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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[–] Rt_Raccoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIF.... how long has it been, old friend?

When I first found out about Reddit, it was in the form of "Rage Comics". That was sometime in 2009-2010 I believe. I loved rage comics, and would be glued to my phone reading all the different silly things people would come up with. About a year later, I learned about RIF and it's small community. I had never left since.

I'll miss you RIF.... Gone but never forgotten </3

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[–] bozo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My app is still working as of July 1st when logged out, haven't done any patching or anything. New content is loading.

@talklittle hope this isn't going to incur API charges for you :(

[–] Weerdo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Read only might not need an auth session, so no API token. Id have to go check the docs again been a while since I messed with it.

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[–] DayWasted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I finally had to uninstall because I kept opening the app out of habit. But thank you, RIF, for all the good times.

[–] staticblanket@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Ripe in Pisces.

[–] BonfireOvDreams@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used rif for 12 years. Never found an app that suited me more.

[–] Kojak747@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same here, I tried a heap of Reddit apps, and RIF nailed the GUI down, and made reading a pleasure, you could browse for hrs, then go for more hrs, it was just perfect.

[–] shawnshitshow@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

it really makes me sad. I can't imagine how you feel. 14 years is a long fucking time.

I'll have that icon in my drawer as long as I have this phone.

Thanks for all the fish

[–] 1Transient@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

PSA: Boost is best.

[–] ProIsh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Picked up premium last week in support. Thanks for all you did!

[–] bagfatnick@kulupu.duckdns.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hey @talklittle@lemmy.world, just wanted to say thanks for one more smile. May RIF is Fun RIP in Peace.

[–] Zana@va11halla.bar 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

RIF was my first and only reddit app since I got an android phone in 2015. I used to use a Nokia Lumia so I had a different app before the, can't remember the name, something with bacon in the name.

But 8 years of using reddit on my phone almost exclusively through reddit is fun. Every phone I've had it's occupied the same space, right next to my Firefox. Maybe I'll replace it with a Lemmy app or maybe I'll just keep it there as a memory. I'm still not sure what I'll do about reddit in general. I've been pretty good at keeping away, but occasionally I'll find myself going back to it out of a deep habit. Maybe RIF not working will break that finally.

[–] ndupont@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you @talklittle@lemmy.world , I've enjoyed RIF a lot since 2014.

[–] DescartEse@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still open it accidentally on occasion :(

[–] devopspalmer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just moved the icon for lemmy to where rif used to be, and it's been an almost seamless transition

[–] freespace303@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What's your app of choice for Lemmy?

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