• jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
    213·
    3 days ago

    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.worldEnglish
      55·
      3 days ago

      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.worldEnglish
        16·
        3 days ago

        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.

      • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        I deleted my account before RIF died, as the writing was on the wall. I check Reddit accountless if there is a big news story, but tend to avoid it otherwise.

        Honestly I miss (the old) reddit sometimes, but Lemmy has been really enjoyable. My reddit account was getting old anyways, I’d already seen all the content that was reposted every year or so and was just getting annoyed. I absolutely do not miss the aggression of every reddit thread, I feel like we are generally all on the same team here.

        I guess that is kind of the downside of Lemmy too - if you’re not a very specific type of person, it probably won’t appeal to you. And I guess that can sort of result in an echo chamber, although it seems instead of arguing about the left and the right, we argue about the far left and the farther left.

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      3 days ago

      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.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      trying not to poop

      Why…were you trying not to poop? Or was this a meme I missed? I remember the beans.

      Yeah, Lemmy had absolutely been great over the last year. 6-hour Top sorting is absolutely key here.

      Is it a one-for-one replacement? No. There are a lot of communities that haven’t been able to come over effectively. But the main core communities have and it’s been fantastic.

  • Theoriginalthon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    98·
    3 days ago

    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

      • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        3 days ago

        They’re thick in the “ads bring us more money than making improvements” phase of corporate bullshit now.

        Reddit still can’t make a better app than the ones made by solo developers who just did it as a passion project, but they’ve got enough money to throw around for a Superbowl ad spot and an entire ad campaign on YouTube.

        • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          19·
          3 days ago

          their mobile app isn’t even their own base code. they bought out Alien Blue, which was one of the earliest and arguably best mobile apps for Reddit, and relaunched it as their own. all they had to do was not fuck that one up and they would have straight up driven the other popup 3rd party apps out of business by just being good and official. but of course, reddit must always rise to their incompetence.

    • Sabin10@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      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.

      • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Ya, sadly there is still a lot of useful content in the technical subreddits. So I find myself ending up there via search engines on a fairly regular basis. But, I specifically use the Redirector plugin for Firefox to auto-magically force the use of old Reddit. If I hit the site on my work computer, I’m quickly reminded about why I quit the site.

    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      RIF was so cleannnn. Sync for Lemmy has been just as good. Tried some of the early ones like Jerboa but none of them replicated the vibe

      • zatanas@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Currently using Thunder as a mobile lent client. Working out well so far.

    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Same. I had gotten the paid version because the dev deserved something for such a great app. RIF died and I did a hard cutover to Lemmy. Deleted my Reddit account and probably caused some confusion for the cordcutters subreddit. I had a post which was part of the sidebar for about a decade.

  • TomMasz@piefed.socialEnglish
    76·
    3 days ago

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

    • TheOgreChef@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Ditto. I was an Alien Blue fan that jumped to Apollo then to Voyager once the APIs went down. I apparently have a type when it comes to Reddit and Lemmy apps.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Same here. I had Alien Blue gold for the longest time too. Then Apollo saved the day and got so good. Reddit without it was useless ad garbage with a heavy slow UI. The fact it was so enshitified was the final nail in the coffin for me.

    • bran_buckler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Me as well! Unfortunately, I joined an instance that went dark (kbin), so I’ve got 2 lemmy cake days, I guess.

      • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        I went from Reddit to Kbin to StarTrek.Website and when every action was taking >1 minute and needing to be repeated, switched again to Discuss.Online, which I am very happy with and remain to this day.

        Except I also switched to PieFed.social and use that 95% of the time now.:-)

        It’s been a bit of a wild ride! 🤣💪😺

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Didn’t we have like months of warning before the API shutdown? I recall I was already upset about a ton of other shit over there (had been for years) and as soon as I started hearing rumors or stories about the API fuckery, I headed to Lemmy way before the apps stopped working.

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          I already wanted to do it anyway for a bunch of other reasons, so really they were doing me a favor by really providing additional motivation.

  • robocall@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    3 days ago

    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.

  • hapablap@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    22·
    3 days 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.

    • tiramichu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      3 days 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.

    • herrvogel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 days ago

      I still use rif. You can get the app as an apk, and patch it to replace the original API key with your own using something like vanced. I already had my key from before the debacle, not sure how you get one these days. Anyway, it did give me some trouble while logging in, but eventually it worked.

  • SpacemanSpiff@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    3 days ago

    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?