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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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[–] eggest@kbin.social 91 points 1 year ago (3 children)

RIF was my Reddit app of choice for like 10 years, will miss it for sure :(

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. RIF was great. Such a perfect app! RIP RIF

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I had premium for so long I don't remember buying it. It sucks to see but remember fuck u/spez.

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[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Welcome. It's gonna take everyone's effort to make KBIN fun. Upload content daily, and interact with other people's content that you have something to say about. It's gonna take effort from all of us.

[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We need to quickly move past Reddit. We cannot be consumed by it or we will repel newcomers. This needs to become it's own special place with it's own character. It'll take time. Be patient.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Reddit is the big news right now. It is unrealistic to expect people to just forget it and ignore it. Same thing happened with the initial Digg migration to Reddit all those years ago. Once Reddit stops being news because it failed or things went back to normal, then we'll stop talking about it.

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[–] pirategoddess@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hopefully we can get a mobile client soon as well, because then I think it'll really take off.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been gently hounding the RIF dev to see if he'll make a Kbin app, lol. Here's to hoping!

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[–] elk_1337@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Same, Apollo just crashes, I was hoping for some sort of miracle compromise lol

[–] Anomander@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah - as of about thirty minutes ago, Apollo just crashes as soon as it boots.

[–] ColonelSanders@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you put the phone in airplane mode, you can get the app to load the UI at least. Doesn't do/mean anything but I suspect I'll be doing it out of nostalgia a lot in the coming months.

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[–] Wisely@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I was hoping he put something special in like a countdown with that last update. Or that you could still open it and see something. App is totally dead.

Update: Apparently Reddit killed all the third party apps themselves early. Probably knowing we would comment only to protest and complain.

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[–] endlessvoid@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Apollo crashed as soon as I finished reading the eulogy post

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[–] jiji@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dang, that kinda sucks. If he was able to still have a going away message it could link to donations to help cover the refunds.

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[–] Itsmeshakes@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

BaconReader down as well.

[–] livus@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

Feels weird after all these years.

I'm excited about the fediverse though!

[–] charlieb@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The best app :(

Fun side effect if I accidentally click a reddit link from Google or whatever, it opens the app to an empty screen instead of giving reddit traffic! I'll keep it installed as a free blacklist tool 🤣

[–] Thaidakar@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Ha! Great idea, think I'll do the same

[–] onyx@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago
[–] id_kai@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still kinda in shock that it actually happened. Well, that's legitimately the end of the road for me on Reddit. I was on there for 12 years, and the majority of it was using RiF. Gg Spez, moron.

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[–] zannzen@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know people were saying Reddit looked normal like all the protests, etc. did nothing but it’ll be interesting to see if that’s the same now that third party apps are dead or if people were just riding out the last days

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[–] hiero@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

I've been on reddit for 13 years, and have used rif for 12. Maybe the most used app I've ever had, was always a staple download whenever getting a new device. Just a damn shame this is happening.

That being said, this is my first post on kbin. Here's to hoping this community can grow and we can collectively move on from reddit's mess as it withers away from their pride and greed.

[–] bailey@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

I actually feel really sad for an app. Got the 429 error and my heart sunk. Rest in peace friend.

[–] AstroRacer@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Reddit was fun

[–] Ice@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Hello everyone! RIF stopped working so here I am! I hope everyone is doing well.

[–] skallywaggz@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Man fuck spez and all the enablers. Seriously incompetent leadership and anyone thinking of touching that IPO might as well light their money on fire.

Tiktok alone shows the masses can and will switch to something completely different on a moments notice.

[–] soratoyuki@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know why, but I'm still in shock it actually happened. RIF is the only way I've ever used Reddit. Spez is burning down one of the best and most informative communities just to up his future net worth a few percentage points. It's disgusting.

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[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't bring myself to delete it

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[–] Usernameblankface@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIP
I thought I'd check it one more time this evening, but no. Nothing there.

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Fuck Reddit, long live Kbin/Lemmy/Fediverse.

[–] ScumbagSpruce@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Apollo died at exactly 7:00pm eastern for me.

[–] athelard@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The silver lining is that we discovered the fediverse

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[–] riktor@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

End of an era for sure.
Glad to be a part of Kbin going forward.

[–] Peacemeal12@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Rest in peace truly a legendary app.

[–] Cyzaine@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Uninstalling RIF was a very melancholy experience -(

[–] Tashlan@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago
[–] athelard@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

The silver lining is that we discovered the fediverse

[–] SeeStars@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

reddit was fun

[–] numbscroll@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] corvax@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Sync also shut down at the same time. Sent out a notification to everyone.

[–] spicyweiner@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

reddit was fun :(

[–] pizza_rolls@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Pretty wild how fast this all happened. Good riddance to reddit and the rude people that inhabit it

[–] syscollapse@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

spez is a worthless piece of human garbage

[–] Devi@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

End of an era. Start of a new one though.

[–] bttoddx@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

That app was my most used app for the better part of 10 years. I'm legit grieving. I was so very lonely during this last decade, and Reddit had been the closest simulacrum to genuine social interaction that I got. I'm mourning, not just the passing of that app, but the trust I had in Reddit as a platform. I feel like I've lost a close friend. RIP.

[–] vrojak@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Chronophage@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

RIP to the only way I would use reddit. So I'm done with reddit too.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I'm legitimately sad to see RIF go. It will be missed. :(

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