this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Reddit Was Fun

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Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Came here because RIF shut down and I can't believe how bad the regular reddit app is. Here's hoping that Lemmy is the new reddit!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Same here. Tried the official reddit app and its bad. Even tweaking with the settings, the lack of many features is noticeable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I did the exact same thing just today. Here's hoping! I can see there's growing pains, but that just means there's growing to be done.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)

RIF is why I'm here, I deleted it from my front page, realized I hated going to the reddit website, and looked for something better.

I know he's working on something different, for a different site, but I also hope he's considering a LIF or something like that.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A decade of a truly-superior user experience.

I can't even bring myself to delete it. I feel like it needs to stay memorialized in my app list.

Thanks for such a great product, devs. It'll be sorely missed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was going to leave Apollo on my phone but it kept showing up on my Home Screen in my smart widget and I kept tapping it to open it so it had to go :(

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you talklittle! You made redditing so enjoyable with RiF. I was introduced to your app about a decade ago and never stopped using it. I spent years writing exhaustive and informative comments, none of it would've been possible without the functionality of RiF.

I'm glad to see you on the Fediverse now :)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

POPPINKREAM IS HERE thank ye Gods! Love your work thank you for your dedication.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (8 children)

LEMMY IS FUN ... PLEASE. I will pay.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the app, @talklittle. I purchased RIF back in 2012 and it has been the only way I've used reddit on mobile ever since. Sad to see it go.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIF made Reddit tolerable as the site declined in recent years. I might go back for the live NFL game threads but hopefully Lemmy gets some good sport communities by then. The Connect app has been decent so far but RIF was near perfect in it's simplicity - I hope other app developers take note.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

I'll miss Reddit and mostly RIF, but I'm not staying on that sinking ship. I hope Lemmy and Mastodon will get more and more traffic so it just replaces these toxic platforms at one point.

RIP RIF, you will be missed.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIF was what Reddit looked like to me. Used it for over a decade. I paid for it once and it was ad free always after that. Good bye old friend

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The best $2.99 I spent on an app. My only regret is the author didn't fleece me for more. I would have gladly paid the $2.99 yearly.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

RIP RIF

tbf i didn't actually stop using redditisfun. I followed the guide to patching RIF with revanced which changes the user agent of the app to hide from reddit that you're using redditisfun

The instructions are here https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/14niwgu/revanced_patches_for_boost_infinity_rif_is_fun?sort=new

Gonna plug revanced here, too, since i already had revanced because i use it to have adfree YouTube and YouTube music with unlimited skips. Been using it since it was called vanced, when they just shared modified APKs. Then Google shut them down with a cease and desist letter so revanced was born. It's a system for patching apps yourself which gives the developers a bit more legal cover.

Revanced.app

GitHub.com/revanced

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Throwing in my appreciation for the best damn Reddit app there ever was.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIF is Fun was amazing. So well designed and everything just worked.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

RIF should be a case study in UX/UI design: it's user satisfaction (and really addiction) were a direct result to the ease of use of the interface and the speed with which you could consume content.

I fucking miss RIF already, and it's not been 24 hours yet. When's the last time you felt this way about an app?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit will never be Reddit without RIF.

RIP.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

That's one thing Reddit doesn't somehow grasp: They outsourced their brand experience a long time ago when they were late to building an app of their own. To me and many others, reddit definitely is reddit is fun. There's no putting that genie back in the bottle.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I really truly appreciate how RIF changed my experience with Reddit and allowed me to curate my front page.

Was really struggling with awful content being pushed at me, but I still wanted to stay connected with the outside world. RIF allowed me filter out harmful stuff and make the whole thing so much better.

I miss my support communities & super niche interest subs. A lot. But I'm at least thankful that I got to experience them while I could.

Thank you, RIF!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Made my Reddit account on RIF almost 10 years ago. Never used anything else really, aside from the odd visit on the desktop site. Now, here I am. Fuck you, Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just realized I've been using RIF from start to finish... 14 years. Everything else was shit. And that's not just kind of my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Holy crap me too. Tried using reddit in the android browser of the time and it was a terrible experience. Found RIF in 2009 and never looked back.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Missed opportunity for

Rif in peace

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

RIF was pretty much reddit for me, such a shame that it had to end in this way.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Goodnight sweet prince. Buying golden platinum was the best investment I've made in any software. I wish I could see how many hours I spent on it.

Thank you talklittle for your amazing work on that app. I would consider myself lucky to be able to buy golden platinum in whatever you next develop. I'll watch your career with interest.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

12 years multiple hours per day.... I don't want to know the total!

It's so hard not to open rif as soon as I unlock my phone.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm going to miss RIF. I actually found reddit through that app in the play store. After 8 years of using it and 7.5 of having an account, it'll take some getting used to not opening RIF. I'll keep it on my phone as a memorial.

RIP RIF

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rif was reddit for me. It's saved me through so many boring commutes to the office and back. Rif, you shall be missed.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be awesome if RIF could be repurposed to be a front end for lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I've been using the RIF format for a decade, would love a Lemmy app that captured the vibe. Connect for Lemmy is good but I miss that RiF feel.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Over a decade on Reddit, using RIF on 4 different smart phones, and now it's all over. O7 I salute you RIF, ya done good kid.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

RIF in Peace. You'll be missed but never forgotten, unlike Reddit.

@talklittle thank you very much for your service and for developing the best app to browse Reddit with.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would pay for Rif for lemmy

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Been using RIF since around 2011. I hope that Lemmy or Tildes takes off.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is there a chance that the dev can rewrite rif for lemmy? I love rif, my favorite app. I'm not using some Lemmy app and Im not loving it

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

RIP golden platinum. We had our good times

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

RIF was the only Reddit I knew....

So long!! Hello! Lemmy! Cute name 😉

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Rip in peace rif is fun :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Thanks Talklittle!

RIF Golden Platinum was my most used app since 2011

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Came here from RIF. RIP

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I just woke up, opened the app out of habit, saw a 429 error, and uninstalled. There's an empty spot on my home screen now that I'll fill with LiftOff after a mourning period

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

10 years on reddit, most of that through RIF.

It feels like I've been kicked out of my home by monsters.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Another Reddit refugee reporting in. RIF was how I reddited... It will be greatly missed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Started using Reddit with RIF, used this for 7 years and stopped using Reddit now that RIF is gone.

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