

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[–] a-man-from-earth@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It was my favorite Reddit app for many years. But the fun is now over.

RIP RiF! Thanks for all the fun!

[–] Kerrigor@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Sync for Reddit is shut down now too 😢

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

[–] bozo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The shadow remains cast.

Thank you for 12 years of fun, talklittle

[–] Metaright@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I thought it was shutting down tomorrow, so the shock made it sting all the more.

It's Fediverse full-time for me, now.

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

F to pay respect

[–] BBKuma@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yup has stopped working for me as well. Rip RIF.

[–] gridleaf@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Same with Sync. The dev is working on a Lemmy app, but I'm not convinced it can replace Reddit.

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[–] teydam@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I ditched it a week ago, i didn't want to experience this. so glad I am here.

[–] Deleted@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I stopped using Reddit and rif when the protests started. I've started seeing a lot more content on kbin so I'm hoping it keeps growing

[–] Thatoneguyyoulove@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Shit sucks man. I've used Rif for longer than I can even remember. I never once used the official app or even view Reddit in my desktop.

[–] k1k@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yep, never installed the app and never will. If I need access it's going to be through the old link on desktop with adblock

[–] watchout5@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Reddit will never be fun again

[–] FinalFallacy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I keep saying it but this is more emotional than I would have thought. It's an end to an era. And RIF and the other apps helped us all connect, laugh, cry, vent, argue, meme and stuff together. The app devs were as much responsible for the success and entertainment of reddit as reddit itself. It's a weird.

[–] Obsydian@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

BaconReader is no more. 7 years of use from me and I am so upset. It's not the same over here

[–] Dean-North182@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I used RIF for its accessibility features and screen reader support.

The Reddit App has none of that.

[–] Fiat_Nox@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I literally watched RIF die while watching a movie at home with my family. I was hoping it would be good to midnight, eastern time, but recognized this was completely arbitrary. One minute the front page worked. I put my phone down and went back to it 20 minutes later maybe around 8:45pm Eastern - I could only get one screen-full of links, and when I tried to scroll, I got an error saying it couldn't load anything else, and visiting other subreddits produced the same "no threads" message posted here. About 20 minutes after that, the front page was doing the same thing, and it was done.

RIF was great; I checked out reddit via mobile browser after it died, but the interface was just.... not nearly as clean as RIF. No interest in using the app.

I remember leaving Digg.com for reddit in 2010. Reddit was an easy choice. It remains to be seen where we'll all end up as there doesn't seem to be anywhere as big and developed as reddit was, even back then. Lemmy and the fediverse might be good initially for topics with a broader draw of people, but for our niche interests it'll be hard to kick reddit. Maybe for niche topics, things will look like pre-Digg internet, with more reliance on individual websites, individual forums, but with a healthy amount of discord added in.

[–] Wisely@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Reddit themselves cut off the apps early. Probably to prevent users from protesting and complaining.

[–] Jcb2016@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Dam, That is so real. RIP RIF my fav reddit client ever!

[–] Vertelleus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you RIF developers for making reddit compact and readable.
Welcome to lemmy / kbin to all new reddit refugees!

[–] NextGenHen@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

RIF was a great app. Here's to hoping we bring all the best parts of Reddit across and continue the fun!

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