I remember 2 years ago trying out Lemmy and getting a few laughs about beans and trying not to poop. I thought "this is ok, but I don't think this will ever replace Reddit in my day to day."

But I stuck with it and have come to love and appreciate Lemmy. The number of users has continued to grow and I feel like there's enough content here now that I never feel bored. Plus I feel like even small posts and comments get attention and we're not just screaming into the void.

So happy cake day to all who did the same thing!

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 65 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Same, cant believe it was 2 years ago. I was really bummed when it happened.i had been on reddit for almost 15 years at that point.

[–] BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Fucking same.

I deleted my main account once they first came out with the reddit recap, and deleted my replacement when they fucked RIF, never to return.

I still lurk without an account sometimes, but that's all they'll ever get out of me.

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[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Kind of same, I remember making a login like dropping my bags in an empty apartment like "well this is home now" and my neighbors are trekkies and Linux, as a fan of windows and star wars. Wondering if I could hack it here. Just said fuck it we ball and started posting to try and decorate the place, hoping to be part of the Lemmy that made a difference and gets us noticed among the turmoil.

Seems like we didnt quite make it compared to BlueSky as a reddit/Twitter supplanted, but thats ok, I think in retrospect I've made a fair number of people happy to see my posts, and hope I have at least helped a couple of (mostly) meme communities get either noticed or traction. (Sorry jojokes, I just ran out guys, I didnt want to dig into low effort to keep posting, people deserve some standard of quality)

RiF still lives on my phone, hoping one day I can use it again.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 months ago (3 children)

my neighbors are trekkies and Linux, as a fan of windows and star wars

Made this a couple weeks ago for you

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[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 112 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Rif somehow shielded me from all the fuckery that was happening in Reddit, when I finally tried the mobile app and website from longer than 2 mins, I was like, oh yeah, ah, ok, bye

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 49 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Lol same here. Jesus that whole site is atrocious now.

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[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Old reddit does the same thing on desktop but if that goes away I'll be fully done with it. As it is I am about an 80/20 split between lemmy and reddit now so it's probably going to happen regardless but that would speed things up.

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 83 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I joined when Apollo went silent. Coincidentally, I'm wearing my Clipollo t-shirt as I type this.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Thats me once Reddit is fun stop working was the day I said goodbye to Reddit.

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[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 80 points 4 months ago (2 children)

100% RIF was the best, when it went bye bye so did I

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

For a month or two I still kept the app on my phone. As a memento.

Reddit's official UX experiences suck balls

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[–] JPSound@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey, thats me! 2 years already?!?! Freakin crazy

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

I know right?!

[–] b_n@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Piling on another comment to say that lurking here feels much nicer than on reddit. The comments are actually worth reading a lot of the time. RiF going down was a dark day, but Jerboa and Lemmy make everything light.

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[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't RIF fir me, it was Apollo. But same general reason!

Some niche communities I miss (I know, I know. Make them! I'm a follower not a leader, and my schedule is bad enough already. I have substitutes). But overall Lemmy good.

I'm here for news and shitposts and random TILs.

Fuck Spez!

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[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I feel noticed and my personal need for validation has been abated, thank you JBalls

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

Glad to be of assistance, homie

[–] AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Came when RIF went down for good. Never looked back.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Holy crap! I just got used to thinking that its been over a year since the blackout... but that shocking realization was a year ago now. Thanks, everyone!

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Shit, it's been 2 years already? Damn. I still get bummed over RiF when I think about it.

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[–] hapablap@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 4 months ago

When reddit announced that they were going public I knew the end was nigh. Money corrupts everything. What made reddit cool was the users and reddit just wanted to suck that dry. I was happy to leave but I pretty much just lurked on Reddit so it wasn't that hard.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I loved RIF and was addicted to Reddit. But they dumped me and I am scorned and will never forgive reddit! Fuck reddit and I hope it dies.

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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

Still miss RiF and what reddit used to be.

For much of reddit's best years, RiF was my top app.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 22 points 4 months ago (6 children)

This is exactly when and why I stopped using Reddit permanently and switched to Lemmy. If you run out of "Active" content here, try switching to "Hot". And then "New"!

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Man two years, feels so much shorter

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm so happy with Voyager being a really good replacement for Apollo. If you use it, donate to the dev. Building apps this good, solo, is hard.

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[–] AnAverageSnoot@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago

It's already been 2 years?? Damn

[–] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait, it's been two years already?

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[–] God_Is_Love@reddthat.com 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Oh man I'm still not over that. Such a stupid decision on Reddit's part.

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[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 19 points 4 months ago

Cheers y'all.

Hopped over to Lemmy around that time and learned about the Fediverse. And now I'm checking out PieFed.

What a ride it's been.

[–] SpacemanSpiff@lemm.ee 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

I was one of those RIF users that left two years ago and now I have to start over since lemm.ee is shutting down. Can anyone recommend a good instance?

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 17 points 4 months ago

It's been pretty good too. Thanks everyone for making this collection of sites fun and interesting! Fedi is awesome 😎

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It's been 2 years already?!

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[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I still miss rif 😭

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[–] SilverShark@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Reddit really turned into yet another brainrot doom scroll website.

I think back to what it used to be, how I used to engage with the communities and it's depressing to see how that was lost. I miss the old API especially. I used to have personal project around it that helped me use it. It was fun to develop and maintain, and it really helped me out browsing reddit.

when they changed the api ruled I tried still to use it, but their interface to create an account to use the free api (I was querying so little it would have applied to use the free api), never worked. I tried for months until finally giving up.

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I genuinely can’t believe it’s been so long

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Jerboa has served well as the replacement for me.

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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This me. Do we get snacks?

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 14 points 4 months ago

The office ordered everyone beans. You can have some during your break.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

WHERE THE FUCK IS LEMMY IS FUN

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[–] akai_android@programming.dev 14 points 4 months ago

that was a fast 2yrs

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I never used RIF but I came over at the same time due to the fuckery over mods. I quit all my mod positions that day too, no more working for Reddit for free.

[–] Klaptrax@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Baconreader refugee here

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 months ago

I got sitebanned a couple weeks before RIF officially died so not quite the same anniversary, close enough though :)

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