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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/40087740

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[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yep that's me. RIF was so good. Why would a website cannibalize itself like this?

[–] seemefeelme@infosec.pub 11 points 1 day ago

Boost was taken away for Reddit and swiftly given back to me for Lemmy. Bless the Boost devs and Lemmy hosts for saving me from the official Reddit experience 🤢

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And now my instance is shutting down 🤡

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

You decided on a new home yet? What's your selection criteria.

I'd be tempted to make a single user instance, given how there's an ansible playbook you can just run.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I was sync for me, but hell yeah, it's been a good couple of years.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

I used to love that app.

[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Sync has been very user friendly for me, and the closest I felt to RiF

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It's been 2 years already?!

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

That was me

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Congrats Lemmy. Way better than Reddit shit show.

[–] Therobohour@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Speaking of which, a recent Android update (I know I should change OSes) got rid of the little Lemmy.world web app icon thing I had installed and I haven't been able to get it back, so far. Does anyone know how to fix that? That was working great as my RIF replacement. I read it all again and I'm such a grandma. :(

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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day 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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[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I created an account two years ago, but was using boost and it kept working up until a few months ago. The combination of Boost not working and Nazis taking over Reddit so even the desktop old reddit was pointless to use.

Now I use Boost for Lemmy for mobile.

[–] Klaptrax@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

I loved that app and I still miss it (and reddit) in some ways, but the API Apocalypse was when I decided I had to take a moral stand and quit. No way was I going to be railroaded into the first-party app full of ads and nonsense.

I haven't looked back since.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 221 points 2 days ago (22 children)

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!

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[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] frosty@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] tavostator@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago

Apollo walked so Voyager could run

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Man two years, feels so much shorter

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[–] jadedwench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Same. I used the little picture widget to cycle adorable animal pictures all day on my home screen. The one little thing that gave me joy, fucking ruined by corporations. While I don't have a widget anymore, I at least have someplace I can talk for 5 minutes and have someone listen.

[–] hapablap@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 day 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.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)
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[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 106 points 2 days ago (9 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

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[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

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[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hey thanks man, those two years flew!

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I mean... Lemmy has always kinda felt more sane

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (8 children)

In 10 days my account will be 2 years old.

I've enjoyed it, and this has been one of my most visited websites during that time. But I'm still not sure I'll stick around after lemm.ee shuts down at the end of this month.

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[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Woohoo ! Happy Anniversary! Deleted manually 13 years of posts and comments.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I had a script that did it. Reddit kept restoring them and I kept running thr script, finally most of it stuck

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day 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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